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AI is making engineers faster, but nobody is checking the bill or the quality, says AI Israeli CEO

Milestone co-founder Liad Elidan tells The Jerusalem Post Business and Innovation podcast that companies are racing to adopt AI coding tools without the governance to know whether they are paying off

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Employees of the Bay startup.

Cyber startup Bay raises $37m., with backing from Assaf Rappaport

Spines founders.

AI startup Spines raises $64m., challenging traditional publishing industry

Dr. Zack Dvey-Aharon accepting the 2026 Prix Galien USA Award for Best Digital Health Solution at the New York Academy of Medicine.

Israeli-American AEYE Health wins Prix Galien Award for new AI technology helping prevent blindness


Israeli defense-tech investment set to nearly triple to $1 billion in 2026

"The major advantage of Israeli defense-tech developments is that most of them are combat-proven. These are not theoretical products," said senior defense manufacturing exec. Eitan Mandel.

IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025.

An Israeli company is being sold for $420 million

Israeli technology company Perion has signed a binding merger agreement to be acquired by Affle at a valuation of approximately $420 million.

Tal Jacobson, CEO of Perion.

Employee training startup raises $40 million

Bites, which developed an AI platform for training deskless workers via WhatsApp and Teams, completed a Series A round led by PeakSpan Capital fund.

Bites founders: Hagai Horovitz, Tal Nagler-Almog, and Eran Heffetz.

Israeli AI start-up NanoCo brings governance and security to enterprise AI agents

With 30,000+ GitHub stars and fresh funding, Israeli startup NanoCo is helping enterprises deploy AI agents securely, without sacrificing control or privacy.

Cybersecurity global dominance.

Israeli defense tech M&A surges to $3.26 billion in first half of 2026

Israeli technology has proven its effectiveness and ability to adapt on the battlefield and have attracted increased interest from international buyers

Defense tech innovation.

Cyber startup Mave steps out of the shadows with $34 million fundraising

The company has developed an AI platform that analyzes security incidents in real time, and is already signing massive deals with Fortune 50 companies while planning to double its workforce.

The team of the Israeli cyber startup Mave.

Without seed capital: Four young Israeli entrepreneurs sell AI startup for millions of shekels

Four Israeli entrepreneurs, all 28, sold their AI startup Vizby less than a year after founding it, without raising outside funding from investors.

Eylon Zefania, Yoni Cohen, Aviv Yovel, and Michal Elyasaf, co-founders of Vizby.

Investors turn to Israel’s battle-tested defense-tech start-ups as funding hits record $40.8b.

Investments are pouring into military and dual-use technologies at unprecedented levels due to rising military spending and demand for autonomous systems and deployable battlefield technologies.

Israeli defense technologies come with a stamp of actually working in real time, says Leshem. Her company, Protego, has invested in drones with AI operating systems developed by Israeli start-up XTEND

Ex-unit 8200 alumni sell Elementary Data for Some $45 million

The startup, founded in 2021 and having raised just $8.5m. until now, is joining American company Boomi. The product enables data teams to spot failures in real time and prevent business errors.

Elementary Data employees.

Inside the US defense giant: CET Sandbox helps Israeli founders find their way in America

Over 60 Israeli defense tech entrepreneurs joined CET Sandbox at AUSA for a week of curated meetings designed to turn battlefield-proven technology into American business opportunities

Israel opens its pavilion at the AUSA exhibition in Washington, October 12, 2026.