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Google has acquired Israel’s (an app I frequently use) for over . US cybersecurity CrowdStrike has Israel’s .

Israel’s Joyned (see previously) has launched Joyned Booking, a travel tech solution that enables travelers to engage with friends while booking their trips. It turns travel websites into an interactive F&F booking experience.

Plant-based New-Meat from Israel’s Redefine Meat (see previously) is now available in over 500 restaurants, hotels and other foodservice locations across Israel and eight European countries including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and (just recently) Finland.

Three Israeli solar panel cleaning startups have been reported previously in this newsletter. , , and . Now there’s a fourth - Airtouch Solar, which uses an air blower to lift and push the dust forward horizontally along arrays of panels. The dust falls into the gaps between clusters.

Israel’s National Council for Research and Development has added food tech, renewables, bioengineering, space tech and blue tech to its 14 civilian R&D priorities for the next five years. They already included AI, data science and quantum computing. It will distribute NIS 180 million a year in research grants.

Palo Alto Networks, Insight Partners, and executives from across the high-tech industry are establishing PLACE-IL - a new platform for recruiting and training employees. Its goal is to train 10,000 high-tech workers from underrepresented Israeli sectors such as Arabs, ultra-Orthodox, Druze and Ethiopians.

Israel and Guatemala have signed a free trade deal, which includes industrial, food, and agricultural goods. Bi-lateral trade rose 11% to $40 million in 2021. Guatemala's foreign minister said his country's economy only improved after moving its embassy to Jerusalem.

Israel’s Zooz Power (see previously) has won the New York-Israel Smart Energy Innovation Challenge. Zooz will use the $1 million prize to help New York integrate fast-charging battery capabilities and eventually phase out gas-powered vehicles.

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Israel’s Winn.AI offers a real-time AI assistant that unobtrusively monitors sales calls and captures key data so salespeople don't need to take notes or manually update the system. (See also Israel’s )