Category: Business

Office employees throughout the country were instructed to work from home or take the day off on Sunday, following the outbreak of a war between Israel and Gaza on Saturday. Companies throughout the hi-tech, legal, communications and several other industries sent notices to their workers, telling them to stay at home and work remotely. […]

Philips, Nvidia, IBM, Road2, Margalit Startup City Haifa, the Israel Innovation Authority, the Rambam Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, and additional partners have joined forces to lead  Startup City Haifa, the Digital Health Accelerator. The program is dedicated to scaling up startups operating in the digital health domain and is based on collaboration among […]

Israel and Azerbaijan signed a historic agreement to cooperate on space on Wednesday, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology announced Thursday. The agreement was signed at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held this year in Baku.  “The agreement signed today is further evidence of the strengths of Israeli science, innovation and the space […]

Chess is known as the game of kings, but due to the underestimation of females’ intellectual capabilities at playing, it isn’t the game of queens. Parents and coaches of youth chess players peg the highest potential rating of girl players to be lower than that of boy players, according to New York University psychologists.  […]

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported that world economic growth is expected to decelerate from three per cent last year to 2.4 per cent through 2023, with limited signs of a rebound in 2024.   These figures underscore the urgent need for reform of the global financial system, more practical policies to […]

Israeli fintech firm Stampli, an AI-powered accounts payable automation developer, has successfully raised $61 million in a Series D venture funding round. The round was spearheaded by Blackstone and featured the participation of existing investors Insight Partners, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital. This latest funding round takes the total amount raised by the […]

Israel should halt government subsidies to yeshiva students and increase educational budgets for the Arab community, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday in its annual report. The report highlighted concerns over the underrepresentation of certain groups, particularly within the haredi and Arab populations, in the “thriving hi-tech industry.” These groups […]

A new analysis of TikTok use throughout the world conducted by Canopy.us, an AI app focused on digital family safety, has shown Israel as one of the countries most trigger-happy when it comes to the removal of content.  TikTok has faced significant backlash in recent years over what was seen as its lax moderation […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel’s world-leading aerospace and defense company announced on Tuesday a cooperation agreement for the sale of two cutting-edge satellites to Azercosmos, a pioneering force of Azerbaijan in the space industry The satellites are uniquely advanced, having better than 0.5-meter native resolution and a long life span with high imaging performance. This […]

AD Stretch Accelerator, powered by Avery Dennison, is a non-dilutive startup accelerator focused on customer engagement, sustainability, and materials innovation. You get the chance to join a unique community of like-minded disruptors and tap into valuable resources to rapidly grow your innovative solution. Scale Up with Avery Dennison – an 88-year-old Startup! Over the last […]