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Orr Katznelson

The World Cup warning: Riots don’t start in the streets. They start online

18.06.26|Orr Katznelson
The next riot will not start when the first barrier falls or when the video reaches social media. It will start earlier, in public signals that were available but not yet connected.
Ofir Nir

Don't blame the shekel: Israeli talent is the asset you can't offshore

09.06.26|Ofir Nir
As layoffs ripple through Israeli tech, companies blaming macroeconomics are missing the point. The real asset in this country isn't a currency position. It's a concentration of talent that can't be re-created by chasing a cheaper time zone. 
Lian Swirsky

The next great opportunity for Israeli startups is hidden inside the AI supply chain

08.06.26|Lian Swirsky
The race to build frontier AI models is increasingly concentrated among a handful of giants. The race to remove the bottlenecks holding AI back is far more open.
Hila Ehrenreich

Why Israel cannot afford to miss the Blue Economy revolution

07.06.26|Hila Ehrenreich
The convergence of AI, energy, and offshore infrastructure opens a new strategic opportunity for Israel’s innovation ecosystem.
Gil Bashe

Why Israeli life-saving health tech stumbles in the U.S.

04.06.26|Gil Bashe
As health systems face mounting operational pressures, Israeli innovators must prove not only that their products work, but that they fit seamlessly into clinical and organizational workflows.
Carice Witte

Europe’s China reckoning holds lessons for Israel

03.06.26|Carice Witte
Just as Europe increasingly questions how to structure economic and diplomatic relations with a country helping sustain Russia’s war effort, Israel may increasingly ask parallel questions regarding Iran.
חיים בכר משקיע ב-lool ventures

Of piers and oceans: Why VCs are not the explorers they think they are

02.06.26|Haim Bachar
Venture capital likes to cast itself as part of the great expeditions of history. The reality, for investors, is far more distant from the risk than the metaphor suggests.
Alon Aharon

The "Active Defense Doctrine": The illusion of firewalls

26.05.26|Alon Aharon
Israeli companies are under unprecedented attack and therefore must lead the global transition from reactive defense to proactive defense.
Ron Storfer

AI has turned social media into the enterprise’s new blind spot

25.05.26|Ron Storfer
While millions are spent on cloud security, zero is spent on the Instagram account. In the social media era, the business impact of a compromised account can be enormous. 
Tal Abuloff Alon Cinnamon

Project Glasswing by Anthropic didn't just find the bugs. It also found the real vulnerability in cybersecurity.

24.05.26|Alon Cinamon
By the end of last week, Anthropic published an update on Project Glasswing that most people missed. I think it's one of the most consequential signals in cybersecurity in years - and the headline numbers are only half the story. 
Yair Snir and Barrel Kfir

The giant models threaten to wipe out classic cybersecurity companies. Who will survive the revolution?

24.05.26|Yair Snir, Barrel Kfir
The cybersecurity-model announcements from OpenAI and Anthropic are not merely a threat to existing startups. They are the opening shot of a critical shift, from a world of vulnerability detection to one of autonomous remediation and prevention. 
Lisya Bahar Manoah Elron Ventures

From the automotive industry to the battlefield: Why automotive startups are turning to defense

21.05.26|Lisya Bahar Manoah
As funding slows and autonomy timelines slip, automotive startups are increasingly turning to defense markets as a parallel path to growth, reshaping the future of mobility and deep-tech investment.
Yaffa Abadi

Stop building AI apps on the weekend. Start becoming an AI conductor in your field.

18.05.26|Yaffa Abadi
Everyone now needs to be a manager. Not of people, but of AI. And the space between those who've internalized that shift and those who haven't will be the defining career gap of the next five years.
דורין בניאל מנהלת אזורית בקרן נייטדרגון

The new tech moat: Why startups must grow with AI, not chase it

17.05.26|Dorin Baniel
The next generation of winning startups will look different. The companies that win won't necessarily create the best initial product. They'll be the ones whose architecture lets them improve continuously, automatically, structurally, and at scale.
Guy & Yael

Why transparency is a negotiation strategy, not just a principle

10.05.26|Yael Chayu, Guy Milhalter
According to Yael Chayu and Guy Milhalter, as long as humans, not algorithms, sit at the table, deal success depends less on contracts and more on how negotiations are framed and managed
חיים שיף מנכ"ל קבוצת הסקנדרי The Elephant

The IPO window isn't open. Here's what that means for your shares

10.05.26|Chaim Schiff
While the market is focused on potential mega-IPOs, Chaim Schiff, CEO of The Elephant Secondary Group, explains why this does not necessarily translate into broader liquidity for startup employees
Tali Rosenwaks Next Gear Ventures

Physical AI is breaking the hyperscale model - not because of compute, but because of where compute can exist

06.05.26|Tali Rosenwaks
Physical AI is shifting computation toward the real world. Robotics, autonomous logistics, manufacturing systems, and sensor-dense environments require inference at the point of action.
Jeremy Levin

Innovation made Israel strong. Voting will keep it that way

29.04.26|Dr. Jeremy M. Levin
“Fly & Vote” is not a slogan. It is a decision to remain part of the system that helped shape you—and to take responsibility for where it goes next.
ד"ר לירן ענתבי

Cheap drones, expensive lessons

28.04.26|Liran Antebi
The rise of cheap, rapidly evolving drone warfare - from fiber-optic control to mass production - is reshaping the battlefield faster than traditional militaries can adapt, forcing a rethink of how advantage is built and sustained.