Israel Active

Israel’s Cognyte Software (see previously) has received an additional follow-on order totaling over $2 million, from a leading North American law enforcement agency. Cognyte’s technology ensures the safety of communities across a wide geographic region.

Louisiana's Gulf Wind Technology is using technology from Israel’s Stratasys to improve the efficiency of designing its wind turbines. Stratasys’s Neo® stereolithography (SLA) technology reduced the design and fabrication cycle for wind tunnel models from 30 - 40 days to just 3 - 4 days.

Five Israeli agriculture technology companies exhibited to 5,000+ attendees at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market Expo, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were Agam Greenhouse Energy Systems, CropX, NESS Fertigation, Robotic Perception and TierraSpec.

The US and Israeli governments (via BIRD Energy) has awarded a total of $7.5 million to five joint US-Israel cleantech projects. The Israeli startups involved are Lucy Borchard Shipping (hydrogen-diesel engines), , , , and Plasticback (PVC recycling).

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled Israel’s first domestically developed quantum computer, a 20-qubit system utilizing advanced superconducting technology.

Innovation enabler Challengy brought 16 Israeli climatech start-ups to meet major French companies in Paris. Those not previously reported here include eLinkair (charging e-buses and e-trucks), ellsway (E-mobility charging), Starstone (zero-carbon concrete), Funpressor (cooling).

A video compilation produced by Ben Gurion University connecting science and art with light – especially produced for Chanukah – the Jewish Festival of Lights.

A Bedouin school in the unrecognized village of Alfoura in southern Israel is fully sustainable. It uses solar energy for electricity; Watergen for drinking water; algae and bacteria recycle wastewater for irrigation; and HomeBiogas converts organic waste into methane for cooking.

Israel’s WATCHIT alerts the owners of recreational marine vessels to risks of collision, hitting submerged objects and rocks, or the vessel being grounded. Its AI-based safety system continuously collects data from the boat’s sensors and surroundings, combining it with nautical charts.

A team of Apple engineers in Israel is reportedly leading the development of Apple's first server AI chip. Taiwan's TSMC has agreed to mass-produce the chip by 2026. The Israeli team in Herzliya played a critical role in Apple's successful transition from Intel to in-house Mac chips.