High tech
Who is eligible to be accepted into Sderot’s "tech neighborhood"?
Threshold conditions require 5 years of experience and a monthly salary of nearly NIS 32,000, with subsidies and tax benefits saving tens of thousands of shekels annually right away.
Israeli AI cyber startup Glow launches with $180m funding at $1.2b valuation
Natural Intelligence marketing firm wins Dun award for advancing women in Israeli high-tech sector
This is the company that is the best to work for in Israel
Severe report: Historical peak in the number of unemployed tech workers
The Employment Service links the historic unemployment surge to AI, but experts blame downsizings on high interest rates, a weak dollar, and past over-hiring by companies.
Shekel squeeze: How offshore talent is keeping Israel's startup nation scaling upwards - interview
While reducing costs is one reason to hire offshore employees, ONE Offshore explained that most companies outsource to expand their teams.
$7.6 billion in half a year: Tech fundraising surged by 52%
The innovation industry concludes a dream first half with $7.6 billion, led by cyber and foreign investors.
Aligned is raising $60 million
After being ranked at the top of G2's summer reports, the Israeli company Aligned signs an impressive Series B funding round.
Ability Industries, two officials indicted in NIS 35m. defense-export case
Prosecutors charged the company and two officials with aggravated smuggling offenses and unlicensed defense marketing.
Israel launches NIS 1.6b. package to support exporters, hi-tech
Finance officials said the plan offers immediate relief, but warned companies must also improve efficiency and adapt to the stronger shekel.
Tech workers laid off and collapsing under the mortgage burden
Crash course: The AI and the dollar are emptying the tech sector, and mortgages are threatening those laid off.
Smotrich launches NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for high-tech and exporters
The Ministry of Finance will inject NIS 1 billion to save startups from closing, and will distribute hundreds of millions more to industrial plants.
After Wix: Elementor fires about 30% of its employees
Only a month after the massive cuts at Wix, the website development company Elementor joins the wave and will part ways with about 100 employees.
The rate of young Haredim in tech has tripled
While the issue of Haredi conscription continues to agitate Israel, a first-of-its-kind study reveals a significant leap in the integration of Haredim into the tech sector.
