Covid-19

20 stories about Covid-19
אילון מאסק אלון מאסק מייסד מנכ"ל טסלה

Who signed a $1.68 billion deal and what's next for Tesla's Israel rollout?

05.01.21|CTech
Israeli AI chatbot startup Spetz.io to be acquired by U.S. company Paradox.ai for $5 million
עוז אלון מנכ"ל האניבוק HoneyBook

“2020 was the year we learned how to take risks”

05.01.21|Meir Orbach
HoneyBook’s co-founder and CEO talks about how his company that provides financial services to small businesses managed to thrive despite the blow of Covid-19
SAIPS Yaffa Vizner

Hybrid office models? Just another day at SAIPS

05.01.21|CTech
While millions of companies have had to balance working remotely with occasional office visits during Covid-19, for the Israeli tech company it’s been more of the same
חיסון קורונה מודרנה covid-19

Moderna says the first shipments of its vaccines is set to arrive in Israel this month

05.01.21|Reuters
The U.S. drugmaker says Israel is the first county outside of North America to authorize the use of its Covid-19 shots
צונאמי אינדונזיה 2018

How is Covid-19 like a tsunami and why are startups providing a wakeup call to the insurance industry?

04.01.21|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: IAI wins contracts to upgrade South Korean Air Force jets
עמי גל מנכ"ל מייסד SQream

SQream founder says that after Covid-19 saw waters recede, 5G adoption about to hit world like a tsunami

04.01.21|Allon Sinai
With the rise of 5G and the accelerated digital transformation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, SQream CEO and co-founder Ami Gal says his company is perfectly placed to take full advantage with its data analytics acceleration platform
אסף הנקין SPROUTT

Startups are providing a wakeup call to the insurance industry giants

04.01.21|Assaf Henkin
The current economic uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has caused what looks like a future of continued struggles for these insurance giants in the next few years
 משמאל טל חן ו דייקי מורייאמה  left Tal Chen and Daiki Moriyama

Opportunity for Israeli startups: Japan is seeking innovative green technologies with a new $19 billion government fund

04.01.21|Tal Chen and Daiki Moriyama
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced a 2 trillion yen fund for ecological businesses and innovation to achieve zero net carbon emissions by 2050
מעקב אחר אזרחים פרטיות מיקום ניטור

Privacy breaches add insult to Covid-19 injury

04.01.21|Dov Greenbaum
Too many data points and not enough oversight suggests the damage inflicted by the response to the pandemic will stick around even after the disease is eradicated
Chen Guter Lusha

How Lusha aims to be the ‘love brand’ of B2B companies

04.01.21|CTech
B2B companies face an uphill battle in attracting talent away from global or consumer-facing organizations. This meant Lusha had to think outside the box
חברת תרופות ארקטורוס Arcturus Therapeutics חיסון קורונה סן דייגו קליפורניה 1

Why is TikTok a threat to the elections and what role do Israeli companies have in Bitcoin's surge?

03.01.21|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: The tech market marches on, despite 2020 setbacks from Covid-19
Guy Lachmann pearl cohen

The tech market marches on, despite 2020 setbacks from Covid-19

03.01.21|CTech
On Wednesday, Fusion LA and Pearl Cohen held their exclusive annual Trends and Forecast for 2020-2021 VCs conference, this year – on Zoom. StageOne’s Tal Slobodkin, S Capital’s Aya Peterburg, and Bessemer Venture Partners’s Amit Karp weighed in
קורונה סגירת עסקים אבטלה מובטלים

Technology may have helped us survive Covid-19, but at what cost?

03.01.21|Calcalist Staff
Work from home and remote learning, cyberattacks, and the gig economy, the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the already scorching tech development landscape. Some of the changes that defined 2020 will remain in place far beyond 2021 as will some of the mistakes
דנה אייזן Dana Eisen Ezov ControlUp

ControlUp is ready to recharge its ‘party power’ after Covid-19

03.01.21|CTech
Aside from the collaborations and Happy Hours, the employees at the IT operations company are looking forward to continuing their parties that last until dawn
קורונה חיסונים פייזר נמל התעופה או'האר שיקגו

2020 was not all doom and gloom: 8 positive takeaways from the past year

01.01.21|Calcalist Staff
From peace in the Middle East to the rise of telemedicine, Calcalist reporters highlight the positive aspects of the historic year and technology’s key role in them
ווייז WAZE

How much did Israeli techies earn in 2020 and why will the IPO frenzy reshape the future of Israeli tech?

31.12.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Pigmentum raises $1 million from FreshStart to advance genetical concentration of color and flavor in plants
Hila Nagar Cyber jobs

The winners and losers: these are the salaries Israeli techies brought home in 2020

31.12.20|CTech
Cyber-Jobs and ESR Group have collected some data pertaining to wages in high-tech and cyber companies during 2020. Here's what they found.
Tahg Adler Facebook

Facebook Israel: “The market realized how important our products are” during Covid-19

31.12.20|CTech
Many companies struggled with lockdowns and social distancing, but for the world’s largest social network, it was their chance to shine
חיסון קורונה גרמניה פייזר ביונטק

Who's targeting a $2 billion Nasdaq IPO and how much did M&As drop in 2020?

30.12.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Israeli tech sector raises alarm bells over plummeting dollar
Galit Gold WhiteSource

Awareness is “the first and most crucial step” in combating Covid-19, says WhiteSource

30.12.20|CTech
When moving from in-office to work-from-home environments, it’s HR’s responsibility to make sure managers are prepared to care for their employees, says VP HR Galit Gold