High tech

Innovation Authority launches NIS 1 billion solution for companies hit by shekel-dollar crisis

The fund aims to provide a financial hand for technology startups and early-stage projects whose runway to operate the company has been hit because of the strong shekel.

Shekel-dollar ilustrative picture.
Will Sderot's new tech hub lure developers away from central Israel?

Who is eligible to be accepted into Sderot’s "tech neighborhood"?

Glow leadership Omer Singer (CTO), Emily Heath (COO), Roi Tiger (CEO), Ophir Arie (VP of R&D) and Arnon Joseph (CPO).

Israeli AI cyber startup Glow launches with $180m funding at $1.2b valuation

People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020

Natural Intelligence marketing firm wins Dun award for advancing women in Israeli high-tech sector


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

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

First place for three consecutive years. NVIDIA

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

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.

A man writing a code on his conputer

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

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

View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, October 8, 2025.

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

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

Illustration: Startup company

Aligned is raising $60 million

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

Aligned founders - Yotam Sela, Gal Aga, and Gal Deitsch

Ability Industries, two officials indicted in NIS 35m. defense-export case

Prosecutors charged the company and two officials with aggravated smuggling offenses and unlicensed defense marketing.

A general view of the the Magistrate's Court in Rishon LeZion on October 28, 2020.

Israel launches NIS 1.6b. package to support exporters, hi-tech

Finance officials said the plan offers immediate relief, but warned companies must also improve efficiency and adapt to the stronger shekel.

View of the Nvidia Corporation offices at the Yokneam High-Tech Park, September 8, 2024.

Tech workers laid off and collapsing under the mortgage burden

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

The number of unemployed individuals has doubled since 2022, reaching 16,000 last December

Smotrich launches NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for high-tech and exporters

The Ministry of Finance will inject NIS 1 billion to save startups from closing, and will distribute hundreds of millions more to industrial plants.

The Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich

After Wix: Elementor fires about 30% of its employees

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.

Another website development company is laying off employees