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Ricky Ben-David

Ricky Ben-David

Ricky Ben-David is The Times of Israel’s Tech Israel editor and reporter.
Abraham Foxman, national director emeritus for the Anti-Defamation League, speaks on a panel on antisemitism in the US, at the eighth annual summit of the Israeli American Council (IAC) in Austin, Texas, on January 20, 2023. (Linda Kasian)
January 22, 2023, 3:57 am
Israel’s tampering with democracy harms US Jewish support, says ex-ADL head Foxman
Speaking to ToI on sidelines of IAC summit, Abe Foxman laments proposed Israeli policies, says US Jews and Israeli-Americans must work together to back Israel, fight antisemitism
By Ricky Ben-David
OurCrowd founder and CEO Jon Medved, left, signs an agreement to expand the company in the UAE with support from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, November 2022. Acting director-general of ADIO, Abdulla Abdul Aziz AlShamsi, also signed the agreement. (Courtesy / OurCrowd)
November 16, 2022, 10:14 am
Two Israeli companies join $545m innovation program in Abu Dhabi
OurCrowd to open VC office, AI tech hub in UAE; fintech company Liquidity Group, a fund manager, will set up R&D center as part of a government incentive scheme for global outfits
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative. Apartment buildings under construction in Beersheba's Ramot neighborhood, August 2018. (verbaska_studio via iStock by Getty Images)
November 16, 2022, 9:16 am
Housing prices jump almost 20% in 2022, costs of consumer goods up 4.9%
Consumer Price Index shows 0.6% increase last month, inflation climbs to 5.1% in October 2022 compared to October 2021
By Ricky Ben-David
People wait in line at a polling station to cast their ballots, during Israeli elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 1, 2022. (AP/Oren Ziv)
November 15, 2022, 12:03 am
S&P reaffirms Israel’s AA- rating, citing ‘wealthy, resilient’ economy
Agency forecasts Israeli GDP growth of 6% this year, but just 2% in 2023, given global economic trends
By Ricky Ben-David
An image of a woman taking Salignostics' saliva-based pregnancy test. (Salignostics)
November 9, 2022, 10:19 pm
World’s 1st saliva pregnancy test by Israeli startup to hit shelves next year
Jerusalem-based Salignostics marks entry into global pregnancy testing market valued at nearly $2 billion by 2030
By Ricky Ben-David
A simulated photo of the Nvidia Drive system at night. (Nvidia)
November 8, 2022, 11:17 am
Nvidia establishes autonomous driving units in Israel
Chip maker sets up engineering teams to work on system-on-chip, software for self-driving vehicle capabilities as part of US semiconductor’s expanded R&D operations
By Ricky Ben-David
A screen grab from a video showing a simulation of a self-driving bus. (Screenshot/ Adastec, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 8, 2022, 11:00 am
Israel to test self-driving public bus systems in two-year national pilot
Innovation Authority taps four consortiums made up of Israeli bus companies as well as local and global tech startups for trial of autonomous public transport
By Ricky Ben-David
An aerial vide of Tel Aviv University. (Tel Aviv University)
November 1, 2022, 11:13 pm
5 Israeli universities feature among top 50 producers of entrepreneurs
Tel Aviv University in top 10 for 5th year; Reichman University a newcomer; Technion, Hebrew U, and Ben-Gurion University are repeat entries, according to PitchBook data
By Ricky Ben-David
Mobileye celebrates its IPO by ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite, on October 26, 2022. (Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
October 26, 2022, 9:04 pm
Mobileye gets warm Wall Street welcome, raising $861m in long-awaited IPO
Shares for Intel’s Jerusalem autonomous driving subsidiary jump over 30%, at valuation of more than $20 billion
By Ricky Ben-David
A Netto store in Munich powered by Trigo's checkout-free tech, October 2021. (Stefan Hobmaier)
October 26, 2022, 5:46 pm
Israel’s Trigo secures $100m investment for shop-and-go retail tech
Tel Aviv-based company to use funds to deploy frictionless shopping system in new markets, develop inventory management application suite
By Ricky Ben-David
A Google office building at the company's campus in Silicon Valley, June 2019. (Sundry Photography via iStock by Getty Images)
October 25, 2022, 4:55 pm
Google sets up tech program at Reichman University as part of $25m diversity drive
New ‘School of High-Tech’ to offer academically supervised and credited courses in programming, data analysis and business development, with focus on underrepresented communities
By Ricky Ben-David
Colorful pipes sending and receiving water for cooling Google's data center in The Dalles, Oregon, in an undated photo. (AP/Google, Connie Zhou)
October 24, 2022, 10:57 pm
Google’s first local cloud region for Israel goes live
New network part of $1.2b Nimbus project to bring cloud-based regional data centers and services to government, public entities; expected to boost economic growth, employment
By Ricky Ben-David
An illustration of the new plant-based burger and nuggets being served up in Israel, October 2022. (Burger King Israel)
October 24, 2022, 10:26 am
Burger King Israel to serve vegan burger, nuggets developed by Israeli startup
Local franchisee partners with food tech outfit Meat The End for plant-based alternatives to signature Whopper across eateries in Israel
By Ricky Ben-David
Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022 (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
October 18, 2022, 10:53 am
Investments in Israeli startups drop by 36% in third quarter of 2022 — report
Research shows decrease in funding activity compared to two previous quarters, but companies still are on track to end year with high investment figures
By Ricky Ben-David
NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio speaks with the Calcalist paper, April 20, 2020. (YouTube screenshot/File)
October 13, 2022, 1:00 pm
Former NSO CEO and ex-chancellor of Austria establish new cybersecurity startup
Dream Security to defend critical infrastructure sites from cyber attacks, including oil, water, energy facilities, raises $20 million in early round
By Ricky Ben-David and Agencies
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