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BLOG: In Israel, Innovation and Grief Share the Same Moment
My latest post in The Times of Israel explores the country's two realities of war and tech innovation, and what happens when those moments meet.
Jan 27
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It’s a bad week for Israel haters.
It’s early January. The year’s barely started. And Israel’s tech ecosystem is already making itself indispensable.
Jan 22
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Accountability Is Becoming Partisan in Israel
Support for a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack is collapsing along ideological lines. For many on the Right, it is increasingly…
Jan 9
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From Mamdani to Maccabi: The West Keeps Teaching Jews Why Israel Exists
A December 2025 report suggests that Jewish Israelis increasingly believe that Israel is safer than the world beyond it.
Jan 7
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Building the Google Maps of the Immune System - #0038, Noam Solomon
Israeli company Immunai has raised almost $300 million to help biotech companies escape the Valley of Death amid funding cuts in research and…
Jan 5
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How Israel Became NVIDIA’s "Second Home" - #0034, Aya Peterburg
Watch now | Run:ai’s journey from a small startup to an NVIDIA wartime acquisition reveals what makes Startup Nation indispensable to the global AI…
Dec 21, 2025
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Storytelling, Resilience, and Israel’s AI Moment - #0032, Yonatan Sela
Square Peg partner Yonatan Sela on crossing from entrepreneurship to investing - and why personal stories and uncertainty shape Startup Nation's…
Dec 14, 2025
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Deep Dive into Deeptech: Israel’s Role in the Next Wave of Innovation - #0031, Doron Zauer
Watch now | AI companies know they will need hardware and processing power in the future. According to Earth & Beyond Ventures, they're looking at…
Dec 10, 2025
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Israel remains the world’s cybersecurity powerhouse, whether its critics like it or not.
Israeli cybersecurity funding hits record $4.4B in 2025 as global VCs take the lead across all stages.
Dec 8, 2025
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Planned Israeli government cuts will cripple trauma care for October 7 survivors, warn NGOs
A joint civil-society appeal urges the government to halt its January 2026 budget reductions that would impact the Resilience Centers that support…
Dec 2, 2025
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Israel’s Philanthropic Response Post–October 7 - #0028, Maya Natan
Keshet has helped hundreds of donors donate cash and assets to more than 1,100 Israeli organizations.
Nov 27, 2025
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James Spiro
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Israeli firms bring billions to Virginia’s economy - anchoring themselves near Congress and the Pentagon
The growing Israeli footprint in Virginia underscores how economic ties are deepening at the state level, regardless of election cycles and geopolitical…
Nov 26, 2025
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