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

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

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

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

 An illustrative image of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

Israel’s bold move: Exploring AI regulation in healthcare - opinion


Energy Ministry, IIA set aside NIS 12m. to fund innovative energy projects

Heliostat mirrors reflect the sky in a field at the construction site of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel's southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world's tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the tec

IIA approves $115 million to support start-ups amid COVID-19

Israel's high-tech sector has been suffering budgetary issues for a while now, as the country's been caught in a limbo of political confusion since last year.

Alibaba Group co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma speaks at The Prime Minister's Israeli Innovation Summit in Tel Aviv, Israel October 25, 2018.

Israel continues to promote digital transformation efforts

Israel Innovation Authority offering grants for a fifth year in a row to support promising digital enterprises.

Aharon Aharon, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority

Genome editing, AI consortium approved by Israel Innovation Authority

The consortium will focus on harnessing AI technologies for creating tools to improve the efficiency and accuracy of genome editing, as well as enabling the tools' swift and effective implementation into research and industry.

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Coronavirus crisis: 65% of Israeli start-ups face ruin within 6 months

When asked how long their company operations could be maintained should current conditions continue, 3.4% of the companies surveyed estimated that they would fold within the month.

Gil Perry, CEO of startup company D-ID, stands on stage during a presentation to the CyberTech 2018 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2018.

Call for new bio-tech lab to address global health challenges

Intensified by the current coronavirus crisis, they show need to find fast-paced, innovative solutions

‘JERUSALEM IS A hi-tech and bio-med hub in Israel.’

Israel Innovation Authority to fast track grants totaling NIS 650 million

NIS 50 million of the package has been earmarked for projects dealing with solutions to the coronavirus epidemic.

Through innovation and science Israel is trying to find a way to beat COVID-19 (popularly known as “corona”):

Full steam ahead as Israel powers fourth industrial revolution

Israel's technological innovation has turned it into a prominent driver of the fourth industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0, which is digitizing global production and supply chains.

A robot engineered by Kuka adjusts a windscreen in a fully automated process on a model of the A-class production line of German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz at the Daimler factory in Rastatt, Germany, February 4, 2019. Picture taken on February 4, 2019.

Combining Academia and Innovation: IDC Herzliya's Graduate Programs

IDC Herzliya provides its students a unique path in their field of choice, with an enriching, practical education reinforced by an abundance of opportunities to network and gain hands-on experience.

Hasan Abo-Shally and Lucy Anderson Bashan students of MA Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the Raphael Recanati International School, IDC Herzliya

BIRD Energy to fund 7 Israel-US clean energy projects

Each project is conducted by a US-Israeli partnership, and the selected projects address energy challenges and opportunities, focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies.

Heliostat mirrors reflect the sky in a field at the construction site of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel's southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world's tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the tec