R&D

20 stories about R&D
מימין שחר טל יוסי כרמיל ליאור בן פרץ סלברייט

On Heels of IGP Deal, Cellebrite To Bolster Israeli R&D With 100 People

26.06.19|Golan Hazani
Israel Growth Partners (IGP) has recently paid $110 million for a 25% stake in the Israel-based mobile forensic company
פייסבוק ווילו קמפוס willow מנלו פארק קליפורניה

Facebook Israel's R&D Director Relocates to Facebook's California HQ

19.06.19|Adi Pick
The company’s local research and development center, which currently employs more than 250 people, will be jointly led by Tzach Hadar, Yuval Kesten, and Amit Finkelstein
אסף רפפורט מיקרוסופט

Microsoft Israel to Integrate Contract Employees as General Staff

17.06.19|Meir Orbach
Israeli law restricts contract employment to a nine-month period, but many companies use a loophole to fire employees after said period only to rehire them under the same terms
פארק תעשייה קיסריה

Advanced Energy Opens Israeli Research and Development Center

16.06.19|Adi Pick
The Nasdaq-listed company provides power conversion measurement and control technologies to industrial clients
ג'ון דונובן

AT&T Communications CEO Looking for the Edge in Israel

16.06.19|Meir Orbach
John Donovan, the head of AT&T Communications, visited the parent company’s Israeli research and development center last week and met with local startups
לואיז ורונסי  סמנכ״ל טכנולוגיות וסייבר  AB InBev

World’s Largest Beer Company AB InBev Sets Up Tel Aviv Cybersecurity Hub

13.06.19|Hagar Ravet
AB InBev provides 25% of all beer consumed globally and owns around 500 brands, including Beck’s, Budweiser, Corona, Stella, and Leffe
גיל גולן מנכ"ל מרכז הפיתוח ג'נרל מוטורס בישראל

General Motors Competes With Google, Facebook Over Israeli Tech Workers, GM Exec Says

11.06.19|Udi Etsion
Gil Golan, the executive director of GM's Advanced Technology Center in Israel, believes workers are drawn to where they can make a bigger impact
העיר תל אביב זירת הנדל"ן

In Search for Innovation, EU Corporations Turn Their Eyes to Tel Aviv

05.06.19|Lilach Baumer
Forty one large European corporations currently operate an innovation outpost in Israel, almost half of which have set up shop in the past three years, according to a new report
מרכז המחקר והפיתוח של וואווי בהוד השרון טוגה נטוורקס

Huawei Temporarily Suspends Israeli Employees With U.S. Citizenship

22.05.19|Omer Kabir
According to information obtained by Calcalist, the policy was not Israel-specific but rather implemented by Huawei globally wherever it has employees of American nationality
ביל פורד יו"ר פורד העולמית

Ford to Open an Innovation Center in Israel

20.05.19|Meir Orbach
Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, is set to launch the new center during his planned visit to Israel in June. The center will operate alongside Ford's local AI subsidiary SAIPS
חטיף שוקולד סניקרס מארס מילקי וויי טוויקס

Candy Company Mars Partners With JVP on Foodtech and Agtech Initiative

15.05.19|CTech
As part of the collaboration, Mars will work together with Israeli academic institutions and support existing Israeli startups as well as the formation of new companies
איתי פזנר מנכ"ל 888 משחקים מקוונים הימורים

Online Gambling Company 888 to Lay Off 45 Israeli Employees

13.05.19|Meir Orbach
The London-listed company employs 600 people in Israel, out of 1500 global employees
אסדת קידוח אנרג'יאן מאגר גז כריש 2

BIRD Foundation Seeks Joint Israel-U.S. Energy-Focused R&D Projects

30.04.19|CTech
Each project selected will receive a grant of up to 50% of its R&D costs, at a maximum sum of $1 million
שאנטאנו נריין מנכ"ל אדובי

Adobe Closing Israeli R&D Center, Letting Employees Go

06.03.19|Meir Orbach
Adobe gained ownership of the center in Tel Aviv following its 2018, $4.75 billion acquisition of marketing software developer Marketo
מרכז שרונה תל אביב מגדלי עזריאלי

LeasePilot Establishes a Research and Development Outfit in Tel Aviv

07.02.19|Meir Orbach
The Boston-based commercial real estate leasing startup set up shop at one of the city's WeWork coworking spaces
שגיא בן משה סגן נשיא תאגידי באינטל העולמית

Intel Now Has 20 Israeli Vice Presidents

03.02.19|Hagar Ravet and Lilach Baumer
12% of all patents submitted by Intel in 2015-2018 originated in Israel, with the number rising to 13.5% in 2018
מעבד הבאנה לאבס  Habana Labs

Intel-Backed Chipmaker Habana Labs Opening R&D Center in Poland

28.01.19|Adi Pick
Habana Labs develops processors optimized for artificial intelligence applications
תל אביב קו רקיע חוף

Israeli Government Expenditure on R&D Second Lowest of OECD Countries

28.01.19|Lilach Baumer
The country's spending on national R&D as a percentage of GDP was 4.4% in 2016, highest of all OECD countries, but almost all of the capital comes from the business sector
בריאות דיגיטלית מדעי החיים רפואה טיפול 2

Medical Research Company Genae Acquires Israeli Company MedicSense

13.01.19|CTech
Privately-held MedicSense assists medical devices manufacturers with clinical, regulatory, and quality management requirements
The view from SOSA TLV

The BIRD Foundation to Invest $7.3 Million in Eight Joint U.S.-Israeli Projects

08.01.19|Meir Orbach
The foundation will invest across a variety of technological domains including agtech, medical devices, digital health, and defense