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איתמר לב אלדר שותף ב-ERM

Defense investment funds are a welcome start - but the road ahead is long

04.11.25|Itamar Lev-Eldar
"Israel must move from a policy of intermittent encouragement to one of true partnerships with the DefenseTech ecosystem, offering startup companies access to tenders, regulatory certainty, and industrial backing," writes Itamar Lev-Eldar, a Partner at ERM Law firm.
Guy Galon

Customer success - The missing link in revenue predictability

03.11.25|Guy Galon
"Revenue planning is no longer just about closing deals; it’s about understanding customers deeply enough to anticipate their next move," writes Guy Galon, Chief Customer Success Officer at Obrela.
הילה גיל CMO בחברת ההייטק נטורל אינטליג'נס

ChatGPT is becoming the next frontier for digital advertising

30.10.25|Hila Gil
"OpenAI’s strategy is clear: build trust first, monetization later. Integration with Amazon will happen only after users see ChatGPT as a “trusted personal assistant,” not another sales channel," writes Hila Gil, CMO of Natural Intelligence.
Nadav Tamam

Apple and Google are losing their monopoly on the payment moment - opening new opportunities for Israeli fintechs

29.10.25|Nadav Tamam
"What once required years of licensing and banking infrastructure has become something any fintech entrepreneur with a good idea can build today," writes Nadav Tamam, Regional Director for Enterprise, Airwallex Israel and the Middle East.
Chen Shmilo 8200

Beyond hasbara: Israel’s opportunity in trustworthy AI

28.10.25|Chen Shmilo
"By helping the world defend information integrity in the AI era, Israel enhances its global standing as a trusted source of ethical and innovative technology," writes Chen Shmilo, CEO of the 8200 Alumni Association and Co-Founder of Hack the Hate.
ניקול לוין בכירה בחברת AI

Silicon Valley adopts the work culture China banned

27.10.25|Nicole Levin
As tech layoffs shift power to employers, 996 spreads through San Francisco startups.
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.
שמואל קדמי מנכ"ל NetZero Tech Ventures

The ceasefire - An opportunity to cement Israel’s status as a deep tech nation for the next two decades

23.10.25|Shmuel Kedmi
"Deep Tech is not a luxury - it is a vital element of Israel’s long-term competitiveness," writes Shmuel Kedmi is CEO of NetZero Tech Ventures.
רון קמחי מייסד שותף וה-CTO של Eon

The cloud availability fallacy: The biggest risk of the digital era

23.10.25|Ron Kimchi
"Data accessibility must be an integral part of business planning. Instead of focusing solely on recovering full cloud environments, organizations must think about continuous data availability," writes Ron Kimchi, Co-Founder and CTO of Eon.
עו"ד רון אבלסקי

The next front: Israel’s economic battle for global confidence

22.10.25|Ron Abelski
"After two years of hardship and uncertainty, Israel now requires a nationwide image campaign to demonstrate to the world that its economy is thriving once again and that security and stability have returned," writes Ron Abelski, partner at Epstein Rosenblum Maoz.
ניקול לוין בכירה בחברת AI

The AI renaissance: Your boss didn't fire you because AI does your job better

22.10.25|Nicole Levin
"Instead of fearing an apocalypse that's not materializing, we should embrace the intellectual golden age actually happening while maintaining skepticism toward sensationalized headlines designed to obscure some CEO's economic decisions," writes Nicole Levin.
הוד בן נון שותף-מייסד ו-VP of R&D ב-Mind Security

When the cloud goes dark: AWS outage exposes a dangerous dependence

21.10.25|Hod Bin Noon
The mass disruption reveals that control over corporate data often ends where the cloud provider begins, and that resilience must start at the data layer.
שי מיינרט סמנכ״לית במרכז החדשנות לדזרטק ואקלים בנגב DCIC

If North Korea can do it, so can the Negev

20.10.25|Shai Meinrath
"The rules of the labor market have changed before our eyes, and more people than ever can access technological jobs," writes Shai Meinrath, VP of High-Tech Growth at the DeserTech and Climate Innovation Center in the Negev.
עו"ד אנדרי ופניארסקי עורך פטנטים משרד פרל כהן

The cyber trap: When exporting your IP becomes a crime

19.10.25|Andrey Vapniarsky
Cyber-focused startup founders aiming for American VC's should take into account that Israeli law prohibits registering a patent abroad for inventions that have military or security value.
השקת אפל ל AirPods פרו סדרה 3

Are real-time translators the next doomed trend in tech wearables?

13.10.25|Amy Shapiro
From smart glasses to VR headsets, the wearables market is littered with failed promises. The latest “revolution” promises to break down language barriers as we know them. Can real-time translation earbuds succeed where others have fallen short?