Artificial intelligence

One in three startups at Google’s cybersecurity forum are Israeli, organizers announce

Of the 33 startups selected for Google’s top cybersecurity program, 11 are either founded in Israel or led by Israeli entrepreneurs.

Google's Gemini Startup Forum: Cybersecurity.
IDF Home Front Command personnel assist with earthquake damage assessment and recovery efforts in Venezuela, July 20, 2026

How the IDF helped thousands of Venezuelans return to damaged homes after earthquakes - exclusive

In this photo illustration, the ChatGPT logo is displayed on a smartphone on May 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

OpenAI cybersecurity models escape test environment, hack separate company systems

Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle

AI spending spree hits $600b as Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund boom


Jeen Technologies deepens footprint in defense sector

The company’s main solution is an agentic AI platform capable of running entirely offline and under strict security controls.

Hacker. Autonomous AI Agents.

Rubio tells diplomats to push back on tech 'kill switch' talk after attempt to block AI companies

The talking points, which were circulated worldwide, show how US diplomats are trying to deal with the international backlash from the Trump administration's efforts to control AI companies' models.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with U.S. on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 22, 2026.

monday.com to cut 20% of global workforce, more than 600 employees to be laid off

Israeli tech giant monday.com announced a major organizational restructuring that will see 620 employees leave the company worldwide as it shifts focus toward an AI-based work platform.

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

AI payroll blunder: 85% of payroll accountants upload payslips to public AI systems

A new survey found that while AI is rapidly transforming payroll operations, many payroll accountants are exposing highly sensitive salary data by uploading payslips to unsecured AI platforms.

Payslip

Israeli startup is using AI to shorten cloud architecture timeline

With most IT projects failing, AutoPipe believes AI can turn weeks of cloud planning into hours

AutoPipe's CEO Yonatan Or at a business meeting

AI and the threat to power grid stability: State freezes approvals for server farms

Israel’s Electricity Authority has frozen approvals for new server farms for 140 days, following an unprecedented surge in connection requests that threatens power grid stability.

Electricity poles

Elon Musk: "SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth"

The world's richest man presents a future where robots and AI produce everything and money loses meaning. Analysts remain skeptical.

Elon Musk

The robot I never won is finally showing up - opinion

A childhood raffle promised a wristwatch that turned into a robot. Decades later, physical AI is delivering something far bigger, and far more complicated.

Robot on a phone call.

Israeli startup ASIO raises $15 million to boost worldwide deployment of its tactical platforms

The funding announcement comes shortly after it was announced that Israeli defense-tech start-ups working with the Defense Ministry raised nearly $3 billion in the first six months of 2026.

An Orion tactical awareness system, made by Israeli firm ASIO.

'Cyber attack can be like Hiroshima nuke': A key man behind Shin Bet becoming serious on cyber

From gas pipelines to rail systems, Shin Bet cyber pioneer Harel Menashri warns that digital attacks can cause mass casualties and leave Israel exposed.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture.