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Israel Railways and Israel’s Exodigo (see previously) have introduced a new AI-driven remote-sensing system designed to map underground infrastructure with unprecedented accuracy. It aims to cut development costs, shorten project timelines, and prevent unexpected damage to buried infrastructure.

Tesla will begin supervised autonomous driving trials in Israel after receiving government approval. It represents the first step towards Israel authorizing the use of Tesla's Full-Self Driving (FSD) system, which allows the cars to operate autonomously with a supervised driver at the wheel.

Nagish (see previously) enables hundreds of thousands of deaf and hard of hearing individuals to make phone calls. It converts text-to-speech and speech-to-text in real time. The idea came to Tomer Aharoni, a 33-year-old Israeli engineer, when he was a student at Columbia University.

The Soreq B desalination plant in the center of the country has entered full operation and will produce 200 million cubic meters of water annually. The facility, located in Rishon Lezion, began operating about a year ago at 60 percent capacity.

Israel’s Ben-Gurion University has launched 'Prisma Negev,' a new center integrating academic research, data, and applied initiatives to develop practical, scalable solutions that directly benefit residents and communities across the Negev. It unites local authorities, industry, the IDF, academia, and civil society.

Boeing and Israel’s Ben-Gurion University have launched a joint aviation cybersecurity research initiative in Beersheba designed to confront the growing cyber risks facing modern aerospace systems. Boeing already uses vast amounts of Israeli technologies and suppliers.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt have signed a cybersecurity cooperation agreement between Israel and Germany. It includes the next generation of the "Cyber Dome", a Cyber Center of Excellence, joint exercises, and cyber risk management.

Two Bar-Ilan University–led projects have won part of a prestigious $11 million Schmidt Sciences award for research into artificial intelligence and humanities innovation. Dr. Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin and Prof. Yehuda Halper are unlocking hidden histories in texts, art, and cultural heritage.

Analysis by Avi Hasson, CEO of Startup Nation Central, ex-Chief scientist and Israel Innovation Authority chairman. “From scale to substance: Israeli tech’s 2025 turning point.” How discipline, concentration, and execution replaced speed and hype. A more mature, resilient era for the Start-Up Nation.

Israel’s Thermagix (see previously) is building a patented, economical platform to capture low-grade heat for producing electricity and / or cooling. It comprises Phase Change Thermoacoustic technology with outstanding heat dissipation capabilities for data centers.