Israel Innovation Authority

20 stories about Israel Innovation Authority
מנכ"ל רשות החדשנות דרור בין

Innovation Authority launches $70M program to back deep-tech venture funds

09.09.25|Meir Orbach
Grants of up to $10M per fund aim to accelerate Israeli capital raising and attract global investors.
כנס AI - פאנל AI Nation המוחות שמובילים את גל הבינה המלאכותית הישראלי - מימין סופי שולמן חמוטל מרידור ד"ר דין לייטרסדורף שירן בראלי ו אור דנון

“What’s at stake is not just building a company but building Israel into a world power”

08.09.25|CTech
Decart’s Dean Leitersdorf, Kela’s Hamutal Meridor, Cyera’s Shiran Bareli and Hailo’s Orr Danon explained at Calcalist’s AI Conference that drones, data, and defense demand urgent national investment.
כנס AI - ד"ר זיו קציר ראש התוכנית הלאומית לבינה מלאכותית רשות החדשנות

"There is a severe shortage of AI experts in Israel"

07.09.25|Meir Orbach
Dr. Ziv Katzir, Head of the National Program for AI Infrastructure at the Israel Innovation Authority, told the Calcalist AI Conference that global demand and limited academic output threaten the country’s leadership in AI.
זיו קציר מנהל תוכנית תל"מ לבינה מלאכותית ברשות החדשנות

Why AI’s greatest challenge isn’t chips, but people

07.09.25|Maayan Manela
Israel’s startups face the same global struggle: finding experts fast enough to compete.
בראשית 1 במעבדה

Israel to launch national space lab with $11M investment

04.08.25|CTech
New R&D facility aims to lower launch barriers and boost global competitiveness.
חדשנות טכנולוגית

Israel launches AI sandbox pilot for public education

22.07.25|James Spiro
The initial NIS 10 million in government funding will allow AI startups to test personalized learning solutions inside the classroom, intended to address systemic challenges such as teacher shortages, classroom overcrowding, and educational inequality.  
מנכ"ל רשות החדשנות דרור בין

Israeli startups to gain access to over $6 million each under new incubator program

20.07.25|CTech
State-backed initiative aims to bridge funding gaps for high-risk, early-stage tech ventures.
הפגנה פרו פלסטינית באוניברסיטת סורבון 2 ב פריז ספטמבר 2024

"Horizon is our academic oxygen. It is a matter of life and death for Israeli academia"

26.05.25|Shahar Ilan
Researchers warn that losing EU support may lead to a crisis at Israel's world-class institutions.
AI בינה מלאכותית

Moonshots and bottlenecks: Inside Israel’s new AI strategy

18.05.25|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
With a $15B private sector boom, the state races to catch up.
ארקדי וולוז נשיא יאנדקס העולמית

Nebius to build Israel’s AI supercomputer

14.05.25|Meir Orbach
Half a billion shekels will fund one of the world’s most advanced AI research infrastructures.  
לוחות סולאריים בשדה חקלאי.

Israel's climate-tech crossroads

05.05.25|Shani Ashkenazi
A new report by the Israel Innovation Authority points to a troubling decline in climate-tech investment. In the domain of clean energy, not a single startup was founded in Israel in 2024.
Alon IIA

Innovation Authority selects two new Deep Tech incubators to focus on energy, infrastructure, and medical tech

09.04.25|James Spiro
Square One Labs Build and Edge Medical Ventures will each secure NIS 40 million over five years aimed at creating dozens of startups in energy, infrastructure, and medical technology.
הייטק עובדים

Over 8,000 tech professionals have left Israel since the war began

07.04.25|Meir Orbach
Innovation Authority report reveals surge in relocations as industry faces first decline in a decade.
נשים חרדיות ב הייטק

High-tech gender gap persists despite surge in female students

04.03.25|Meir Orbach
More women are studying high-tech subjects, but representation in the workforce and leadership remains stagnant.
הייטק פיטורים משרד ריק שבוע עבודה מקוצר

Survey finds 50% of high-tech startups in Israel may exhaust funds in six months

19.01.25|Meir Orbach
As a result of financial constraints, around 20% of companies reported in the Israel Innovation Authority's survey that they relocated activities or staff abroad, and approximately 40% reported deliberately reducing their cash burn rates.
שדה חקלאי ב קיבוץ עין דור שבגלילי התחתון שהפך ל שדה סולארי

Israel to invest over $30M in groundbreaking lab for bio-devices and biochips development

25.12.24|Shani Ashkenazi
The state-of-the-art facility, backed by the Innovation Authority, will drive advancements in medicine, agriculture, energy, and environmental solutions, positioning Israel as a global leader in bio-device technology.
Quantum computer

Israel launches its first domestically built quantum computer

16.12.24|CTech
Nation joins global race for quantum supremacy with a 20-qubit system.