Technology

Israeli Career Tech Startup Gloat Raises $25M For AI Platform
Founded in 2014, Gloat (formerly Workey), developed an AI talent marketplace for career opportunities that it says solves retention problems faced by enterprise companies.
December 18, 2019

Fabric’s Tel Aviv Grocery Logistics Center Begins Delivering Online Orders
Fabric, the US-Israeli warehouse automation logistics startup for retailers formerly known as Commonsense Robotics, announced Monday its grocery site in Tel Aviv is live and delivering orders to online customers, Venture Beat reported. The site, which broke ground in July, according to Venture Beat, is located underground in a triangular space with low ceilings beneath […]
December 17, 2019

Arbe Raises $32M To Move Its 4D Imaging Radar Chipset To Full Production
The Tel Aviv-based company is said to be the world’s first to demonstrate 4D high-resolution imaging radar for the automotive industry.
December 16, 2019

Intel Acquires Israeli Deep-Learning Computing Startup Habana Labs For $2 Billion
Founded in 2016, Habana Labs develops processor platforms that are optimized for training deep neural networks and for inference deployment in production environments.
December 16, 2019

Notable Increase In Late-Stage Funding Allows More Israeli Firms To Grow, Forgo Sales, IPOs – Report
In a new report published this month, Start-Up Nation Central says the biggest trend in Israel’s tech industry in 2019 is firms raising money in growth stages.
December 16, 2019

Cognata’s Simulation Platform Selected To Test Innoviz’s LiDAR Sensor Tech
Innoviz Technologies, a leading Israel-based provider of solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software has selected Israeli autonomous vehicle simulation platform provider Cognata as its simulation partner for simulated testing and validation of sensor hardware and perception software offerings, Cognata announced Monday. Cognata says its simulation platform, developed for large-scale automotive simulation for Advanced Driver Assistance […]
December 16, 2019

Israeli-Founded Insurance Tech Startup Sproutt Raises $12M For Its AI-Powered Platform
Sproutt developed a platform that uses AI to discern a person's life potential through a "Quality of Life Index" and match them with the best life insurance providers and policies.
December 15, 2019

Hitting Half A Billion Users, Moovit’s Mobility Empire Wraps Up Record Year
Once used only to find the best bus route to a destination, the Moovit app today offers options for getting around by bike, scooter, train, taxi and even foot.
December 15, 2019

Gift Lists: A Guide To Cool Israeli Gadgets And Apps This Holiday Season
Wellness gadgets, trendy robots, photo editing apps and something for Fido - 9 must-have Israeli gadgets and apps getting love on international gift lists.
December 12, 2019

EU’s Innovation & Technology Institute Inaugurates Tel Aviv Hub
The new office at Azrieli's Sarona Tower is set to serve as a bridge between the Israeli and European tech ecosystems.
December 11, 2019

Israeli Wireless Smart Road Startup ElectReon Partners With German Energy Firm EnBW
Israeli electric vehicle tech developer ElectReon Wireless has signed a memorandum of understanding with German energy company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW), CTech by Calcalist reported on Sunday. The purpose of the collaboration is to demonstrate the company’s electric charging technology to decision-makers in Germany, according to electronics and tech news site Tech Time (Hebrew.) […]
December 11, 2019

Hacker Steals $1 Million In Chinese VC Funding Meant For Israeli Startup, Check Point Reveals
The leading cybersecurity provider discovered that $1 million sent to an Israeli startup from a Chinese VC firm as part of an investment round never made it due to a sophisticated scheme.
December 10, 2019

Israeli Website Navigation Tool WalkMe Secures $90M In Funding
Israeli-founded digital adoption platform WalkMe announced Monday it has raised a $90 million funding round led by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners. New York-based venture capital firm Insight Partners, a previous investor, also participated in the round. The US-based company’s total funding is now more than $307 million since it was founded in 2011. This […]
December 09, 2019

Israeli Facial Reconstruction Of Ancient Human Up For ‘Breakthrough Of The Year’ Science Award
The genetic analysis used to perform a facial reconstruction of an ancient Denisovan girl by Israeli researchers is listed as one of four finalists in Science magazine.
December 09, 2019

Dubbed ‘Anti-Theranos,’ An Israeli Startup Is Delivering On Blood Test Device With Results In Minutes
Founded in 2011, Sight Diagnostics developed a device that performs blood tests and provides lab-grade results in minutes using just a few drops of blood.
December 08, 2019