Monthly Archives: November 2020

The most Unicorns

A Unicorn is the business term for a company that is worth more than one billion dollars. There are currently 41 Israeli-founded private companies worth $1 billion or more. 14 are based in Israel. With a population of just 8.9 … Continue reading

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Saving Florida lakes and rivers

Israel’s BlueGreen Water Technologies (reported here previously) has been selected to save Florida’s Lake Okeechobee water basin from a plague of toxic algae. BlueGreen already saved millions of fish and thousands of animals by purifying reservoirs and lakes in South … Continue reading

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All quiet in Jaguar and Land Rover

Israel’s Silentium (reported here previously) has announced that customers of Jaguar and Land Rover will be able to enjoy Silentium’s Active Road Noise Cancelation (ARNC) system in the Jaguar F-PACE, Jaguar XF and Range Rover Velar. https://www.silentium.com/silentium-is-on-in-jaguar-and-land-rover-cars/

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Mellanox’s super microprocessor

Israel’s Mellanox, which was acquired by Nvidia in 2019 for $7 billion, has just launched a new microprocessor that transfers a data center’s infrastructure services onto a single chip. One BlueField-2 DPU chip replaces 125 old CPU cores, freeing spare … Continue reading

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Using AI to implement AI

Many companies now develop Artificial Intelligent (AI) products.  Now, Israel’s Deci is using its AI expertise to help those companies implement those products. Deci has partnered companies in sectors including autonomous vehicles, manufacturing, communication, video editing, healthcare, and more. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3866275,00.html … Continue reading

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Award-winning insurance tech

Israel’s The Jones Agency has won the Insurance category in the CRETech Real Estate Tech Awards (RETA) 2020. It is the first time an Israeli company has been awarded first place in the award’s 7-year history. Jones’ technology automates property … Continue reading

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Helping athletes to develop

Israel’s GoHeja develops and markets a system for endurance coaches, sports clubs, and athletes to help with their long-term goals. In the Covid-19 pandemic GoHeja’s GamePlan through organizations such as OpenValley is helping athletes adapt training plans to changing restrictions. … Continue reading

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Checking wastewater for Covid-19

The Israeli Ministry of Health has tasked Ben Gurion University to detect and monitor SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to Covid-19, in sewage samples from 14 Israeli cities. Monitoring wastewater can give an early warning of Covid-19 infection outbreaks (reported … Continue reading

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Thousands train in hi-tech

Some 36,000 Israelis have completed online courses in 3 months of Microsoft’s global skills initiative. The most popular courses in Israel are practical and professional, such as software development, client management and data analysis. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3865850,00.html

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Stay in lane

Israel’s Foretellix (reported here previously) is partnering Mobileye to demonstrate its Foretify Automatic Lane-Keeping System (ALKS). It will allow car makers to comply with the United Nations’ ALKS regulations (see here). https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3862892,00.html https://www.foretellix.com/foretellix-releases-the-worlds-first-alks-regulation-verification-package-for-automated-driving-systems/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1VBfaapLp0

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