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Development from the shelter: Israeli company reveals new AI motor launched amid Iranian missiles

The engineering team of D-ID, which is based in Israel, was forced to relocate to remote work a week before having to ship the final product, after a missile fragment strike near their offices.

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Dr. Eyal Benjamin, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.

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

Israel Railways showcases AI-powered mapping breakthrough on global stage

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Future Sport Israel expo hosts NFL, European top leagues officials

Delegates from the most popular sports leagues around the globe came to Tel Aviv to see Israeli sporting innovations.

 The Future Sport Israel 2022 expo held in Bloomfield Stadium

UN delegation visits Israel to check out its climate tech

The country’s growing interest in ESG principles makes them a prime asset in the world’s fight against climate change

 Avi Hasson with the UN delegation

Israeli Embassy of Mexico inaugurates Israel-Mexico tech acceleration program

Israel and Mexico have developed the joint initiative amid the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

 Israeli Embassy of Mexico's inauguration of the Israel-Mexico tech acceleration program.

Israeli startup Watergen, SMV Jaipuria Group partner to bring India ‘air-to-water’ technology

The joint venture aims to bring Watergen’s “Atmospheric Water Generation” technology to India, where three-quarters of rural Indian families do not have access to clean water.

 R-L Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon, Watergen President Michael Mirilashvili, Jaipuria Chairman SK Jaipuria, SMV Jaipuria Group Director Chaitanya Jaipuria.

Israeli tech giant Fiverr posts record revenues in Q1

The record revenue marks a 27% increase in year-over-year Q1 revenues, even as the global economy teeters on the brink of recession.

Fiverr building in Tel Aviv

Israeli startup Firmus raises $4.5M for AI-based construction

Led by CEO Shir Abecasis, Firmus applies advanced computer vision techniques to analyze construction blueprints and other documents and uncover costly design issues.

A massive construction site off Jaffa Road, not far from the entrance to Jerusalem, seen in 2022.

Upstep looking to raise $10m. in funding

This is Upstep's second round of funding. In 2021, the company raised about $2.5 million.

 Upstep was established in 2017 after two and a half years of development research.

Israeli startup Nanox opens semiconductor plant in South Korea

Nanox will develop crucial semiconductor microchips – The subject of many supply issue woes – That produces digital x-rays for their 3D medical imaging systems.

 (From left) Akiva Tor Israeli Ambassador, Erez Meltzer CEO of Nanox, Tae Yeol Lee, Vice president of Yonging Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Il Ung Kim Chairman of Nanox Korea at the operational ceremony.

Shamir Optical announces partnership with Blink Technologies

Shamir Optical, a world-leading company in the production of high-performance optical lenses, will become a shareholder in AI-based eye-tracking startup Blink.

 Yagan Moshe, CEO of Shamir Optics, Oren Yogev, CEO of Blink.

Advertising and social media companies behind 70% of decline in number of startups

Technological changes on the global level are assumed to be the cause for such a decline, with the demand for solutions in advertising and social media dropping in turn.

 Yoni Zimmermann, a quantum software engineer at Classiq, a startup whose platform companies can use to build quantum applications on for the quantum computer, works on the software platform, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2022.