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20 stories about Tech
ועידת ניו יורק - אראל מרגלית מייסד ויו"ר קרן JVP וידאו

Erel Margalit: "It's time for a new deal for Israel and a new deal for our region"

04.03.24|Yuval Sade
“We need a diplomatic maneuver and a plan for the day after the war - and the day after Gaza needs to start today,” said JVP Founder & Executive Chairman, Erel Margalit
ועידת ניו יורק אריק אדמס  ראש העיר, העיר ניו יורק וידאו

NYC mayor: "Technology has normalized anti-Semitism, it needs to be re-examined"

04.03.24|CTech
"We must use our skills to change direction. Not just for profit, but for people," NYC mayor Eric Adams said at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in New York. "No one can do that better than the people in this room."
חיילים צה"ל מילואים ב גבול עזה 9.1.24 מלחמת עזה

High-tech workers comprise 20% of IDF reserves, double their share in general population

05.02.24|Yuval Sade
A report published by the Finance Ministry on army reservists absent from work as of December shows that high-tech workers are disproportionately represented in reserve units, and that reservists tend to have higher salaries than the national average
JP Morgan Nir

J.P. Morgan affirms commitment to Israel through expanded local tech center

22.01.24|James Spiro
The global bank has a center in Israel that is partly responsible for Athena, its risk and trade management platform
עומר שלומוביץ מנכל וממייסדי Ingonyama

Chip company Ingonyama raises $20 million in seed round

09.11.23|Meir Orbach
The round was led by Walden Catalyst, one of AI21 Lab’s lead investors, and included VC funds Geometry, and Blue Yard Capital, among others
מייסד מובילאיי פרופ' אמנון שעשוע ומייסד צ'ק פוינט גיל שויד

Will Israeli tech save the Israeli economy?

02.11.23|Sophie Shulman
There are many reasons to be optimistic about the resiliency of Israel’s tech sector right now, however the prolongation of the war could discourage investors and drive away multinational companies
מלחמת עזה מלחמה תקיפה צה"ל 10.10.23

"Historically, every time Israel has gone to war, long term has been a buy side"

11.10.23|Reuters
War with Hamas threatens funding recovery in Israel's vital tech industry
פרות ו טורבינות בגבעות מונטזומה

Urban living reimagined or tech takeover? The divisive private city venture

31.08.23|Omer Kabir
The widow of Steve Jobs, the founder of LinkedIn and former CEO of GitHub, are just a few of the tech entrepreneurs involved in the initiative to develop a mega-private city in the Montezuma Hills in California
CADY Team

How does CADY tackle errors in electrical schematics?

02.07.23|CTech
The company has raised a total of $4 million to improve the product design process
Ishay Yossi Mamram

IDF computing unit alumni providing community to early-stage startups in a time of crisis

17.05.23|James Spiro
The Mamram Alumni Association accelerator program and co-working space are some of the ways it hopes to boost morale in an increasingly difficult climate
מיכה קאופמן מנכ"ל חברת פייבר

Fiverr CEO: "We are witnessing the worst value destruction in Israel's history"

05.04.23|Sophie Shulman
"Can you even understand how it feels to know that in two months we have destroyed 30 years of work?” says Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman
Laid Off Techies

“People don't understand how traumatic it is”: Stories from laid-off techies

16.02.23|James Spiro
CTech spoke to four former techies who were impacted by the ongoing layoffs occurring in Startup Nation
Jules Polonetsky FPF

“It is not for Silicon Valley leaders or tech startups to determine the future of our democracy”

10.07.22|James Spiro
Norms are being smashed by private tech companies and governments have finally decided to catch up.
Swimm podcast

12 professional podcasts every tech employee should have in their favorites

19.05.22|Elihay Vidal
The Israeli tech community loves to consume and create podcasts. These are the local professional podcasts in English you shouldn't miss out on
 דייויד צ'ין מנהל פירמת הייעוץ הבינלאומית מקינזי בישראל

“A mess is great if you want to innovate, but it undermines the ability to become truly big”

03.05.22|Golan Hazani
After gaining experience in security consulting and in the health industry, David Chinn, Managing Partner at McKinsey Israel, has his sights set on the local high-tech industry with new methods and pricing that suits startup budgets
כנס ענן 2022 בתאל וולנטיין בלאיש, BeeHero  CBO וידאו

"Saving the bees is nothing short of a challenge to save humankind"

02.05.22|Irad Atzmon-Schmayer
“Bees are the center of humankind’s food supply, and they’re dying,” said Batel Vallentine Blaish-Sultanik, the CBO of BeeHero during Calcalist’s Cloud and Data conference
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Israel institutions' high-tech investments jump five-fold to $900 million in 2021

04.04.22|Reuters
The rise came on the back of the Israel Innovation Authority's push in 2020 to encourage more institutional investment in tech by providing a government-backed safety net
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

High-tech continues to blossom, but the rest of Israel’s economy can’t keep up

21.03.22|Doron Broitman
While the high-tech sector is skyrocketing, national welfare expenses in Israel have declined compared to other OECD countries, expanding the already wide gaps between tech employees and the rest