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Acquisition deals by technology giants like Google can come under close reglatory scrutiny, sometimes delaying them by years.

The new funds will support Dazz’s aim to help security and engineering teams reduce exposure efficiently and accelerate the company’s momentum in redefining risk prioritization and remediation using AI technologies.

Elon Musk commissioned Cyabra to analyze the level of bot activity on Twitter prior to his acquisition of the social media platform.

Planck’s team will set up an Israel development center for Applied Systems to further develop AI products for cloud-based insurance software.

The company has developed a miniature heart pump that can be inserted into the body through minimally invasive surgery.

The decision by Wiz's four Israeli founders to go for a future IPO rather than accept Google's $23 billion bid keeps both employees and investors waiting.

Linx Security seeks to redefine how organizations secure and manage identities across complex digital landscapes.

Why it's worthwhile for the company's founders to hold less than 10%, and other questions.

The Israeli company has developed an edge-accelerated global file system across public and private cloud environments with AI-based ransomware protection and data intelligence services.

Six of the world’s top 10 pharma companies use CytoReason’s technology to make data-driven decisions in immunology, inflammation, immuno-oncology, metabolism, and other therapeutic areas.

The sale to Edwards Lifesciences vindicates Innovalve's solution for the most common, and most challenging, heart valve disorder, and also Sheba Hospital's innovation model.

M&As and fundraising both jumped in the first half of 2024, but Startup Nation Central fears Israeli focus on cybersecurity could come at the expense of other tech trends.

Sources estimate that Edwards will pay more than $300 million for Innovalve's trans-catheter mitral valve replacement device.

In addition to the work worth several million dollars, Intel Capital led a $15 million financing round in Buildots last week.

Wiz could have made the biggest IPO by an Israeli company on Nasdaq, but has apparently chosen a bird in the hand.

Assuming that the sale of the company to Google goes ahead at the price reported, experts put the tax payable in Israel at at least $2.5 billion.

Vee CEO May Piamenta: In two months, we raised about NIS 2 million to purchase equipment for soldiers, the evacuees and to support families of hostages.

Speaking at the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy conference, Viola Group founder Dovrat said Israel was not keeping pace on AI, and that critical elements for economic growth were lacking.

The company, headed by former Intel senior vice president Amir Faintuch, has recruited Samsung Venture Investment Corporation and J-Ventures as new investors.

Dan Loeb grew his hedge fund from $3 million to $7.7 billion, although he missed the AI revolution. Now his combative activist spirit is also tackling anti-Israel campus protests.

K Health CEO Allon Bloch: K Health solves the need to make primary care visits highly personalized by giving doctors AI super powers that enable them to practice at the top of their license.

Collaboration between Japanese insurance giant Sompo and Israeli startup Momentick will work to cut greenhouse gas emissions from Japanese energy production sources, rigs and gas pipelines.

Independent research organization Rise finds worrying trends behind the upsurge in investment in privately-held Israel companies.

Israeli privately-held tech companies raised $4.5 billion in the first half of 2024, according to IVC-LeumiTech, indicating a recovery from 2023 when $6.9 billion was raised in the entire year.

The Jerusalem-based company is changing its business focus to generative AI at the expense of some of its app operations.

Israeli tech companies raised $2.9 billion in the second quarter of 2024, up 47% from the second quarter last year, IVC-LeumiTech reports.

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved: Israeli DeepTech companies will receive direct access to the South Korean industrial giants. The fund’s target is $80 million.

The company's wireless sensing can locate any device that transmits a signal, whether it is a UAV, a cellphone, a smart watch or headphones.

The company is seeking to disrupt the travel industry and introduce cutting-edge solutions in airfare pricing.

Fantasies of an AI revolution in drugs have met the reality of the industry's conservatism. But Teva’s head of R&D offers a glimpse into the AI tools his company actually uses, and is looking for. Startups take note.