High tech

Haifa startup HydroSight raises $5 million in seed round

Israeli startup HydroSight raises $5 million to develop AI-powered seabed mapping technology for ports, energy companies and other maritime infrastructure operators.

Tomer Adler, Chen Megera, and Haitham Ezzy
Israeli Tech

From Weizmann computers to start-up nation: How Israel grew to become a high-tech powerhouse

Natali Getahon, Tech-Career’s director of partnerships, addresses students.

Bridging the gap: How Tech-Career is opening hi-tech's doors to Ethiopian-Israelis

 A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021.

PayPal layoffs hit Israel as payment giant restructures global operations


Firm led by first Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi opens new $250 million fund for high-tech startups

The announcement made by Casspi's firm, Swish Ventures, says that the funding will focus on 12 high-tech startups with an average value of $20 million each.

Omri Casspi #18 of the Memphis Grizzlies dunks the ball during a game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on January 18, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Klil chairman: 'The high-tech-industry gap: 80% AI accuracy? In industry, that’s failure'

The gap between AI developers and industry is slowing adoption. Tzuri Dabbah analyzes the challenges, offers practical guidelines, and warns: 'One failure can destroy trust.'

Tzuri Dabbush, Chairman of Klil.

Demand for AI skills surges in nontech jobs as high tech layoffs persist

AI is reshaping more than workers' digital skills; technological advances are transforming entire professions and changing the skills and roles employers seek.

AI. Illustration.

Tech Talk: TAU launches one of world’s first Deep-Tech MBAs as science reshapes Israel's startups

As more Israeli startups emerge from laboratories, a new Tel Aviv University MBA aims to help scientists turn complex research into global companies.

Sofaer Global MBA Graduates and Staff.

Dramatic split: The new map of upheavals in Israeli tech

Tech employment remained stable and the sector is not collapsing but reorganizing: While software companies recorded 6.6% layoffs, hardware stood at just 1.1%.

High-tech office complex

After firing 600 workers monday.com CEOs seek double pay

The two are asking the shareholders to approve a plan whereby their compensation could gradually rise from $7.3 million in 2025 to $14.6 million each in 2029

monday.com's co-CEOs, Roy Mann and Eran Zinman

Tel Aviv among world’s most expensive for employers, least lucrative for employees

Study comparing employment costs across 13 US, European, and Israeli cities finds Tel Aviv ranking second only to San San Francisco.

Alon Towers complex, Tel Aviv

Israel defense-tech hiring jumps 20% as AI layoffs spread among high-tech sector

GotFriends found that defense-tech startups are expanding recruitment and raising salaries as other technology companies cut staff and restructure around AI.

Anduril at a border defense tech expo

Oxygen of NIS 1B for hi-tech: Who will receive state aid and who will be left out?

The government is expanding its coffers and injecting NIS 1 billion into start-ups whose operating horizon shrank due to the strengthening of the shekel against the dollar.

Illustration: High tech office

Mobileye stock plummets following Amnon Shashua’s departure

Mobileye stock fell 15% after founder and CEO Prof. Amnon Shashua announced his resignation, despite the company reporting improved profitability.

Prof. Amnon Shashua