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Google’s AI startup lifeline

Posted on February 4, 2024

Google is launching a $4 million fund to provide a lifeline to around 20 cash-strapped Israeli startups developing artificial intelligence technologies. Google is also offering mentoring support to the selected startups to help with development, strategy, and marketing. https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-creates-4-million-fund-to-provide-lifeline-to-israeli-ai-startups-during-war/ https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjsvn8cka

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Ad company gets Google certification

Posted on February 12, 2023

Israel’s Adnimation has been granted Google Certified Publishing Partner (GCPP) status, shared by just 57 other companies around the globe. Adnimation works with publishers to monetize their content with innovative advertising. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyT9RlwKUAw https://worldisraelnews.com/israeli-startup-nets-prestigious-google-status/ https://www.adnimation.com/

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Israel becomes a Google Cloud Region

Posted on November 6, 2022

Google has opened the Google Cloud region in Tel Aviv (me-west1), joining its network of cloud regions around the world. Google estimates that by 2030, the new region will contribute a cumulative $7.6 billion to Israel’s GDP, and support the … Continue reading →

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Google to help diversify Israeli workforce

Posted on February 27, 2022

Google is investing $25 million over 5 years, to extend its existing initiatives for attracting minorities to Israel’s hi-tech sector. They include Adva, a two-year computer science training program for Jewish seminary girls, and a new Tsofen program to integrate … Continue reading →

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Google health subsidiary sets up Israeli R&D center

Posted on August 23, 2021

Verily Life Sciences, an independent subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is establishing a Research and Development center in Israel.  The company focuses on digital health, applying AI to medical problems. In Israel it will target colorectal (colon) cancer. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-googles-verily-life-sciences-to-set-up-israel-rd-center-1001380819 … Continue reading →

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Google to connect Israel to Europe

Posted on August 8, 2021

Google plans to build and operate a submarine cable system to connect Israel with southern Europe. The Blue Submarine Cable System will link Israel to Italy, France and Greece. Its 16 fiber optic pairs aims to increase network capacity and … Continue reading →

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Using Google to detect Red Palm Weevil infestations

Posted on June 6, 2021

Damage caused by Red Palm Weevils is monumental.  Scientists at Israel’s Ben Gurion University used Artificial Intelligence to recognize healthy palm trees and infested trees from Google Aerial and Street View images. Their work could save millions of palm trees. … Continue reading →

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Google is radical about Israel

Posted on May 18, 2021

Israel is to be Google’s first non-US “Moonshot Lab”, developing radical “Deep Tech” ideas in areas such as ag-tech, clean energy, and robotics. Google X Head of Strategy Adi Aron Gilat will return to Israel. She will recruit up to … Continue reading →

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Google’s Israeli microchip development center

Posted on March 31, 2021

Google is expanding in Israel by establishing an Israeli team to develop microprocessors for computer servers. These will comprise Systems on Chip (SoC), where multiple functions sit on the same chip, or on multiple chips instead of the traditional motherboard. … Continue reading →

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A Google map of brain RNA

Posted on February 7, 2021

Scientists from Bar Ilan University, Harvard and MIT have produced a detailed map of the genes inside the main memory center of a mouse brain. The researchers say the same technology will work in humans and could help treat diseases … Continue reading →

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