Artificial Intelligence

20 stories about Artificial Intelligence
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Facebook's algorithm exposes its human side by sharing AI models for predicting Covid-19 deterioration

15.01.21|Ron Friedman
The company’s artificial intelligence researchers developed models that use x-rays to anticipate the progression of the disease in a patient and help hospitals prepare
אסנת סרוסי פיסטטר מאגמון Osnat Sarusi Firstater

Not All Bad: Covid-19 hampered the high-tech industry but also accelerated important technological processes

14.01.21|Osnat Sarusi Firstater
2020 has been a roller coaster – and now that this crazy ride is finally behind us, we can look back and discuss the many obstacles that made this year difficult.
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In the global AI arms race, a thriving local ecosystem gives Israel the lead

06.01.21|Ctech
Israel is third only to the U.S. and China when it comes to the number of AI companies operating in this thriving industry of tomorrow
ועידת פריז 2018 דוקטור עמי אפלבאום

Israel launches national AI program, but lack of budget threatens its implementation

22.12.20|Meir Orbach
The five-year national program has a NIS 5 billion budget, but political turmoil and the lack of a state budget are holding it back
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Tal Barnoach’s newly launched Disruptive AI to focus on investments in early stage startups

10.11.20|Meir Orbach
“Reports of a severe shortage of investment in young companies are extremely worrying and our new fund will try to fill in the gap,” he said
פרופ' בעז לרנר Boaz Lerner of Panacea BGN Technologies

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University create machine learning platform to improve clinical trials

26.10.20|Yafit Ovadia
Prof. Boaz Lerner and his team have developed a new way to test clinical trials at a lower cost, while improving their success rate and efficiency
עופר פרימן מנכ"ל ומייסד סייט syte

Visual search startup Syte raises $30 million to expand into U.S. and Asian markets

21.10.20|Meir Orbach
Series C round led by Viola Ventures; “2020 has launched our industry several years forward,” says CEO
מייסדי Mine מיין גל רינגל גל גולן ו קובי ניסן

Google’s AI-focused fund leads $9.5 million investment in Israeli startup Mine

21.10.20|Meir Orbach
The company offers users concerned about their private information being online the possibility to automate data deletion requests
קרן אמון מימין ד"ר תומר ברקוביץ ד"ר יאיר שינדל טוד סון איציק דבש

Israel’s aMoon leads $110 million funding round in SOPHiA GENETICS

04.10.20|Hagar Ravet
The new funding aims to boost the medtech company’s penetration in both the U.S. and Asian markets
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If you regulate them they will come: "Israel can be a leader in setting the stage for autonomous vehicles"

18.09.20|Ron Friedman
Former Deputy Attorney General Avi Licht warns Israel not to fall behind in the race to be an early adopter of the technologies of the future
מוסף שבועי 10.9.20 ד"ר פיטר סקוט־מורגן

Mind over Matter: The man who turned himself into a cyborg to overcome ALS

13.09.20|Yoghev Carmel
After Peter Scott-Morgan was given a year to live, he decided to fight his fate and employed cutting edge technology to stay alive and remain human
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Rafael enters the computer vision market, in talks to launch joint defense company with AnyVision

03.09.20|Golan Hazani
According to the terms of the deal, Rafael will acquire 50% of the shares of a new defense-orientated company that will be jointly founded
רחפן של טראניס Taranis

Agtech intelligence company Taranis raises $30 million

21.07.20|Meir Orbach
Taranis’ system analyzes ultra-high-resolution images of crops to detect early signs of diseases, insect infestations, nutrient deficiencies, water damage, and other risk factors
מלי ביצור פרנס מנכ"לית תפן

Mally Bitzur-Parnes is on a mission to drag Israeli industry into the 21st century

13.07.20|Ron Friedman
Covid-19 outbreak made change-resistant manufacturers understand the need for modernization, says the chairwoman of the Israel advanced production institute
מוסף שבועי 9.7.20 אמנון שעשוע

"Understanding language is the next big challenge for AI,” says Amnon Shashua

10.07.20|Amir Ziv and Diana Bahur-Nir
The latest startup by Mobileye’s founder, AI21, is working to revolutionize written communication by creating artificial intelligence software that can understand and create written text
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
יובל מטלון מנכ"ל לייבפרסון

Retailers intent on surviving Covid-19 should get their bots to interact more like people

24.06.20|Yuval Matalon
The challenge now is maintaining short-term revenue and long-term relationships without being able to rely on personal interactions between staff and customers
מייסדי OneView מימין דור הרמן אורן קציר ו עומרי גרינברג

Israeli startup OneView raises $3.5 million in seed round led by TPY Capital

22.06.20|Meir Orbach
Company’s product replaces human fed tagging of vast amounts of imagery with artificial intelligence
עמרי אורגד לומינטי נטוורקס

How economic uncertainty is pushing financial institutions towards alternative data

16.06.20|Omri Orgad
Derived from non-traditional sources for financial information, alternative data is becoming an increasingly important tool for investors, in the aftermath of Covid-19, due to a lack of relevant up-to-date data that reflects the current marketplace in real time
קניות ל חג פסח ב שופרסל דיל ב גראנד קניון ב חיפה

Shopic Raises $7.6 Million to Expand Queue-less Shopping

14.05.20|Meir Orbach
Retailers can use the platform to communicate with customers while they are in the shop and send them personalized offers