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Defense tech and ‘resilience’ get global funding sources: Here are some top funders
We live in a very different world since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. With global military expenditure reaching $2.4 trillion last…
A startup called Firefly that’s tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding. That comes on…
CyberArk snaps up Venafi for $1.54B to ramp up in machine-to-machine security
CyberArk — one of the army of larger security companies founded out of Israel — is acquiring Venafi, a specialist in machine identity, for $1.54 billion.
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Fairgen ‘boosts’ survey results using synthetic data and AI-generated responses
The Israeli startup has raised $5.5M for its platform that uses “statistical AI” to generate synthetic data that it says is as good as the real thing.
Controversial drone company Xtend leans into defense with new $40 million round
Close to a decade ago, brothers Aviv and Matteo Shapira co-founded a company, Replay, that created a video format for 360-degree replays — the sorts of replays that have become…
Israeli startup Panax raises a $10M Series A for its AI-driven cash flow management platform
High interest rates and financial pressures make it more important than ever for finance teams to have a better handle on their cash flow, and several startups are hoping to…
VC firm Maniv is growing in every direction, armed with a $140M new fund
Maniv, the VC firm based in Tel Aviv and New York City, has closed a $140 million that reflects its evolving investment ethos.
AI is a data problem — Cyera is raising up to $300M on a $1.5B valuation to secure it
A cybersecurity startup called Cyera is betting that the next big challenge in enterprise data protection will be AI, and it’s raising a big round of funding as demand picks…
KTrust launches an automated red team for Kubernetes security
KTrust, a Tel Aviv–based security startup, is taking a different approach to Kubernetes security from many of its competitors in the space. Instead of only scanning Kubernetes clusters and their…
Papaya Global bought a Super Bowl ad slot with the hope of the commercial driving brand recognition for the software company.
Securing generative AI-based applications from prompting attacks, ensuring that they don’t leak sensitive data or create malicious output or results that may violate privacy regulations is becoming a real business.…
Prompt Security wants to make GenAI safe for the enterprise
Businesses are moving faster than ever to use generative AI and bring it to both their employees and users. Moving fast and security don’t always go hand-in-hand, though, so it’s…
Aleph Farms’ cultivated beef process receives blessing from Israeli government
Gaining regulatory approval is a feat that has taken cultivated meat companies years to achieve.
Thousands of new honeypots deployed across Israel to catch hackers
On October 7, Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist attack on Israel, killing more than 1,200 people, with hundreds taken hostage. The attack prompted a deadly response from the Israel Defense…
Palestine’s growing tech industry has been literally blown apart by the war between Israel and Hamas
Gaza, despite being one of the most economically challenged regions in the world, has ironically always been a tech hub — not only for Palestine and Palestinians, but also for…
The world is still coming to terms with Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israelis last weekend — and everything else that has unfolded so far in the aftermath, including the barrage…
Telegram CEO, a criticised but cited source of Hamas videos, says app will continue to host ‘war-related content’
As social platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Meta and TikTok face off with regulators and the theater of public opinion for how they are handling incendiary and graphic content, disinformation,…
Meta says it’s prioritizing livestreaming checks during Israel-Hamas war
Following a content moderation warning from European Union regulators earlier this week, Meta has published an overview of how its responding to risks on its social media platforms stemming from…
Israeli biotech startup Mana.bio launches AI-fueled programmable drug therapy
Israeli biotech startup Mana.bio has been planning to launch its programmable drug treatment solution for months, and decided to forge ahead in spite of the attacks that happened this past…
EU fires urgent warning at Elon Musk’s X over illegal content and disinformation following Hamas attacks
In a very swift test of the European Union’s newly updated content moderation rulebook, the bloc has fired a public warning at Elon Musk–owned X (formerly Twitter) for failing to…
Several groups of hacktivists have targeted Israeli websites with floods of malicious traffic following a surprise land, sea and air attack launched against Israel by militant group Hamas on Saturday,…
Gem Security raises $23M for its cloud security platform
Cloud detection and response company Gem Security today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series A round led by GGV Capital, with participation from IBM Ventures and Silicon…
Senser launches its AI-enhanced observability platform, raises $9.5M
Senser describes itself as an AIOps platform that uses machine learning to help developers and ops teams more easily get to the root causes of outages and service degradations. The…
AI21 Labs, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing a range of text-generating AI tools, has raised $155 million in a Series C funding round led by Walden Catalyst, Pitango, SCB10X, b2venture,…
QuantHealth brings its AI-informed clinical drug trials to the US with $15M round
Biotech, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies all hope AI will streamline drug development and make it more efficient, and 38% have already adopted the technology, according to Deloitte. QuantHealth aims…
Quantum Machines’ next-gen quantum control solution that can scale beyond 1,000 qubits
Tel Aviv-based Quantum Machines today announced the OPX1000, the latest iteration of its quantum controller. Built for large-scale quantum computers, the OPX1000 can control 1,000 qubits and more, well beyond…
Grip Security raises $41M to help enterprises manage their SaaS identity risk
Grip Security, which provides businesses with the tools to protect their SaaS applications and describes itself as the “industry’s first SaaS security control plane,” today announced that it has raised…
Configu raises a $3M pre-seed round for its configuration-as-code platform
Nobody loves managing configuration files for their applications, and as systems get ever more complex and distributed, errors — and the potential security issues that come with them — can…
Deal Dive: This AI startup is racking up government customers
For most startups it is hard to land a government contract but IVIX has landed multiple inside the U.S. and beyond.
Sweet Security raises $12M seed round for its cloud security suite
Sweet Security, a Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup, today announced that it has raised a $12 million seed round led by Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from CyberArk Ventures and…
