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Can Kurdistan follow Israel's lead to become the Middle East's next Start-Up Nation? - analysis

BY YOSSI HURST — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:49:00 GMT

Kurdistan does not need to copy Israel, but it can learn from its journey from a small and politically uncertain environment to a start-up and tech superpower.

Israel’s digital wallet boom signals a new era for online payments

BY IN COLLABORATION WITH JAMES EVANS — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:48:56 GMT

This is the company that is the best to work for in Israel

BY WALLA! MONEY — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:05:00 GMT

CofaceBDi ranking for 2026: Tech dominates with record presence, Israel Aerospace Industries leaps forward, and Nvidia maintains the summit.

Report: Amazon plans giant fundraise of at least $25 billion

BY DANIEL COHEN — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:45:00 GMT

According to the Bloomberg network, the tech giant plans to raise at least $25 billion in a bond offering to fund its massive investments in artificial intelligence.

A 2,267% surge in demand for this profession

BY LIAD VAKNISH — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:25:00 GMT

Globally, the demand for Claude Code experts jumped by 938%, but in Israel, the numbers are even sharper with a surge of 2,267% within just half a year.

Severe report: Historical peak in the number of unemployed tech workers

BY ZELI GREENBERG — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:25:00 GMT

The Employment Service links the historic unemployment surge to AI, but experts blame downsizings on high interest rates, a weak dollar, and past over-hiring by companies.

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

BY TOBIAS HOLCMAN — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:03:17 GMT

While reducing costs is one reason to hire offshore employees, ONE Offshore explained that most companies outsource to expand their teams.

Shay Gal launches line of state

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:01:31 GMT

An international strategic practice for state files where policy becomes power

$7.6 billion in half a year: Tech fundraising surged by 52%

BY ZELI GREENBERG — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:25:00 GMT

The innovation industry concludes a dream first half with $7.6 billion, led by cyber and foreign investors.

AI arrives for reserve soldiers in a free training program by a tech entrepreneur

BY YEHUDA SHARONI — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:25:00 GMT

Amid ongoing security challenges and heavy workloads, Prakti AI is launching a long-term initiative offering hands-on training in leading tools transforming today’s job market.

Aligned is raising $60 million

BY WALLA! MONEY — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:50:00 GMT

After being ranked at the top of G2's summer reports, the Israeli company Aligned signs an impressive Series B funding round.

Israel pushes for deep tech start ups with Israel Innovation Authority’s new funding program

BY TOBIAS HOLCMAN — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:53:05 GMT

The Israel Innovation Authority will offer up to NIS 1 million more in funding through its startup fund to deep tech companies in the early stages of development.

Tech workers laid off and collapsing under the mortgage burden

BY DANIEL COHEN — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:05:00 GMT

Crash course: The AI and the dollar are emptying the tech sector, and mortgages are threatening those laid off.

Tech Talk: Lightkey, the AI-powered Israeli startup transforming writing

BY ARIEL SHAPIRA — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:36:06 GMT

People haven’t stopped typing. They’ve simply moved elsewhere.

After Wix: Elementor fires about 30% of its employees

BY WALLA! MONEY — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:55:00 GMT

Only a month after the massive cuts at Wix, the website development company Elementor joins the wave and will part ways with about 100 employees.

The rate of young Haredim in tech has tripled

BY LIAD VAKNISH — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:35:00 GMT

While the issue of Haredi conscription continues to agitate Israel, a first-of-its-kind study reveals a significant leap in the integration of Haredim into the tech sector.

Cyber security company NewCore raises $66 million

BY WALLA! MONEY — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:15:00 GMT

Among the investors in the company's round, which was founded by serial entrepreneurs and 8200 alumni: Assaf Rappaport, Yevgeny Dibrov, and Ofer Ben-Noon.

Anthropic’s Fable 5 to come back online after two-week ban by US government - report

BY TOBIAS HOLCMAN — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:39:36 GMT

A source from Anthropic told Axios that security concerns about possible jailbreaks in Anthropic’s safety mechanisms were resolved following negotiations with the US government.

Record of leading Israeli companies in LGBT equality

BY AVICHAY CHAIM — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:05:00 GMT

Alongside pride and institutionalized chapters, the data on the ground is concerning: 35% fear harm to promotion, and a quarter of employers refuse to employ transgender people.

Publicis Israel enters the AI arena with a Ddata, media, and creative system

BY YEHUDA SHARONI — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:10:00 GMT

During a client event, Publicis Israel unveiled Brain, a future working system integrating data, AI, media and creative to turn insights into action.

A new fund will invest in defense startups

BY ZELI GREENBERG — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:35:00 GMT

Meet Stratos Ventures, the new Israeli fund connecting homeland security, government cyber, and supply chains with the strongest minds in the US.

Elon Musk is no longer a trillionaire: He lost hundreds of billions within a few days

BY WALLA! MONEY — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:35:00 GMT

A 31 percent plunge in SpaceX stock from its peak and new restrictions on Tesla shares valued at $116 billion wiped hundreds of billions from Musk's fortune.

Shockwave in tech: The giant company parted ways with 21,000 employees within a year

BY WALLA! MONEY — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:55:00 GMT

Oracle recorded a sharp 13% drop in its number of employees during the 2026 fiscal year, following strategic changes and a transition to artificial intelligence.

$85 billion was not enough for him: Musk launches an insane fundraising campaign

BY WALLA! MONEY — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:35:00 GMT

Just days after the giant offering that raised $85 billion, SpaceX turns to the bond market for the first time to fund its AI and rocket developments.

The tech deal of the year: Four giants poured a billion dollars into an Israeli company

BY WALLA! MONEY — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:15:00 GMT

AppsFlyer closed a dramatic funding round of over a billion dollars as part of its Series E round, at a company valuation of $2.7 billion.

'Unique self-driving': Israel's Autobrains launches robotaxi pilot in Munich with Uber and Nvidia

BY TOBIAS HOLCMAN — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:45:57 GMT

"We created a unique system for autonomous driving through agentic artificial intelligence, which breaks down the reasoning into small tasks," Igal Raichelgauz, Autobrains CEO, told the Post.

The Rat Race 2.0: The less glamorous side of the AI revolution

BY LIAD VAKNISH — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:20:00 GMT

AI was supposed to ease the burden on employees, but many workers are learning to work with it outside of office hours. This is how the technology meant to save time turned into an extra shift.

With an investment of NIS 12 million: Shimon Gershon storms the rental market

BY WALLA! MONEY — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:45:00 GMT

The former soccer player launches a new fintech platform to obtain a digital rental guarantee within 5 minutes without a deposit – providing full security for landlords.

Intel, Startup Nation Central name three Israeli start-ups as Edge AI Tech Challenge winners

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:42:16 GMT

Taking first place was Secondly, a startup founded by serial entrepreneur Adam Cohen Hillel, which is developing an AI assistant designed to maintain long-term memory of a user's preferences.

Valued at $250 billion: Tel Aviv ranks fourth among world cities

BY YEHUDA SHARONI/MAARIV — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:25:00 GMT

According to a report by the international rating firm Start-up Genome, startup activity is concentrated in the fields of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and life sciences.