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Israel Railways showcases AI-powered mapping breakthrough on global stage

A new AI‑driven mapping platform promises safer, faster, and more efficient rail development.

JANUARY 11, 2026|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Workers repair Israeli Railway tracks after a shutdown caused by a technical problem in Tel Aviv, August 15, 2025

What are tech exits doing to Israel's economy?

From tax revenues to the shekel to consumption to real estate, the wave of high-value technology company sales has implications that go beyond the sector.

JANUARY 11, 2026|ByMEYTAL VAIZBERG/GLOBES/TNS

$DELIVERED TO the IDF late last year, the Iron Beam system marks a historic milestone – the world’s first operational laser defense platform capable of neutralizing rockets, drones, and mortars at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.$

How Israel's defense-tech ecosystem reshapes the battlefield - and the Start-Up Nation

TECH AFFAIRS: What was once a pipeline of veterans from elite units like 8200 founding cybersecurity start-ups has evolved into a full-scale defense-tech ecosystem.

JANUARY 3, 2026|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Armis founders, Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael.

ServiceNow to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion

The company aims to integrate Armis' security features, such as device scanning, threat detection, and vulnerability prioritization, to its AI-powered platform.

DECEMBER 23, 2025|ByREUTERS

Terry Kassel: Promoting Israel through tech and culture

No. 41 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Start-Up Nation Central chair Terry Kassel.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Terry Kassel, chairman of the board of Start-Up Nation Central.

Sylvan Adams: Using unconventional diplomacy to promote Israel

No. 14 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Canadian-Israeli businessman, philanthropist and self-appointed ambassador-at-large Sylvan Adams.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022BySTEVE LINDE

Canadian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams, Israel's self-appointed ambassador-at-large.

Reboot Start-Up Nation helps displaced Ukrainians join Israeli hi-tech

Five volunteers co-founded the organization to welcome displaced professionals and Russian-speaking olim into hi-tech in Israel.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByBENJY SINGER

THE REBOOT’S Hebrew Conversation Club, a free professional meetup for displaced professionals and olim in partnership with Pearl Cohen and Yad L’Olim, in July.

Waze co-founder on the secret sauce for start-ups

Companies should "engage people with the problem rather than the solution," Uri Levine said at the annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY

Uri Levine, founder of Waze at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

This material made of garbage could reduce big events’ carbon footprints

The material in question is UBQ, a thermoplastic made from unsorted waste; and it’ll be used at PLANETech World 2022.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY

UBQ thermoplastic in its raw form; UBQ can be used in a wide array of products, from coat hangers to frisbees to flower pots and more

Israeli company gets FDA approval for seizure-treating injector

Manufactured in Jerusalem, the EpiPen-style autoinjector is meant to treat prolonged seizures in adults exposed to nerve agents.

AUGUST 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli agrotech company acquires the Chilean company ‘Hidrotop’ for $3.5 million

Hidtrotop aims to optimize water usage, implement irrigation in rainfed areas and implement high-end technologies in rural areas in South America.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Meet the Israeli startup using avocado to combat wrinkles

Israeli start-up company AvoMed will develop a technology to produce a unique and natural compound from avocado seeds for the treatment of skin damage and inflammatory disorders.

AUGUST 23, 2022ByLIOR NOVICK/MAARIV