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Hetz Ventures

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Chen Zvi

Is Israel missing the AI infrastructure wave?

21.08.26|Chen Zvi
According to Chen Zvi, an investor at Hetz Ventures, the question isn't whether Israel is part of the AI revolution, but whether it can also grab a meaningful share of the infrastructure that powers it.
גיא פיגל שותף וראש תכנית (SPARQL) Hetz data

The gap between Israeli and American founders isn't tech, it's the first line of the budget

07.08.26|Guy Fighel
"The technology is already here," writes Guy Fighel, a Partner and Head of Data Program at Hetz Ventures, "what's needed is to update the playbook around it."
יהודה טאוב שותף כללי בקרן Hetz ventures

The wrong AI race

14.07.26|Judah Taub
Israel will never be the country with the largest number of data centers in the world. It will never have the largest number of chips either. But it can absolutely be the country where the most important AI companies are born.
יהודה טאוב שותף כללי בקרן Hetz ventures

The AI company worth more than Israel's GDP - what it means for us

20.04.26|Judah Taub
Anthropic’s surge exposes a deeper truth: Israel is early in AI adoption, but late in strategic planning.
Judah Taub, Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures.

“When Taiwan gets tense, every AI chip gets expensive. Companies building around that constraint will own the next decade.”

27.01.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Judah Taub, Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.
Hetz team

Hetz Ventures secures $140 million to invest in Israeli cyber and AI startups

06.01.26|CTech
The fund comes as the firm marks $1 billion in portfolio exit value and nearly $500 million under management.
Itamar Mula

AI in 2026: Abundance is cheap. Trust is not.

28.12.25|Itamar Mula
"AI makes intelligence cheap. Context, trust, privacy, and judgment become expensive. AI does not remove humans. It makes them more valuable. AI does not kill software. It makes it disposable. AI does not centralize power. It rewards focus and specialization," writes Itamar Mula, Principal at Hetz Ventures.
Judah Hetz

The new logic behind today’s oversized Israeli Seed rounds

01.12.25|Judah Taub
"Starting off with tens of millions of dollars and a high valuation you will need to grow into, isn't a feature or a bug but rather a strategy. And, both founders and VCs should be fully aware of what it implies," writes Judah Taub, Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures.
גיא פיגל שותף וראש תכנית (SPARQL) Hetz data

If we don’t build a data brand in Israel, we’ll miss the AI revolution

26.10.25|Guy Fighel
"Israel doesn’t have to remain just the 'Cyber Nation'. It can also become the 'Data Nation.'," writes Guy Fighel, a Partner at Hetz Ventures and Head of the Hetz Data (SPARQL) Program.
Judah Hetz

Israeli AI lacks a “Flywheel”. Hetz Ventures wants to change that

04.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
For CTech’s VC AI Survey, Hetz Ventures Managing Partner Judah Taub explains why conviction still matters more than metrics, and what Israel must fix to become a true AI leader.
Judah BiblioTech

WATCH: ‘How To Move Up when the Only Way is Down’ by Judah Taub

29.10.24|James Spiro
Hetz Ventures Co-founder and Managing Partner Judah Taub, spoke to CTech for a wide-ranging interview discussing the inspiration for his new book, his IDF experience, Jewish philosophy, and what modern-day business lessons founders can learn.
Prompt Security

Prompt Security receives $5 million in Seed to secure generative AI

24.01.24|James Spiro
The recent lawsuit against OpenAI filed by The New York Times alleging that ChatGPT can output almost-verbatim article excerpts in its responses highlights the potential for generative AI tools to leak training data.
Judah Hetz

The clock is ticking for effective GPT data management

11.07.23|Judah Taub
"Attention and investment is going to startups attempting to build on top of GPT and less to those building solutions for data management and infrastructure," warns Judah Taub
Guy Judah Hetz

Hetz Ventures launches program to support data and AI engineers and entrepreneurs

06.07.23|James Spiro
Confirmed participating advisors include data executives from companies like Salesforce, Twilio, Shopify, and Meta.
Hetz Team 2022

Hetz Ventures launches network of engineering and cyber experts to help foster startup growth

12.12.22|James Spiro
The Hetz Executive Network has more than 200 international members and is designed to help companies scale at their early stages
Ganksta Team

Gankster raises $4.25 million for its all-in-one competitive gaming platform

07.12.22|James Spiro
“We offer a comprehensive and accessible environment for professional growth for every gamer in the world,” said Uriya Schwarz, Gankster CEO
Hetz Ventures Judah Taub יהודה טאוב

Founders must “come to terms with reality,” says Hetz Ventures

23.11.22|Elihay Vidal, James Spiro
Judah Taub, Managing Partner of Hetz Ventures joined CTech to discuss the winners and losers of the year
Tymely Founders

Tymely raises $7 million to fix “broken” eCommerce customer service

19.09.22|James Spiro
The company’s solution automates customer service capabilities using natural language processing (NLP)
ועידת Mind the Tech ניו יורק שולחן עגול חץ מימין פבל ליפשיץ שותף Hetz Ventures איאן עמית מייסד משותף ומנכ"ל Gomboc.ai ו ארקדי גויקברג סמנכ"ל אבטחת מידע DMGT

"If you recruit the wrong person, you end up paying for it twice"

19.09.22|Roee Bergman
Arkadiy Goykhberg, VP of Information Security at DMGT, was speaking in a panel on the economic crisis and its effects on high-tech, which included Ian Amit, Co-founder & CEO of Gomboc.ai, and was hosted by Pavel Livshiz, Partner at Hetz Ventures
וידאו Ctech Mind the tech NY conference – Judah Taub

“I am super bullish for the long term”

18.09.22|CTech
Judah Taub, Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures, spoke to CTech at Mind the Tech NY about the changes in the market during the current crisis
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