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JOKR Team

How JOKR's battle against Amazon accidentally made its way to Startup Nation

14.10.21|James Spiro
After being given $170 million to offer 15-minute grocery delivery in the U.S and Europe, JOKR has set up an R&D base in Israel thanks to one person’s relocation
Martin Guy Eli Unlimited Robotics

“Amazon is developing something very cute… We are not in the cute industry,” says Unlimited Robotics

02.10.21|James Spiro
Meet Gary - the Israeli robot acting as a physical app store for developers and software engineers
המייסדים של טייפ 5 ליאור הרמן ירון שגיא ו עינת ברקוביץ

To infinity and beyond: get ready for the first Israeli space tech VC

27.09.21|Yafit Ovadia
“Space will become a self-sustaining economy, and boom over the next decade,” says co-founder of TYPE5, the first Israeli-VC focused on space startups
עזרא כהן סגן נשיא לאסטרטגיה תאגידית באורקל

Oracle recruited DoD executive to save its Israel cloud bid

10.08.21|Hagar Ravet and Tomer Ganon
The software giant brought in Ezra Cohen, former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence under Donald Trump, to try and thwart the tender won by Amazon and Google by pressuring members of Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
מטה גוגל מאונטיין וויו קליפורניה

Google’s upcoming plans for Israel: a server farm and fiber optics network

02.08.21|Raphael Kahan
After being awarded the government tender for cloud computing, Google is expanding its Israel operations. Calcalist has learned that will include a server farm in the Sharon region and an ultra-high speed fiber network, in addition to its subsea cables linking Europe to Israel
Danny Weissberg VoiceItt

Voiceitt launches speech recognition app for people with speech impairments

09.06.21|James Spiro
The app can also be integrated with Amazon Alexa to help operate smart home devices
צילום של המנכל דקל וולצר והנהלת החברה AVO

“We will either crash or become Amazon”

06.06.21|Meir Orbach
Avo CEO Dekel Valtzer is a former Israeli tennis champion who went from hitting serves to shipping services. How did the startup he co-founded transform neighbors in New York skyscrapers and tech giants’ employees into a consolidated purchasing power?
ענן אבטחת מידע

Amazon's AWS and Google big winners of Israel's $1.2 billion milestone cloud project

21.04.21|Meir Orbach and Reuters
AWS and Google beat out Microsoft, Oracle and IBM in the tender for the four-phase project known as "Nimbus"
רונית אטד מנכלית מיקרוסופט ישראל על רקע בניין מיקרוספט

Microsoft Israel execs rocked by Project Nimbus setback

31.03.21|Meir Orbach
The tech giant didn't even make it past the first round of the tender for Israel’s flagship project for providing cloud services for the country's entire public sector, including the military
מחשוב ענן נטאפ

Project Nimbus: Microsoft looks to be out, with Amazon and Google in it for the win

30.03.21|Meir Orbach
Israel is expected to select two providers for government services through the cloud
חברת נקסט אינשורנס קומפלקס O-TECH כפר סבא

Next Insurance partners with Amazon Business to expand its user base

17.03.21|CTech
“We believe the future of the insurance buying experience involves meeting customers where they already are,” says CEO Guy Goldstein
אפליקציה מסרים מיידיים סיגנל Signal ווטסאפ

WhatsApp’s new privacy settings Signal change for instant messaging

12.01.21|James Spiro
After Facebook updated its privacy settings for WhatsApp, concerned voices from Israel and the world start pondering an alternative
איור יונתן פופר תיאור: נזק מדיה חברתית הייטק

This research was sponsored by Amazon: How ‘Big Tech’ is compromising academic integrity

06.10.20|Viki Auslender
After ‘Big Tobacco’ and ‘Big Oil,’ it is now the tech giants’ turn to try their hand at influencing the public debate by contributing to research institutes
Employer Branding

In the fierce battle for talent, Employer Branding can help the underdog beat out tech giants

25.09.20|James Spiro
In recent years, smaller companies have learned how to attract and retain talented employees - with some even beating giants like Facebook at their own game
מנהל AWS בישראל הראל יפהר

Amazon to go on a recruiting spree in Israel, exposes scope of local workforce

23.09.20|Meir Orbach
“We are excited to be creating 150 new jobs, in addition to our robust workforce, which will enable us to tap into the amazing technology talent pool here in Israel,” says GM of AWS Israel
טאג' מאהל אגרה הודו צפיפות תיירים אתרים פסולים

Why western tech giants are storming India’s emerging digital market

26.07.20|Viki Auslender
A mix of geopolitical tensions, regulatory uncertainty, and the growing distrust between the biggest global powers is pushing the likes of Apple, Google, and Facebook to invest billions of dollars in what could be the tech’s industry next gold mine
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Hey Siri, I’m feeling down: could smart speakers serve as on-campus mental health counselors?

17.07.20|Dov Greenbaum
As student depression and anxiety reach an all-time high, colleges and universities are looking for new ways to help students cope and some are turning to technology, raising serious legal, ethical, and social concerns
רועי כהן מנכ"ל Fetcherr

From underwear to airline tickets, Israeli startup Fetcherr harnesses AI to predict prices

05.07.20|CTech
The company said it employs deep price neural networks to predict prices with 90% accuracy up to a year in advance
אורי רפאל ממייסדי אפסולבר Upsolver

Israel-based Upsolver completes $13 million series A funding led by Vertex and JVP

30.06.20|Meir Orbach
The big data processing company intends to use the funds in order to accelerate its expansion in North America and expand its R&D and customer service teams