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


Israel’s Sequent Tech turns smartphones into ballot boxes through encrypted online voting solution

The system uses biometric authentication, encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs to guarantee the integrity of votes, allowing voters to independently validate their ballots.

An illustration of a mobile phone with a voting ballot box hologram.

AI hiring in Israel’s tech sector doubled in first half of 2025, GotFriends says

Compensation for C++, Python, product management, and algorithms roles climbed 4‑6 percent in the January–June period.

 Negev hi-tech Park in BeerSheva Planning

NVIDIA's 'mega campus' to expand in northern Israel with new research data center facility

Hi-tech giant NVIDIA submitted a Request for Information to purchase land in northern Israel for the construction of a new research facility on Sunday morning.

Nvidia offices

Your Taxes: Negotiating a wartime M&A deal

In Israel, there is the added complication of the Israel-Hamas War. Is it business as usual in Israel? What do potential sellers and buyers need to consider?

 Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020.

How Taboola used Stripe to accelerate growth with international clients

Taboola partnered with Stripe to integrate faster, seamless payments, reducing delays and boosting global growth. Stripe's solutions improved client satisfaction and supported operational efficiency.

 Israeli perspective on artificial intelligence (Illustrative).

For the first time in Israel: Artificial heart is transplanted successfully

Hadassah doctors performed the country’s first-ever complete artificial heart transplant on a 63-year-old patient, offering new hope for patients with severe heart failure.

 HADASSAH-UNIVERSITY Medical Center doctors are hard at work inserting an artificial heart into a patient, last week.(Hadassah-University Medical Center)

Israeli cybersecurity firm uncovers, thwarts North Korean cyberattack in 2024, firm reveals

A North Korean IT worker, posing as a legitimate employee at a Western company, was discovered to have orchestrated the cyberattack. 

 State flags of Russia and North Korea fly in a street near a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin during the visit of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to Vladivostok, Russia April 25, 2019.

Why USAID matters for Israel’s future and America’s moral leadership - opinion

USAID grantee Tsofen-Tashbik, an Arab-Jewish partnership organization, created opportunities around the shared language of innovation.

 ARABS AND JEWS take part in Inspire Her, an annual women’s event, last year.

Despite the war, we should invest in Israeli hi-tech - opinion

Israeli companies offer cutting-edge technologies with global potential, and investors know they will continue to create value even in times of uncertainty.

 THE WRITER, second from right, appears at a gathering last year, as LIP Ventures periodically brings Latin American investors to visit Israel for an up-close look at the Israeli ecosystem.

Israeli startup AutonomyAI raises millions turning AI into full-time developers

"We're bringing a technological solution born in Israel that will allow companies to accelerate their development tenfold and focus on what truly matters," founder Arik Faingold said.

 A new Israeli startup has begun a new venture that will allow companies to hire an AI agent to join their development teams.