Saving costs for self-insured employers
The cost reduction solution from Israel’s Bluespine helps self-insured employers to lower annual healthcare spending while mitigating financial and legal risks around plan administration. Bluespine’s AI helps identify, recover, and prevent overbilled medical claims.
Tech startups raise nearly $1 billion in Oct
Israeli privately-held hi-tech companies and start-ups raised nearly $1 billion in October. The total raised in the first 10 months of 2024 was over $8 billion, surpassing the $6.9 billion raised in all of 2023.
Solar-powered water purification
Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed SoLED - a solar-powered UV LED-based water disinfection device designed to purify water in rural communities. The device uses UV light to change the DNA of microbe bacteria, preventing it from replicating. SoLED-treated water is harmless.
Israelis get back to the land
Israeli entrepreneur Nimrod Berger has found paid employment for 100 Israelis who have no work, due to the coronavirus epidemic. He has made them “crop commanders” - mostly ex-IDF, now elite agricultural workers - who are bringing in the harvest in the absence of foreign laborers.
Free transportation so everyone can vote
All buses and trains between Israeli cities will be free of charge on Election Day (April 9th). The aim is to give everyone the opportunity to vote, even those far away from their designated voting station. The cost for this gesture is NIS 3 million.