Startup

Shekel squeeze: How offshore talent is keeping Israel's startup nation scaling upwards - interview

While reducing costs is one reason to hire offshore employees, ONE Offshore explained that most companies outsource to expand their teams.

View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, October 8, 2025.
Aligned founders - Yotam Sela, Gal Aga, and Gal Deitsch

Aligned is raising $60 million

 Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022.

Israel pushes for deep tech start ups with Israel Innovation Authority’s new funding program

The Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich

Smotrich launches NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for high-tech and exporters


Chinese Startup claims it can synthesize oil from air and water

The company, co-founded in 2024 by a former Tesla vice-president, frames its approach as Direct Air Capture.

Top view of oil barrels being moved by a forklift.

California startup pitches 50,000 space reflectors to extend daylight

Backers say orbital reflectors could deliver round-the-clock clean power to the grid; critics call the plan 'for the dumbest reason ever'.

A woman sits on a swing and watches the sun set.

In first place in the world: Eisenkot’s son beat Google and OpenAI

An unprecedented achievement for the startup of Guy Eisenkot and Nimrod Kor, which was ranked as the most accurate AI tool on the market for code review.

Guy Eisenkot and Nimrod Kor

Europe Days conference brings top investors face-to-face with Israeli startups

As Europe adjusts its defense priorities, interest in Israeli startups continues to grow. The Europe Days conference turns that interest into a structured meeting point.

Visitors at the UVID (Unmanned Vehicles Israel Defense) 2015 Conference, held at the Israel Conference Center in Tel Aviv on November 09, 2015.

Nvidia acquires Israeli data co Illumex

Illumex, which was founded by CEO Inna Tokarev Sela, has raised $13 million to date, mainly from Israeli investors

An AI-generated image of an Nvidia chip.

Playtime vs airtime: The efficiency metric every founder should understand - opinion

Seed funding gets you on the field. What happens next depends on whether you can turn fleeting moments into sustained drives.

Superbowl 2026

Startup Nation Central to lay off 65 employees in restructure of Israeli tech activities

Founded 13 years ago, SNC is making this move as part of a rethinking of its activities

Startup Nation Central's headquarters in Tel Aviv

Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point buys three start-ups for over $150m.

Check Point's 2025 annual revenue was $2.725 billion, up 6% from 2024.

Checkpoint was founded in 2010 in Tel Aviv

Google-Wiz acquisition receives final regulatory approval

Each of the founders will now receive over $2 billion before taxes, and the Israel Tax Authority can expect to collect at least NIS 9 billion from taxes on the founders, employees, and investors.

Google and Cybersecurity Startup Wiz.

'Waze of marketing': Israeli startups invest some $50 million in sales, advertising with AI

Israeli startups Brandlight and WINN.AI announced $31 million and $18 million in investments, respectively, from a Series A funding round.

AI and Economy.