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How Israeli start-ups are helping ships navigate a contested Hormuz - opinion

Cheap Iranian drones and GPS jamming have choked the world's most vital oil route. A handful of Israeli start-ups think they can help ships find a way through

STRAIT OF HORMUZ, OMAN/IRAN -- JUNE 16, 2026: 01 -- Maps4media-processed Sentinel-2 satellite imagery shows a broad overview of the Strait of Hormuz, including the Musandam Peninsula, nearby islands, coastal shallows, and the narrow maritime corridor linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman.
View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, October 8, 2025.

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

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


Lionsgate Network: Exposing crypto terrorists with advanced blockchain technology

With Lionsgate Network, 'there are no more blindspots, no more zero-accountability, no more ‘we don’t know': CEO Bezalel Raviv

Crypto Market.

Israeli cyber sector soars as exits hit $72.6b. in 2025

Capital raising also hit an all‑time high, climbing to $8.27 billion, surpassing previous record of $7.5 billion in 2021

Cyber is not a luxury.

AI-cybersecurity firm becomes Israel's latest unicorn after $360 million funding round

Torq, a cybersecurity startup specializing in managing security operations through autonomous artificial intelligence agents, raised funding from Merlin Ventures.

AI writing

Defense Ministry orders boost Israeli startups

Total funding raised by companies that received a direct order from MAFAT in 2025 was $1.2 billion

The Israel Defense Forces announced that troops from the 10th Brigade have wrapped up a series of operations around the Yellow Line in the Khan Yunis area.

Israeli unicorn Wix launches world-first AI website builder, cutting weeks of work into minutes

Wix Harmony would allow users not only to design websites in a matter of seconds rather than hours, but also to refine the design via a chatbox with an AI agent.

Israeli giant Wix announced its first AI-focused product.

Israeli defense-tech co Kela teams with Starling on drones

As part of the agreement, Kela will receive exclusive rights to sell, integrate and deploy Starling's Pathfinder X autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system in the IDF.

Starling's new VTOL drone design for enhanced operational flexibility

Škoda partners with Upstream to strengthen cybersecurity across connected vehicles

Upstream developed a platform that provides cybersecurity extended detection and response (XDR) for connected vehicles and IoT

Škoda Kodiaq. The base model reduced to NIS 212,000

As 2026 begins, AI boom pushes Israeli tech salaries toward NIS 40,000

Despite global uncertainty and ongoing market turbulence, the local tech market has managed to maintain stability while continuing to grow.

Digital Health Startup Competition

Ashdod Port boosts investment in Israeli cyber‑resilience start-up Salvador Technologies

Ashdod Port has been increasing its focus on strengthening cyber resilience across critical operational technology

Ashdod Port

ServiceNow to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion

The company aims to integrate Armis' security features, such as device scanning, threat detection, and vulnerability prioritization, to its AI-powered platform.

Armis founders, Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael.