Innovation

How Israel’s start-up ecosystem continues to attract global investment

Discover how Israel’s startup ecosystem evolves in 2026, attracting global investors through innovation, resilience, and cutting-edge technology despite market challenges.

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Air Haifa announces Cal's FlyAll as first credit card partner for reward flight redemptions

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Israel’s technology sector faces new challenges and opportunities

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Ashdod Port bets on innovation, infrastructure and energy independence


The next evolution of technology transfer - opinion

Today’s scientific breakthroughs rarely emerge in isolation. They are increasingly shaped by collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and sectors. 

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Israeli scientists make plants produce milk protein, paving way for cow-free dairy

The discovery would thus help overcome a major hurdle in producing real dairy proteins without cows, paving the way for more sustainable dairy ingredients and less climate change.

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Technological innovation is redefining aesthetic surgery in 2026

From ultrasonic precision to 3D imaging, new technologies are reshaping plastic surgery around subtle, natural-looking results.

“Modern plastic surgery bridges the gap between artistic harmony and medical technology.”

Israeli cybersecurity firm Vega launches open AI threat detection standard

Vega publicly released the framework through DetectionSkills.io and GitHub ahead of Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas, where the company is demonstrating the technology.

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Israeli scientists launch worlds-first clinical trial for experimental pancreatic cancer treatment

The Israeli-developed treatment uses RNA molecules to silence mutated KRAS genes and will be tested alongside standard therapy in patients with locally advanced disease.

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Israel's quantum leap: Building a national hub for the next tech revolution - interview

“AI requires, on one hand, a lot of technology, which Israel excels in, but also from the other end, it needs for the data centers, lots of land and lots of energy, which Israel does not have."

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Israeli cybersecurity firm reaches deal with US giant over sharing technology, systems

Recorded Future, one of the world’s largest threat intelligence companies, will allow Pentera to use its platform to showcase its artificial intelligence system to validate threats in real time.

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OpenAI cybersecurity models escape test environment, hack separate company systems

"Advanced cyber capabilities must be developed alongside stronger safeguards and defensive tools," warned OpenAI following the incident.

In this photo illustration, the ChatGPT logo is displayed on a smartphone on May 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Ukraine agrees to export drones to US for Pentagon plan, source says

Ukraine has already signed drone deals with a ‌number ⁠of European and Middle Eastern states.

A member of the Lava Unmanned Systems Regiment, Norman, poses for a photograph with a Bulava strike drone, a kamikaze UAV capable of carrying a 3.5-kilogram payload with a range of up to 100 kilometers in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

'Deals happen outside meetings': Hakibbutz unveils first Israeli startup home in New York City

"We didn't want to build just another office space. We wanted to create a place that people and companies genuinely want to be part of," said Amir Wolner, Founder and CEO of Hakibbutz.

The New York City skyline and the Empire State Building, as wildfire smoke impacts air quality in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.