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Zachy Hennessey

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A field of stars in space.

“Israel could be a spacetech empire, but it's hard to raise money in the industry”

07.06.26|Zachy Hennessey

A new interactive database of Israel's space ecosystem highlights dozens of companies and organizations, underscoring both the industry's growth and its funding challenges.

Buddy Arnheim, founding partner at Lobby Capital.

“You’re going to find a disproportionate number of the brightest minds in AI per capita in Israel”

03.06.26|Zachy Hennessey

Buddy Arnheim, founding partner at Lobby Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.

Index Ventures partner Juriaan Duizendstraal.

“Every conflict, every cycle of adversity, seems to produce a hungrier generation of Israeli founders”

20.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Index Ventures partner Juriaan Duizendstraal joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.

Canaan general partner Joydeep Bhattacharyya.

“The Israeli startups that will win are the ones building focused AI”

18.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Canaan general partner Joydeep Bhattacharyya joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - NVIDIA Liron Friend-Saadon וידאו

“Every nation has their own electricity and water. Every nation should have their own AI infrastructure.”

14.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

According to NVIDIA’s Liron Freind-Saadon, sovereign AI is essential to ensure independent innovation and national resilience.

ועידת ניו יורק - מריה בלקר

“When our mental health is not at its best, it has an impact that goes beyond the individual”

14.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Serendipity Impact VC co-founder Dr. Maria Blekher highlights the need for Israeli-sourced deep tech to address the global mental health crisis.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - ג'סטין בורוז וידאו

"It's this mentality of ‘if we don't innovate right now we're all gonna die'"

13.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Ibex Investors CEO Justin Borus maintains that Israel’s state of conflict actually serves as a catalyst for historic technological breakthroughs, weeding out uncommitted players and fostering "survive-or-die" innovation.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - נוי לוינסון וידאו

“The winner will not just produce the best model, but will do so in the cheapest, fastest way”

13.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Decart General Manager Noy Levinson argues that by applying the "cyber playbook" to AI, Israel can leverage its unique expertise in hardware and resource-constrained problem-solving to build high-performance, cost-efficient infrastructure at scale.

ועידת ניו יורק -יפית קרת רועי רותם וידאו

“From day one, a good CFO is your real partner to success and growth”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Prioritizing a CFO from day one, augmented by AI-driven real-time insights, is essential for early-stage startups to maintain strategic focus and successfully navigate the path to their next funding round, say ERB Proximo CEO and Deputy CEO Roi Rotem & Yafit Keret.

ועידת ניו יורק - אורי קאופמן גפטר וידאו

"VCs are no longer funding potential, they’re funding execution"

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

To secure venture capital, early-stage startups must prioritize vertical agents, proprietary data ownership, and proven execution over simple integration, says Valley Bank’s Ori Kaufman Gafter.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - אורי אלון יו"ר בנק לאומי וידאו

“The industrial revolution scaled and replaced muscle-power. AI will scale and replace human intelligence"

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Bank Leumi Chairman Uri Alon asserts that AI is scaling cognitive power just as mechanization once transformed physical labor to drive a massive global economic leap.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - בועז דינטה וידאו

“There are many interesting opportunities that aren't in cyber or AI”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Qumra Capital Managing Partner Boaz Dinte highlights that while growth capital is concentrating in cyber and AI, the most compelling opportunities lie in "physical AI" and companies that leverage resilience.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - יונתן בר שדה נשיא AID Coalition

“If these Israelis can’t vote from abroad, let's get them to Israel to participate in the elections”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

The America Israel Democracy (AID) Coalition is launching the "Fly and Vote" initiative, a logistical platform designed to bypass Israel's lack of absentee voting by helping citizens abroad return home to participate in the 2026 elections.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - אילן שדה מנהל חטיבת ה GenAI והדאטה וסגן נשיא בכיר באמדוקס וידאו

“The important part is not creating the agent. You need to understand actual business processes”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Amdocs Division President, GenAI & Data, Ilan Sade contends that the true value of AI isn’t the technology itself, but the complex orchestration of agents and data to create scalable, secure, and autonomous workflows.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - גלית מירן לשכת המסחר וידאו

“The US government and investors see Israeli resilience not just as a survival tactic, but a competitive advantage”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Israel-America Chamber of Commerce CEO Galit Meyran highlights that US states remain deeply committed to Israeli innovation, prioritizing ROI and diverse tech needs over political climate.

כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - עודד הר אבן שותף Sullivan & Worcester וידאו

“The war is not a minus, it's a plus” for Israeli defense and cyber tech

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

According to Sullivan & Worcester partner Oded Har-Even, despite shifting geopolitical sentiments, Israel's technological superiority in cyber and defense continues to outweigh political friction for global investors.

Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures.

“When the AI landscape shifts, Israeli teams reorient faster”

06.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.

אבנר הלפרין מנכ״ל שיבא אימפקט

“We're too slow in the adoption of AI technologies in healthcare”

05.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Sheba Impact CEO Avner Halperin explains why AI is becoming central to telehealth, from triage and intake to expanding access to care while keeping clinicians in the loop.

Mark Kraynak, founding partner at Acrew Capital.

“Anybody who says they can price current geopolitical risk is lying to you and themselves”

04.05.26|Zachy Hennessey

Mark Kraynak, founding partner at Acrew Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.

Yair Grindlinger, CEO and co-founder of Surf AI (left); Ron Peled, co-founder of Sola Security (right).

“Mythos is just a blip in a long, constantly growing path to high resiliency.”

23.04.26|Zachy Hennessey

Cybersecurity founders say Mythos isn't a watershed moment; it's a signal for CISOs to speed up their solutions.