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An Israeli automotive technology company has received approval from the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and the US Environmental Protection Agency for its truck chassis whose functions are all electronic instead of mechanical.  REE Automotive‘s P7-C chassis has three kinds of electronic components: steer-by-wire (electronic sensors and signals analyze and direct steering movements); brake-by-wire […]

An Israeli company that uses artificial intelligence to create visual platforms for retailers has launched a new platform that includes a styling system and a product description generator that both use AI.  Syte Labs, created by Tel Aviv-based startup Syte, possesses new generative AI capabilities that are meant to improve descriptions and images of products […]

Israeli startup Mush Foods has launched in the US a restaurant-ready line of chef-crafted dishes made from mushroom root blends.  The 50Cut line is designed to be an accompaniment to main course meat dishes.  The company uses proteins from mycelium, the root system of a fungus, to create its line.  50Cut is designed to improve […]

An Israeli company that utilizes AI to improve communications for individuals from the deaf and hard-of-hearing community has been certified by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  The app created by Nagish, which has offices in both Tel Aviv and New York, provides speech-to-text and text-to-speech services in real time for phone conversations.  It helps […]

As overfishing takes its toll on marine life in waters across the planet, an Israeli company is determined to harness technological know-how to save some species from the brink of extinction – including the most expensive one in the world per pound.  Wanda Fish extracted cells from three different species –  bluefin tuna, mackerel and […]

Israeli company Intuition Robotics has launched the 3rd generation of its companion robot, with new hardware and generative AI capabilities aimed at countering the loneliness experienced by many seniors. ElliQ, which was created by the Ramat Gan-based startup, is an AI table-top robot designed to improve the lives of seniors by promoting healthy and independent […]

A US life and health reinsurer has invested $12 million in Israeli insurtech startup DigitalOwl, which uses AI to interpret and transform medical records into interactive digital documents.  The investment by the Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) will be used to integrate the Tel Aviv-based company’s technology as a core part of its internal underwriting […]

An Israeli company has been granted clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its software used in the removal of liver tumors.  The BioTracelO software created by Rehovot-based TechsoMed Medical Technologies received De Novo clearance from the FDA, which is approval granted to a novel system.  The software is used during ablation […]

A Israel-US foundation to support bilateral technological endeavors has invested $6.3 million in three homeland security projects dealing with the early detection of threats.   The Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) foundation encourages cooperation between US and Israeli companies in different technological sectors.   BIRD provides up to 50 percent of a project’s budget and does […]

The sleek, agile drones of today are not the clumsy and cumbersome drones of yesterday. With ever-improving technology, these unmanned aircraft are impressive both for their maneuverability and range of capabilities.  And in the case of one company whose battle-tested products are in use by the Israel Defense Forces as its troops wage war on […]

An Israeli foodtech startup that makes milk and other dairy products from mushrooms has attained a “No Questions letter” from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which confirms the safety and quality of its dairy protein and it allows the company to break into the American market.  Haifa-based ImaginDairy has bioengineered milk protein to […]

A new innovation center dedicated to climate and desert technology companies is opening in the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva, at a cost of 15 million shekels.   The center is one of nine that were recently established around the less centralized parts of Israel, and will span across the Negev and Arava regions.  It […]

The Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, the Israel Innovation Authority and the US Department of Energy are investing $9.75 million in nine clean energy projects as part of an ongoing joint initiative.  The Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) program has approved projects addressing battery technology, CO2 reduction, energy efficiency, solar energy, energy storage, […]

Petach Tikva-based startup BrainStorm has been granted three foreign patents for its neurological disorder treatment platform NurOwn and NurOwn-Exosomes. BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics is biotech company that develops stem cell therapy for neurogenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis and parkisons disease. NurOwn is a platform that investigates therapeutic approaches to target diseases […]

An Israeli firm that develops nitric oxide-based therapies for respiratory diseases has teamed up with a US biopharm company on a new treatment for cancer using high concentrations of the molecule that is found naturally in the body. The treatment is currently in early clinical trials.   Rehovot-based Beyond Air and Atlanta-headquartered Beyond Cancer have produced […]