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A Global AI energy company

Posted on February 16, 2020

Israeli-founded Grid4C (reported here previously) has been selected as one of five leading AI companies in the Energy Market among ABB, Siemens, GE, and IBM in “Global AI in Energy Market Analysis and Forecast 2019-2025” report by CMFE Insights. It … Continue reading →

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Israel is my playground

Posted on January 26, 2020

Don’t try this at home.  24-year-old Austrian biker and urban free-rider Fabio Wibner came to Israel and filmed a six-minute video of his amazing bike-riding skills. He wheelies around Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Masada and the Ramon … Continue reading →

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Multinationals benefit Israeli economy

Posted on January 19, 2020

The 362 multinational companies operating in Israel paid nearly $9 billion in direct taxation in 2019 – approximately 18% of all tax income received by the Israeli Government. They employ some 62,000 staff – the largest being Intel (11,000) followed … Continue reading →

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The first Hadassah accelerator graduates

Posted on November 24, 2019

Hadassah Accelerator, run jointly by Hadassah Medical Center IBM and the Jerusalem Development Authority, has graduated its first six med-tech startups. They are MyMilk, TuneFork, Deep Health, Neuroya, Ukappi and MDI Health Technologies. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3772621,00.html https://www.mymilklab.com/ https://www.tunefork.co.il/ http://deep-health.co/ http://www.neuroya.com/ https://www.mdi.health/

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Seven Tel Aviv tech conferences this month

Posted on June 10, 2019

Thousands of investors, entrepreneurs, and tech experts will be flocking to Tel Aviv in June to attend EdTech (4th-5th), EcoMotion (10th-13th), Travel Tech (11th), Mobile Summit (12th), IBM Think (13th), Cyber Week (23rd-27th) and Calcalist’s FinTech (24th). https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3763428,00.html

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London Uni students see Israeli tech up close

Posted on May 13, 2019

52 students from 30 countries (including Saudi Arabia and Sudan) studying at Imperial College London, had an eye-opening tour of tech sites in Israel. These included Mobileye, IBM, Barclays Techstar, OurCrowd and the Technion and Weizmann Institutes. https://www.israel21c.org/israel-tech-trip-attracts-52-students-from-30-countries/

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Israeli businesses are booming in Boston

Posted on February 10, 2019

In 2015, some 200 Israeli-founded companies based in Massachusetts brought in $9.3 billion in revenue. In 2018, ten new Israeli companies opened in the region, plus the first ever start-up incubator between IBM Israel, Brown University, and the University of … Continue reading →

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Israel wins the debate

Posted on June 24, 2018

Did you hear about the fascinating debate between two humans and an IBM computer, that many said the computer won?  Did you hear or read any of the global media organizations (e.g. BBC) say that it was an IBM Israel … Continue reading →

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Tel Aviv is an R&D hub for corporates

Posted on September 10, 2017

There are 73 international R&D centers in Tel Aviv, nearly doubling in five years, providing over 6,200 jobs. The latest, Visa, joins Amazon, AOL, Apple, Barclays, Bosch, Citibank, Coca Cola, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, IBM, Intel, MasterCard, Microsoft, Paypal, Renault, … Continue reading →

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Huge boost for stroke diagnosis system

Posted on April 16, 2017

I reported previously (July 3) on Israel’s MedyMatch Artificial Intelligence platform for diagnosing strokes from CT-scans.  MedyMatch has just signed separate 5-year agreements to integrate the groundbreaking technology with IBM and Samsung equipment. http://www.timesofisrael.com/samsung-to-integrate-israeli-tech-to-spot-strokes/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-medymatch-inks-deal-with-ibm-watson-health/

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