Welfare Ministry and Sheba to establish $25 million innovation arm
The ARC Welfare initiative aims to streamline the work of more than 120,000 employees, address heavy workloads, and commercialize patents developed within the system.
Business & Innovation
Fugitive from Panama and architect of "Fraud of the Century" extradited
Double Lotto NIS 10M winner: "Waiting to share the news with my combat soldier son"
Mobileye stock plummets following Amnon Shashua’s departure
The figure revealing the bluff of Israel's agricultural sector
Fruit and vegetable prices rise year after year, and it appears the Agriculture Ministry is ignoring a major failure that allows growers to control the market and set prices.
New scam flooding phones: Fake Electric Company refund links
A wave of sophisticated phishing messages has been flooding mobile phones in recent hours, promising a false cash refund from the Electric Company in exchange for entering an external link.
Intel hits roadblock: State cancels massive NIS 1.3B grant for 2025
The promised Kiryat Gat investment spree faces reality: Following the freeze on factory expansion, the state halted 2025 funding, putting the 2026 grant in doubt as well.
Between IP and AI: Generative AI continues to grow
WIPO's new report reveals an unprecedented surge in GenAI patents, as the artificial intelligence revolution rapidly expands into industries, markets, and infrastructure
Innovation Authority launches NIS 1 billion solution for companies hit by shekel-dollar crisis
The fund aims to provide a financial hand for technology startups and early-stage projects whose runway to operate the company has been hit because of the strong shekel.
AI layoffs mount across Israeli tech companies amid software sector bloodbath
The development of AI in recent years has led to situations where human work is replaced by AI, or AI can do the same job faster or at a lower cost
Israeli plant-based protein co Plantopia raises $9m
The new funds will allow the company to move forward to the industrial production stage at a manufacturing plant currently under construction on Kibbutz Sdot Yam.
From soldiering to start-ups: Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem
“Our young people are our future,” says Koftan Halabi, Druze hi-tech entrepreneur and founder of the Druze tech center in Isfiya.
Your Investments: Financial independence starts with work, not wishful thinking
Follow the process of living within your means, saving and investing, and being good stewards with whatever money you have merited, and you can achieve financial independence.
Your Taxes: Can AI tax agents replace human experience in the tax field?
No AI agent knows the unpublished positions of Israeli tax officials – accountants find these out on the job or in tax audit meetings.
