El Al Israel Airlines’ newest Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew from Boeing’s Seattle factory using 30% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It is El Al’s first use of SAF, made from sources such as CO2 in the air and emits far less … Continue reading →

AI21 Labs raised $155 million; FeelBetter raised $5.9 million; Append Medical raised 4.35 million; MadeRight raised $2million; Skillset raised $1.65 million.

US Dynatrace is acquiring Israel’s Rookout for NIS 40-50 million. Israeli-founded, US based Coro.net Cybersecurity has acquired Israel’s Privatise. Israel’s InMode has acquired the patients of Colorado’s Viveve Medical.

Customers of US retinal imaging and diagnostic company IRIS will be able to use AEYE-DS from Israel’s AEYE Health (see here previously) for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/iris-and-aeye-health-announce-partnership-to-provide-ai-screening-to-market-301874034.html

Tel Aviv University has produced the second-most unicorn ($1 billion+) companies in the world, based on where their founders went to college. Stanford was the highest, but TAU was next, even beating UK’s Oxford University. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkqkrvu2h

Israel is planning a 100-billion-shekel ($27 billion) high-speed rail line from Kiryat Shmona in the north to the southern city of Eilat 400km (250-miles) away. https://www.jns.org/israel-news/travel/23/7/30/306408/

Israel’s Arkia is starting flights from Tel Aviv to Sri Lanka in Oct. Meanwhile, El Al is to begin a Tel Aviv to Fort Lauderdale (Hollywood International) service in April plus six seasonal flights this year. However, the recent Jeddah … Continue reading →

The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial R&D (BIRD) Foundation is granting $8 million for 9 joint hi-tech projects. The Israeli startups are Agado Live, Agromentum (Fieldin), AlvaLinks, ContainerEyes, GeneYX, NeuroTrigger, Oshi (formerly Plantish), Quantum Machines, and Treetoscope. https://www.birdf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BIRD-BOG-June-2023.pdf https://alvalinks.com/ https://finder.startupnationcentral.org/company_page/container-eyes https://www.nt-med.com/

The Israeli Knesset has passed the “Angels Law”. It grants tax benefits to investors in the local high-tech industry as well as incentives for purchasing other tech companies based in Israel. Benefits take effect immediately. Foreign firms also get benefits … Continue reading →

In 2020, 25% of Arab women aged 30-34 held academic degrees, double the percentage in 2010. In 2023, 45% of Arab women were employed, up from 33% in 2014. Among Haredi men, employment has reached 56%, up from 52% in … Continue reading →