Category: Business

Gaming monetization company Xsolla launched operations in Israel in April, bringing various services to local game developers. During that time, Xsolla’s Justin Berenbaum and Sam Gaglani paid Start-up Nation a visit to further explore opportunities in the local ecosystem. Global video game market revenues are expected to reach over $221 billion by the end of […]

With the help of artificial intelligence, you might see Tom Hanks on the big screen long after he’s died.   The two-time Academy Award-winning actor said on an episode of The Adam Buxton Podcast released Sunday that the power of AI will play a significant role in the future of filmmaking. “This has always been lingering,” […]

Israel will invest up to a billion shekels in a new Economy Ministry program to build industry “clusters” modeled after Harvard professor Michael E. Porter’s economic model. The program identifies core sectors and helps them to collaborate and develop growth plans, including the potential for public-private investments in companies in these areas. For every $3 […]

Adidas will start selling some of the shoes from its defunct Yeezy partnership with rapper Kanye West at the end of May, the company said on Friday, and plans to donate the proceeds to selected organizations combating racism and hate. The news fleshes out plans initially outlined last week and follows Adidas’ move to cut […]

I must start out by apologizing if this column is a bit disjointed. It’s incredibly hard to concentrate as I write this. The noise outside my office in the buildup to Jerusalem Day is deafening. My office is located just off Zion Square, and there are radio stations broadcasting live and blaring their music along […]

On May 26, 2013, a decade ago next week, Israeli electric car start-up Better Place went to a better place, figuratively if not literally. That is to say, the once-promising company, which had raised nearly a billion dollars in venture capital and institutional funding, ran out of money and was forced to file for bankruptcy. […]

Israeli communications firm Partner and Innova have signed a long-term deal to help Partner switch most of its employees’ cars from gas to electric. Innova will work with Partner, the first communications company in Israel to implement this switch, to install electric charging stations at the company’s headquarters and in employees’ homes. Innova will provide […]

China’s cyberspace regulator said on Sunday that products made by US memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology had failed its network security review and that it would bar operators of key infrastructure from procuring from the firm. According to China’s broad definition of critical information infrastructure, this could include sectors ranging from transport to finance. “The […]

In a display of international support and collaboration, a group of Israeli investors hailing from the real estate sector are spearheading the construction of an advanced sports and leisure complex in the city of Bucha, Ukraine. With an estimated investment of approximately $1.2 million, this ambitious project aims to revitalize the region and provide much-needed […]

Billionaire Patrick Drahi has increased his stake in BT to 24.5% but reiterated that he does not plan a full takeover for Britain’s biggest telecoms group. The Franco-Israeli entrepreneur has since 2021 been adding to a position in Britain’s 175-year-old former monopoly BT, betting that its $20 billion investment in a new national fibre network […]