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Israeli-founded Aquant Technologies develops an AI-driven Service Intelligence Platform that provides all customer service employees with access to a company’s knowledgebase (information library). It generates a neural network that maps problems to the right solutions.

Israeli startup ACiiST converts streetlights into a connected, data-gathering network. ACiiST’s black boxes, roughly the size of two iPhones, attach to existing lampposts. They contain hardware and software that can be used to connect with cameras, closed-circuit television, sensors, and wifi.

One of the joint US-Israel BIRD Foundation-funded energy projects reported recently is the one partnering Israel’s Chakratec with Blink Charging.  Chakratec’s unique “kinetic storage” technology will improve the performance of Blink’s charging stations in rural areas.

Israel’s London-based FloLive offers a cloud-based IoT connectivity service that enables companies in the IoT industry to deploy, manage, and operate their IoT devices from anywhere in the world. It has just raised $21.5 million to help it expand in Europe, Asia and North America.

Some readers may be concerned that the latest Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and smart image editing could result in a world of fake videos.  Fortunately, Israel’s Cyabra has developed technology that detects expertly doctored videos as well as bots (cyber robots) powering fake social-media profiles.

Israeli-founded Quest Solution Inc has developed AI-based vehicle recognition and fast proactive database retrieval and analysis to identify security risks. It provides alerts to prevent terrorist incidents - protecting critical infrastructure, schools and more.

Israel is to build two power units at Hadera by 2022, to be operated solely with natural gas. The units will supply 1,200 megawatts of power, replacing four coal-fired production units as part of Israel’s plan to eliminate coal usage by 2025 and improve air quality.

75,000 visitors have already visited the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv since it opened in Feb. Each year it selects 45 of Israel’s most exciting startups to exhibit.

Israel’s Spectalix has developed technology that can transfer moving images of people or objects from a mobile phone-recorded video onto a new video background. E.g. you play the piano in your own home and appear as if performing at Carnegie Hall.  It has many commercial applications.

Israel’s Jungo won “Connected Car Innovation of the Year” in the 2020 IoT Breakthrough awards for its CoDriver in-cabin driver monitoring solution that helps make vehicles safer. US giant Qualcomm is to install CoDriver on its Snapdragon automotive cockpit platforms.