Israel innovation authority

From start-up nation to scale-up nation: A blueprint for Israel’s $1 trillion economy - opinion

Israel does not primarily have an innovation problem. It has an institutional problem. The country is exceptionally good at producing start-ups, but far less effective at financing and retaining them

Digital Health Startup Competition
Drone integrating VTOL & APUS 25 tech undergoes test flight.

Autonomous AI-powered drone tech detects and reports fires, test launched by five-way partnership

Shekel-dollar ilustrative picture.

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

Tech layoffs are the key to change in education in Israel

Israeli unemployment rates rising in hi-tech with the advancement of artificial intelligence


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.

Israel pushes for deep tech start ups with Israel Innovation Authority’s new funding program

The Israel Innovation Authority will offer up to NIS 1 million more in funding through its startup fund to deep tech companies in the early stages of development.

 Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022.

Israeli life sciences investments fell 40% in 2025, report found

Investments in Israeli life sciences companies fell sharply in 2025, dropping 40% after a recovery the previous year, according to a report by the Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association.

In the photo (from left): Karin Mayer Rubinstein, CEO and President of the Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association (IATI), and Dror Bin, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority.

'Dollar-shekel exchange, more local production': Next Innovation Authority CEO has challenges ahead

While the current chief, Dror Bin, faced economic turbulence with the pandemic and the Hamas war, the next CEO will be in charge of guiding Israel to the age of AI, experts told the Post.

View of the Malha Technological Centre, which houses the Israel Innovation Authority, in Jerusalem.

Dror Bin to step down as CEO of Israel Innovation Authority after five-year term

Bin has led the IIA since 2021, during a period marked by global economic turbulence, the COVID‑19 pandemic, and the economic impact of the Israel-Hamas War. 

Israel Innovation CEO Dror Bin.

IDF reservists created 150 new startups during last year, innovation program reveals

18x Elite Impact revealed that its participants, all IDF reservists and veterans, created 150 startups and raised $15 million in investment.

18X Elite Impact expert network of investors and business leaders from left to right: Avigail Levine - 18X Elite Impact, Roy Gat - Schesto Ventures, Renana Ashkenazi - Grove Ventures, Shira Eting - Vintage Investment Partners, Nadir Izrael – Armis

Ending Tehran's energy blackmail: New tech could end world's Iranian oil dependence - opinion

The technological revolution now underway is beginning to change the rules of the game.

A ship passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel launches national AI supercomputer to strengthen tech innovation

The supercomputer is part of Israel’s National Program for AI R&D Infrastructure and is the first supercomputer designed for AI usage in Israel.

An AI-generated image of an Nvidia chip.

Israel launches NIS 15 million initiative to bring Druze, Circassians into tech industry

The NIS 15 million ($4.69 million) initiative aims to support technological entrepreneurship and connect aspiring entrepreneurs to high-tech companies, academia, investors, and professional mentors.

ISRAELI AND Druze flags at the entrance to the northern Druze village of Hurfeish on November 29 2023.

Mega Or and Nebius unveil $300m data center in Modi'in to power Israel’s AI sector

This is the largest AI computing facility in Israel, 25% of which will be allocated to the Israel Innovation Authority for the operation of the national supercomputer.

 El Capitan becomes world's fastest supercomputer with 2.79 exaflops performance.