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מעין שחר UST Spark

AI killed the IT star?

04.12.25|Maayan Shahar
"AI doesn’t signal the end of the IT industry; rather it marks the moment when it must undergo a rapid but necessary transformation," writes Maayan Shahar, Managing Director of UST Spark.
ליאור הנדלסמן שותף בקרן Grove Ventures

The Israeli opportunity to create its own “Genesis Mission”

03.12.25|Lior Handelsman
"Israel should not try to replicate the American project but rather build its own version - one suited to its scale, resources, and ecosystem capabilities," writes Lior Handelsman, General Partner at Grove Ventures.
רון אורן הוא מייסד שותף בחברת Imagen

Why your personal style is the secret weapon in the “AI era”

02.12.25|Ron Oren
"The next stage in AI evolution will not be about building larger models, but about each of us taking these models and domesticating them, embedding them with our knowledge, experience, and style," writes Ron Oren, co-founder of Imagen.
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.
Dror Glass

The line between public and private markets is blurring , and venture secondaries are at the center

27.11.25|Dror Glass
"For Israel to keep building global companies, we need to continue embracing the same liquidity infrastructure the world’s biggest institutions are now investing in," writes Dror Glass, Founding Managing Partner at Israel Secondary Fund (ISF).
Dor Eligula, Co-Founder and the Chief Business Officer at BridgeWise

The Spotify revolution is coming to the capital markets: only now, your next playlist will be stacked with stocks

26.11.25|Dor Eligula
The financial industry has never feared complex technology. In fact, it embraced it wholeheartedly; quietly, behind the scenes. Until now. 
ניקול לוין בכירה בחברת AI

The AI battle has moved: It's no longer about who's smartest, but who owns the stage

25.11.25|Nicole Levin
The performance gap between AI models has nearly vanished. Now the winners are those who control where we already spend our time online.
Harel Menashri

Chinese firms capitalize on Israeli procurement weaknesses to penetrate sensitive sectors

23.11.25|Harel Menashri
Hospitals, health funds, and even the IDF Medical Corps rely on low-cost Chinese devices, raising fears of cyber intrusions and supply-chain leverage in a crisis.
דניאל שניידר מנכ"ל AnyBiz

Tech is breaking records again, but has it learned its lesson this time?

20.11.25|Daniel Shnaider
New fundraising highs signal a return of confidence in the market, but they also remind us how short the collective memory of Israeli tech can be. Between euphoria and responsibility, this may be the moment to pause and choose a different path for growth. 
משה זילברשטיין שותף בקרן Next47

Israel’s next tech imperative: Building a national GPU network

19.11.25|Moshe Zilberstein
"Leadership in AI will require the same mindset that built Israel’s early technology advances: seeing infrastructure not as expense but as strategy," writes Moshe Zilberstein, General Partner at N47.
Ephraim Zachary Heiliczer

Israel’s high-tech resilience: How 2025 became a record year amid war and uncertainty

18.11.25|Ephraim Zachary Heiliczer
Against all odds, 2025 turned out to be a record-breaking year for Israeli innovation. How did it happen?
טלאור זקש שותף מנהל ב eHealth Ventures

Not just America: A strategic change for Israeli startups

13.11.25|Talor Sax
"Israeli entrepreneurs should not treat the U.S. as their default market. It is highly worthwhile to consider Europe as an attractive and effective alternative," writes Talor Sax, Founder and Managing Partner of eHealth Ventures.
ליאור חנוכה מנכ"ל HiCenter Ventures

Israel’s path to AI success: Focus on verticals where we have a comparative advantage

12.11.25|Lior Hanuka
"Israel must act now. We need bold investment in AI infrastructure and a sharp focus on the verticals where we can lead," writes Lior Hanuka, CEO of HiCenter Ventures.
לי בן גל משקיעה ב-lool ventures

The moves by AI giants Google and OpenAI challenge startups - and offer a massive opportunity

10.11.25|Lee Ben-Gal
"Stop trying to build the next ChatGPT; that race is over. Instead, use open-source models as a base and focus on building dedicated, regulation-compliant infrastructure in fields such as law, finance, and healthcare," writes Lee Ben-Gal, an Investor at lool ventures.
אריק בנטוב מייסד ומנהל שותף בקבוצת אריאלי

How secondary deals became a core strategy in the private market

09.11.25|Eric Bentov
For many years, secondary transactions occurred behind the scenes and were available only to a limited set of private investors. Today, they have become a central strategy in the broader private market landscape.