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“Every nation has their own electricity and water. Every nation should have their own AI infrastructure.”
14.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
According to NVIDIA’s Liron Freind-Saadon, sovereign AI is essential to ensure independent innovation and national resilience.
“When our mental health is not at its best, it has an impact that goes beyond the individual”
14.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Serendipity Impact VC co-founder Dr. Maria Blekher highlights the need for Israeli-sourced deep tech to address the global mental health crisis.
"It's this mentality of ‘if we don't innovate right now we're all gonna die'"
13.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Ibex Investors CEO Justin Borus maintains that Israel’s state of conflict actually serves as a catalyst for historic technological breakthroughs, weeding out uncommitted players and fostering "survive-or-die" innovation.
“The winner will not just produce the best model, but will do so in the cheapest, fastest way”
13.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Decart General Manager Noy Levinson argues that by applying the "cyber playbook" to AI, Israel can leverage its unique expertise in hardware and resource-constrained problem-solving to build high-performance, cost-efficient infrastructure at scale.
“From day one, a good CFO is your real partner to success and growth”
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Prioritizing a CFO from day one, augmented by AI-driven real-time insights, is essential for early-stage startups to maintain strategic focus and successfully navigate the path to their next funding round, say ERB Proximo CEO and Deputy CEO Roi Rotem & Yafit Keret.
"VCs are no longer funding potential, they’re funding execution"
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
To secure venture capital, early-stage startups must prioritize vertical agents, proprietary data ownership, and proven execution over simple integration, says Valley Bank’s Ori Kaufman Gafter.
“The industrial revolution scaled and replaced muscle-power. AI will scale and replace human intelligence"
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Bank Leumi Chairman Uri Alon asserts that AI is scaling cognitive power just as mechanization once transformed physical labor to drive a massive global economic leap.
“There are many interesting opportunities that aren't in cyber or AI”
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Qumra Capital Managing Partner Boaz Dinte highlights that while growth capital is concentrating in cyber and AI, the most compelling opportunities lie in "physical AI" and companies that leverage resilience.
“If these Israelis can’t vote from abroad, let's get them to Israel to participate in the elections”
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
The America Israel Democracy (AID) Coalition is launching the "Fly and Vote" initiative, a logistical platform designed to bypass Israel's lack of absentee voting by helping citizens abroad return home to participate in the 2026 elections.
“The important part is not creating the agent. You need to understand actual business processes”
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Amdocs Division President, GenAI & Data, Ilan Sade contends that the true value of AI isn’t the technology itself, but the complex orchestration of agents and data to create scalable, secure, and autonomous workflows.
“The US government and investors see Israeli resilience not just as a survival tactic, but a competitive advantage”
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
Israel-America Chamber of Commerce CEO Galit Meyran highlights that US states remain deeply committed to Israeli innovation, prioritizing ROI and diverse tech needs over political climate.
“The war is not a minus, it's a plus” for Israeli defense and cyber tech
12.05.26
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Zachy Hennessey
According to Sullivan & Worcester partner Oded Har-Even, despite shifting geopolitical sentiments, Israel's technological superiority in cyber and defense continues to outweigh political friction for global investors.
"A lot of techno diplomacy": Netline CEO on the challenges of exporting Israeli defense tech
31.03.26
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Amy Shapiro
Amid Israel's defense sector gold rush, CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Shai Palti, CEO of Netline, about balancing the growing demand for “spectrum dominance” while navigating export controls and international branding.
"Ensuring the hits": The frontline feedback behind Smart Shooter's fire control tech
19.03.26
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Amy Shapiro
Against the backdrop of Israel's defense sector surge, CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Yoav Galster, Product Manager at Smart Shooter, whose unique fire control system company recently went public.
"We are entering a defense era": How T3 Defense identifies the vital building blocks of the modern battlefield
17.03.26
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Amy Shapiro
CTech’s Amy Shapiro chats with Menny Shalom, CEO of T3 Defense, exploring his 22-point acquisition strategy and the global "defense era" from which Israel’s tech sector is emerging as a major force.
"It's like you're playing PlayStation": Simulation veteran Tiltan eyes the global defense market post-acquisition
12.03.26
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Amy Shapiro
CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Ehud (Udi) Shafir, acting CEO of Tiltan Software Engineering, a 30-year veteran of the Israeli defense sector riding the industry's tailwinds with plans to scale its "digital twin" technology globally.
"An homage to October 7": The story behind the world’s first automatic tourniquet
10.03.26
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Amy Shapiro
CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Edan Razinovsky, CEO of XMetix, which is automating life-saving medical tech with the world’s first automatic tourniquet against the backdrop of a local defense-sector surge.
"The new Swiss Army knife": The Israeli unmanned platform out to replace soldiers in the field
05.03.26
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Amy Shapiro
Amid Israel's defense tech boom, CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Liad Tamir, CEO of Macushla, a robotics startup bringing versatile unmanned vehicles to the front lines.
"We want to prevent the next October 7": Israeli Air Force veterans building a new drone defense
03.03.26
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Amy Shapiro
CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Itay Nourian, CEO of Insignito, which is tackling the cost of drone defense with an acoustic sensor, amid Israel's defense sector boom.
The Israeli startup turning Dyson vacuums into drug and explosives detectors
25.02.26
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Amy Shapiro
CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Amichai Glattstein, CEO of IDenta, which is riding Israel’s defense-tech boom with rapid forensic screening tools.
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