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There were over 60 million views of web stories on Google of highlights of the Qatar World Cup generated in real-time by Israeli AI. WSC Sports uses advanced AI and machine learning to automatically create the best highlights from live sports games. Sports fans can watch pivotal moments from soccer, basketball, and other sports events […]

Emissions can be used in the food, animal feed, fertilizer, and glass industries

An AI startup that ensures the safety and efficacy of new drugs has raised $9 million. Quris tests thousands of new drugs on miniaturized “patients-on-a-chip” – small plastic rectangles of recreated tissues from human organs.  They simulate the human body in miniature, and each tiny chip can fit up to 100 “patients”. They’re used to […]

The Israeli startup behind a consumer flying vehicle says it has successfully completed its first “forward flight”. The electric two-seater proved in July that it could take off vertically and hover like a helicopter. Now it has also shown that it is able to accelerate forwards, like an airplane. The electric vertical takeoff and landing […]

A new, non-invasive technology that improves the appearance of cellulite has been approved for use in the US. The “Synchronous Ultrasound Parallel Beam” (Superb) technology heats the skin at the right depth to reduce cellulite on the lateral and posterior parts of the upper thighs and buttocks.  Sofwave Medical, the Israeli company behind the technology […]

Wind turbines kill millions of bats that fly into their blades every year.  But technology jointly developed by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa transmits ultrasonic signals and lights which could divert them to fly at a higher altitude, outside the danger zone. Researchers who tested the solution in a new study compared […]

A new sustainability center is being built at the Technion Institute of Technology, in Haifa, thanks to a $50 million donation. Students and faculty at the new sustainability center will uncover new ways to maintain global growth, while protecting the planet and its resources for future generations.  The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Sustainability Center for Catalysis, […]

Imagen, a startup that provides AI editing solutions for professional photographers, has raised $30 million.  The Israeli company modernizes and improves their post-production workflow by automating image editing. The more photos a photographer uploads, the more the AI can capture their editing style and accurately predict dozens of editing parameters.  Its solution saves up to […]

Officials from Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco have, for the first time, appeared together in public to discuss a “Cyber Iron Dome” cyber-defense system. The meeting in Bahrain, made possible by the US-brokered UAE-Israel Abraham Accords two years ago, was largely motivated by a series of cyber-attacks from Iran on Israel. Officials from Oman […]

AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical company behind the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, has selected six Israeli healthtech startups for its annual innovation scale-up program. During the nine-month program it will share insights, expertise, resources, connections, and guidance to accelerate their international growth. The startups all work in the areas of oncology, cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases, vaccines and […]

Wi-Charge, the first company to commercialize over-the-air wireless charging, has announced improvements to its thumb-sized power receivers. They can be embedded into – and charge – electric toothbrushes, game controllers, smart faucets, smart locks, and more.  The company’s power transmitter, which can power multiple devices across a 1,400 sq ft area, converts electricity into safe […]

Tel Aviv University (TAU) is to open Israel’s first multidisciplinary center for the study of autoimmune diseases. It will collaborate with Israel’s medical centers, health services, and scientists from other academic institutions to research the chronic conditions involving an abnormal response of the immune system within body tissues. The Colton Center, named after philanthropists Judith […]

The harsh conditions of space will be replicated – in a laboratory here on Earth. Israeli company Sim.space has developed a hybrid laboratory that will allow crews to train for the upcoming Beresheet 2 mission in 2025.  SpaceIL, the Israeli aerospace organization behind the mission, aims to conduct a double landing on both sides of […]

Trigo, the Israeli seamless shopping startup, is opening Germany’s first fully autonomous supermarket. Customers in Munich will walk in, select their items off the shelves, and leave without having to pay at checkout. The grocery giant Rewe, with over 3,700 stores in Germany, already has two Trigo-powered grocery stores, in Cologne and then Berlin. But […]

Artificial intelligence can help prevent death and serious illness by warning of impending heart failure. A new tool, developed by researchers at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, analyzes the ECG tests for patients with myositis – rare conditions that cause weak, painful and inflamed muscles, and that increase the risk of heart failure.  It […]