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מוביט Moovit

Intel Inks Deal to Acquire Moovit for $1 Billion

04.05.20|Meir Orbach
Intel’s acquisition of the Israeli navigation app developer is reminiscent of Google’s 2013 acquisition of Waze
משקפיים של מג'יק ליפ שילוב בין VR ו־ AR

AR Startup Magic Leap to Fire 50 Workers in Israel as Part of Global Layoffs

23.04.20|Hagar Ravet
The company plans to shift its client focus from retail to businesses. Local GM says current circumstances demand flexibility
שמעון שמואלי ו רונן אביגדור ועידת הכלכלה והתעשיה 2020

CTalk: Public Policy Manager at Google Explains Company’s Interest in Israeli Industry

05.02.20|CTech
Shimon Shmueli, a public policy manager at Google, spoke with CTech reporter Adi Pick at Calcalist's Industry and Economy conference in Tel Aviv
טיילת תל אביב חוף מלון דן קטגוריה

Tel Aviv Among Most Trending Destinations For 2020, According to Google

09.01.20|Adi Pick
Israel’s culture and business capital ranked fifth on Google’s list of most popular destinations for hotel searches in 2020
מפעל חברת אינטל ב קרית גת

Intel Most Active Multinational in Israel, Google Leads on Acquisitions, Report Says

26.12.19|Lilach Baumer
362 multinational companies operated in Israel in 2019, making $983 million in foreign corporate investments across 196 deals
ריקי דרורי גוגל Google

Google Promotes Riki Drori to Vice President

24.11.19|Meir Orbach
Since 2018, Drori has led Google’s consumer products marketing in the EMEA and acted as YouTube’s chief marketing officer for the region
ארמיס Armis ייבגני דיברוב נדיר יזרעאל

Google Backs IoT Security Startup Armis

14.11.19|Meir Orbach
Armis provides information security software for enterprise IoT systems, analyzing and classifying devices and their behavior to identify risks and protect information and systems
סנייק snyk

Google Backs Open Source Vulnerabilities Hunter Snyk in $70 Million Round

10.09.19|Adi Pick
Founded in 2015, Snyk develops and markets software that helps developers detect and fix vulnerabilities in third-party code modules
 מנכ"ל גרופ DSP עופר אליקים

DSP’s Chips Help Alexa Home In on Your Voice

26.08.19|Hezi Sternlicht
DSP has had to reinvent itself several times since its 1994 Nasdaq IPO, but today the company’s advanced voice recognition chips are installed in devices used by Amazon, Samsung, Google, Baidu, and Alibaba
ירון גלאי אאוטבריין

Outbrain Asks Israeli Elections Committee to Keep an Eye on Facebook and Google

14.08.19|Zvi Zerahia
Public trust in online or media-generated information is vastly more important than profit, said Outbrain CEO Yaron Galai
מאט בריטין גוגל

Google Wants In on 6,000 Israeli Startups Within the Next 3 Years, Says Exec

24.07.19|Elihay Vidal
Matthew John Brittin, Google’s president of business and operations, EMEA, spoke with Calcalist about the company’s role in Israel’s tech ecosystem, navigating regulation, and future plans
אייל מנור Google  גוגל Cloud

Credibility Is the Most Crucial Quality for Cloud Services, Says Google Cloud Executive

17.07.19|Omer Kabir
Eyal Manor joined Google in 2007 and has previously worked on an array of products including YouTube and Google Ads, before transferring to the company’s cloud division in 2016
ערן שיר

Auto Machine Vision Startup Nexar Launches Interactive Digital Map

17.07.19|Adi Pick
By connecting user-generated updates with Nexar’s data from car cameras and sensors, the company’s new map can warn drivers of real-time road hazards, construction zones, and missing road signs
הנשיא רובי ריבלין בביקור ב waze

Navigation App Waze to Add Female Pronouns Option in Israel

16.07.19|Adi Pick
The second feature Waze revealed, available since Monday, is a toll pricing feature that is also available in the U.S.
Irwin Boutboul Google

Israeli Entrepreneurs Have a Daring Mentality, Says Google Mentor

09.07.19|Elihay Vidal
Five Israeli startups are set to graduate at the end of July from the first cohort of Google’s startup residency program in Tel Aviv
העיר תל אביב זירת הנדל"ן

Corporate Funds Are Taking Over Israel's Startup Scene

19.06.19|Hagar Ravet
Israel has seen a record $7.5 billion invested in startups in 2018. Unlike previous years, corporate venture arms played a role in almost half of the year’s deals
יוסי מטיאס פרופסור מנכל ב גוגל ישראל

From Crisis Response to Accessibility Tools: Some Recent Developments From Google’s Israel R&D Center

19.05.19|Omer Kabir
“There is nothing new about solving problems with tech, but AI can help us accomplish things that were just science fiction until now,” Yossi Matias, head of Google’s research and development center in Israel, said at a press conference Wednesday
מטה גוגל תל אביב אלפבית

From Pooptech to Traveltech, Google Announces Startups Selected for its Tel Aviv Accelerator

12.05.19|CTech
Throughout the four-month program, startup executives will meet with experts from Google to receive training and support for scaling up and expanding to global markets
אביגדור וילנץ מנכ"ל אנפורנה

Avigdor Willenz Is Looking for Entrepreneurs to Do Battle Against Amazon, Apple, and Google

02.05.19|Meir Orbach
The Israeli tech entrepreneur sold his chip development company Annapurna Labs to Amazon in 2015 for $370 million
סלולארי אפליקציה ווייז וויז waze

Waze Partners With WPP to Offer En Route Ads to Drivers

21.02.19|CTech
As part of the partnerships, Waze users will receive en route messaging directing them to nearby retail locations