Hi-tech

Leumi partnering with Aspire for tech employee stock plans

Leumi partners with Aspire for a trust firm (51% stake) to manage tech employee stock options & M&A trust services, entering a field long dominated by private investment houses.

Bank Leumi.
“For many diaspora Jews, an apartment in Israel has become both an investment and a source of security and belonging.”

Your Taxes: Technological versus marketing income

The 19 participants of the first Oz VeRuach cohort achieved a 100% employment rate in hi-tech companies. The program is now looking to expand. PremiumPremium

Wounded IDF veterans achieve 100% job placement in first hi-tech program

HACKATHONERS DISCUSS ‘hasbara’ ideas last week at the Technion

Can the darkest places inspire humanity’s brightest ideas? - opinion


After Yokneam: The new high-tech capital of the north – in a surprising location

Amid fears of cannibalization and hopes for growth, Tzemach Science Park offers 20 dunams and 7,000 m² of labs and offices - but can it deliver?

Tzemach Beach

Your Investments: Fishing, farming, hi-tech exits and gratitude

From dawn fishing trips to Ki Tavo’s first fruits: say thank you, share your blessings, and let giving, not ego, guide the High Holy Days.

 (Illustrative) FISHING IN Lake Kinneret, in Tiberias.

Amir Gal Or: The entrepreneur’s entrepreneur

Raz Gal Or, Amir Gal Or and Amit gal Or.

OpenAI to launch its first AI chip in 2026 with Broadcom, FT reports

OpenAI's move follows efforts of other big tech companies, which have built custom chips to handle increasing AI workloads.

 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan, February 3, 2025; illustrative.

Our money, their shares: A way to return funds to the public - opinion

Is the government’s role solely to stimulate growth and employment, or also to ensure that the public becomes a full partner in the profits of hi-tech success?

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Dr. Miriam Adelson leads 2025 Israeli Presidential honorees

President Isaac Herzog has named nine distinguished individuals, including Miriam Adelson and Israeli-Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, for the 2025 Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor.

Miriam Adelson attends the Israel Hayom security conference in Jerusalem, December 1, 2024

Supporting IDF needs: Israel's first nonprofit defense-tech hardware incubator launches in Tel Aviv

The Sandbox was designed to create defense companies to help and serve those who lost the most during and in the wake of October 7.

The launch of nonprofit The Sandbox at Startup Nation Central's Tel Aviv headquarters.

Major Israeli universities will allow students, faculty to join hostage families strike next week

Israel’s Bar Association and the Hi-Tech Forum announced their intentions to join the Sunday strike in support of reaching a deal to free the hostages.

 Hostage families and supporters rally, calling for the return of the remaining 50 hostages in Hamas captivity, June 28, 2025.

Hi-tech company to cut approx. 30 Israeli jobs despite growth in Q2 financial report

Kaltura's Q2 2025 financial report highlighted that the company's revenue and profits exceeded expectations, but are still planning to undertake an organizational restructuring.

An Israeli business employee after leaving her job; illustrative.

Young Israeli innovators showcase military-inspired tech at Rishon Lezion innovation event

Approximately 200 students participated in "Shark Day," a youth innovation showcase aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and creative thinking among future tech leaders.