Israel Innovation Authority

For Illustation: View of solar panels set up in the Negev desert, June 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel earmarks NIS 75 million for five new tech innovation hubs in the periphery

Tech hubs will be established in the Negev and Galilee to boost local high-tech employment and entrepreneurship in areas of agriculture, food, energy and climate change solutions

June 13, 2023, 8:32 pm

Israel earmarks NIS 75 million for five new tech innovation hubs in the periphery

Tech hubs will be established in the Negev and Galilee to boost local high-tech employment and entrepreneurship in areas of agriculture, food, energy and climate change solutions

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel holds first demonstrations of air taxi flight tests. (B.Y. Creative & Productions)

June 6, 2023, 12:15 am

Drone taxis take first test spin in Israel in bid to ease traffic congestion

As part of a government-led initiative, Israel prepares infrastructure for national airspace network of large drones that are designed to carry passengers and heavy cargo

By Sharon Wrobel

Workers in a startup (Vadim_Key; iStock by Getty Images)

May 16, 2023, 1:48 am

25% of tech firms plan layoffs after demand for workers halved in 2022 — report

New survey shows 17,000 open positions in high-tech industry at end of last year, down from 32,900; warns global recovery could bypass Israel if political uncertainty continues

By Sharon Wrobel

Tech workers march in Tel Aviv to protest against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

May 1, 2023, 11:27 pm

Government agency warns judicial uncertainty will damage tech ecosystem

Israel Innovation Authority predicts Israeli startups will struggle to raise capital, forcing them to shut their operations or move to other countries if uncertainty is not lifted

By Sharon Wrobel

DGX Quantum, a system for quantum-classical computing developed by Nvidia and Israel's Quantum Machines. (Courtesy)

March 21, 2023, 7:08 pm

Nvidia builds quantum-classical computing system with Israel’s Quantum Machines

Israel’s quantum computing R&D center, headed by the startup, will be the first to deploy the new DGX Quantum to help researchers and developers write hybrid algorithms

By Sharon Wrobel

Illustration: Antibodies attacking contagious virus cells (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)

February 28, 2023, 5:21 pm

Israel lab backed by pharma giants mints startup for computer-designed antibodies

AION Labs, a consortium formed by Pfizer, Merck, AstraZeneca, Teva and others, sets up company to build a computational platform to design live-saving antibodies from scratch

By Sharon Wrobel

An Israeli food tech startup makes cow-free milk for commercial use by manufacturers in traditionally dairy-based products including cheeses, yogurt, and ice cream. (Remilk)

January 5, 2023, 5:48 pm

Israel seeks to create R&D fermentation hub to maintain food tech edge

Israel Innovation Authority issues call for proposals budgeted at NIS 50 million to build local R&D infrastracture for production of alternative proteins

By Sharon Wrobel

Illustrative view of high-tech office buildings in Herzliya Pituach, Israel, December 12, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

January 3, 2023, 8:14 pm

Year of the reset: As era of cheap money ends, how will Israeli tech fare in 2023?

Israeli tech firms brace for more cost savings, downsizing to get through global slowdown as the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker

By Sharon Wrobel

Arab students working on a project at Moona, a nonprofit technology incubator in the Galilee that aims to build bridges between Israeli Jews and Arab youth through space technologies (Courtesy)

December 29, 2022, 3:39 pm

Israel earmarks NIS 21.6 million to boost Arab employment in high-tech

Programs funded by the Israel Innovation Authority and the Economy and Industry Ministry seeks to train and help find jobs for 2,239 Israeli Arabs in the local tech industry

By Sharon Wrobel

A CMOS silicon photonics chip. (Courtesy: IBM Research/AP)

December 22, 2022, 4:38 pm

Israel’s new tech focus areas: Silicon photonics, metamaterials, black soldier flies

Israel Innovation Authority earmarks $43m for 3 new consortiums to advance solutions in 2023

By Sharon Wrobel

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women work on computers in the Comax software company office in the central city of Holon near Tel Aviv on April 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA )

November 30, 2022, 11:53 am

Israel to fund training schemes to lure tech talent from overseas

Amid shortage of skilled professionals, Israel Innovation Authority earmarks NIS 17.6 million in grants to boost tech skills of 2,550 people

By Sharon Wrobel

A woman stands on the dry Po rice paddy riverbed next to the Becca Bridge in Linarolo, near Pavia, Italy, June 27, 2022 during Italy's worst drought in 70 years. (AP/Luca Bruno)

September 23, 2022, 10:29 am

Government must incentivize climate tech companies to stay in Israel, say investors

Venture capital executives say climate tech will have more local opportunities than other tech sectors to market products to oil and gas operations, utilities, manufacturing

By Sue Surkes

Food technologist Yaron Renasia displays the Solato ice cream machine at the PLANETech World 2022 in Tel Aviv, September 21, 2022. (Shoshanna Solomon)

September 22, 2022, 12:23 pm

In booths of recycled waste, Israel’s fast-growing climate tech sector holds confab

Israel’s first climate innovation event for investors and entrepreneurs hosts range of products and services for sustainable future, including instant ice cream and smart trees

By Shoshanna Solomon

Solar panels floating on a reservoir on the Golan Heights, near to Kibbutz Shamir, in northern Israel. (Courtesy, Golan Solar)

June 27, 2022, 3:11 pm

Government approves three billion shekel plan to boost climate tech

Targets set for 2026 include doubling registered patents, startups, and pilot projects carried out on state infrastructure

By Sue Surkes

Medical staff at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital wear safety gear, as they work in the hospital's newly reopened COVID ward in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

May 30, 2022, 9:34 pm

Israel approves 19 programs for $30 million digital health initiative

Project to enable health organizations to share anonymized medical data with startups for better healthcare

By Ricky Ben-David