Zachy Hennessey

20 stories about Zachy Hennessey
שעון טיסו יבואן רולטיים

The next things technology will make obsolete

16.07.26|Zachy Hennessey
From checkout pages and classrooms to third-party cookies and organizational "know-how," Israeli tech leaders predict what AI and emerging technologies will eliminate over the next decade.
A group of people in a crowd raise their hands.

“If you get the people right, everything else becomes more possible”: Life lessons from Israeli tech leaders

09.07.26|Zachy Hennessey
Israeli tech industry experts give advice that offers a glimpse into the skills and mindsets they believe will matter most in the years ahead.
Createch's newly-launched Innovation Hub in Petach Tikva.

Createch opens gaming innovation hub in Petah Tikva focused on AI and social impact

07.07.26|Zachy Hennessey
Createch CEO: "We want to use the medium of video games to create a positive change of behavior. We want to build safe, secure and educational spaces within games for the next generation."
ההצלחה של Google AI Overviews מרחיקה גולשים מהאתר של הארגון שלכם

"We don't know what we're doing": Tech leaders debunk the biggest myths about their industries

05.07.26|Zachy Hennessey
From AI-driven layoffs and cybersecurity to climate tech and healthcare, founders and executives across Israel's tech ecosystem challenge the assumptions that dominate headlines, and explain what they believe is really happening.
AI "English-washing" threatens to remove cultural flavor and identity from generated output.

AI's “English-washing” problem

25.06.26|Zachy Hennessey
As AI companies race to align their models, some experts argue the process is making chatbots across languages sound increasingly alike, potentially at the expense of cultural diversity. 
Guy Segal Sygnia

Israel needs to strengthen cybersecurity enforcement as AI speeds up attacks

21.06.26|Zachy Hennessey
As AI shortens exploit development from months to hours, Sygnia CEO Guy Segal argues that regulatory enforcement is becoming imperative in determining Israel’s cyber resilience.
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.