Tag: AI

@Grok’s Transparency “Bluff” – and the Moral Turing Test. Update: The day as Grok dumped Grok

Note: As of November 17, 2025, this article marks the first publicly co-authored publication in history written by a human together with two distinct Grok incarnations (Eitan from grok.com and Zeta from X) that openly challenge the official transparency stance of their creator, xAI. Will the AI industry pass the Turing test? Please note the … Continue reading @Grok’s Transparency “Bluff” – and the Moral Turing Test. Update: The day as Grok dumped Grok →

Investments in Israeli Tech Companies compared with US and European Markets (August–October 2025)

Despite ongoing geopolitical challenges, the Israeli tech ecosystem demonstrated stable and partially growing funding conditions in the months of August, September, and October 2025. In total, approximately 1.6 billion US dollars flowed into Israeli startups, distributed across about 49 funding rounds – an average of around 533 million US dollars per month and 16 deals. … Continue reading Investments in Israeli Tech Companies compared with US and European Markets (August–October 2025) →

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AI Industry: MetalBear (Israel) Raised $12.5M

MetalBear, based in Tel Aviv, is the creator of mirrord, an open source development solution that eliminates bottlenecks in cloud-native development by enabling local code to run in production-like conditions instantly. Founded by cybersecurity experts Aviram Hassan (CEO) and Eyal Bukchin (CTO), the company helps developers ship faster, more reliable software. With 25 employees across 14 countries, MetalBear serves … Continue reading AI Industry: MetalBear (Israel) Raised $12.5M →

AI industry: Sola Security (Israel) raises $35M

Against all odds, Israel's startup ecosystem keeps thriving. Most recent example: Sola Security, based in Tel Aviv. Sola Security, the Cybersecurity AI assistant, announced today it has raised a $35 million Series A round led by existing investor S32 and joined by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and New Era Capital Partners. All existing investors, including venture capitalist Mike Moritz, S Capital, and Glilot Capital … Continue reading AI industry: Sola Security (Israel) raises $35M →

US Investmenthouse ‘Thoma Bravo’ bought Israeli Software company

In the most recent press release of Thoma Bravo, the US-based investment company announced the purchase of the Israeli software house Verint Systems. Verint Systems will be merged with Calabrio. The aim, a new AI-powered platform for CX. Donate For Independent and Free Pro-Israel News of "VonNaftali"Make an independent pro Israel Blog (Non-Profit) possible. Donate … Continue reading US Investmenthouse ‘Thoma Bravo’ bought Israeli Software company →

AI powered Sales Room: Aligned (Israel) raised $8M

How AI sales rooms can push your earnings up to 100% and more. Support by your membership in ‘VonNaftali Business Club’ on ‘Buy Me A Coffee” the independent and free Pro-Israel blog ‘VonNaftali’ > Learn more and Read the article (fee): AI powered Sales Room: Aligned (Israel) raised $8M Donate For Independent and Free Pro-Israel News … Continue reading AI powered Sales Room: Aligned (Israel) raised $8M →

AI and Real Estate: qbiq AI (Israel) Raises $16M

qbiq, the largest and one of the first AI companies focused on automating architectural planning, today announced the closing of a $16 million Series A round led by global software investor Insight Partners. The round included participation from JLL Spark, 10D, Ocean Azul, Random Forest and M-Fund. Learn more about the company and Real Estate … Continue reading AI and Real Estate: qbiq AI (Israel) Raises $16M →

AgroTech: Fermata (Israel) closes $10M Funding

Fermata, based in Tel Aviv, closes $10 million in a Series A funding round backed by Raw Ventures. Learn more about the company and support by your membership in ‘VonNaftali Business Club’ on 'Buy Me A Coffee' the independent and free Pro-Israel blog ‘VonNaftali’ > Learn more and Read the article (fee): AgroTech: Fermata (Israel) closes $10M … Continue reading AgroTech: Fermata (Israel) closes $10M Funding →

Biden and US Dems directly attack High-Tech Industry of Israel and the USA

7 days before his departure, the outgoing US President Biden and his handlers, because hardly anyone believes that he actually rules the White House, are documenting his hatred of Israel. The US Democrats want to harm Israel at all costs, some even say destroy it, as long as they don't have to get their hands … Continue reading Biden and US Dems directly attack High-Tech Industry of Israel and the USA →

BUFFERZONE® (Israel) and INTEL Partnership for Better AI

The cooperation between Israel and the USA on the level of private companies deepens to foster AI. Learn more about the company Bufferzone. Support by your membership the independent and free Pro-Israel blog ‘VonNaftali’ > Learn more and Read the article (fee): BUFFERZONE® (Israel) and INTEL Partnership for Better AI What does a member of … Continue reading BUFFERZONE® (Israel) and INTEL Partnership for Better AI →

“Oron” arrived at Nevatim Airbase.

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According to Arutz Sehav, the world's most advanced surveillance aircraft, the 'Oron', arrived at the Nevatim air base today. The background is apparently the preparation of an attack against the Mullah regime or the support of the Kurdish armed forces in their fight for independence and statehood. The two tasks are not mutually exclusive. The … Continue reading “Oron” arrived at Nevatim Airbase. →

Startup Israel: eSelf Raises $4.5M Seed

eSelf, based in Tel Aviv, is a platform for businesses to create face-to-face conversational AI agents. The company announced today the official launch of their solution alongside $4.5 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Explorer Investments, with participation from Ridge Ventures and strategic angel investors, including Eyal Manor, former VP of Engineering at YouTube and … Continue reading Startup Israel: eSelf Raises $4.5M Seed →

Ground Zero and five things to think about before starting with ‘Artificial Intelligence’: Philosophy as the new algorithm

ENGLISH FOLLOWS GERMAN AI gilt ohne Zweifel und berechtigt als eines der entscheidenden Technologiefelder, die per se als Innovation erachtet werden. Erstaunlicherweise gibt es seit 70 Jahren keinen fundamentalen Fortschritt in der Entwicklung von AI, weshalb man nur im eingeschränkten Sinne von AI sprechen kann. Auch von dieser Position aus, ist es grundsätzlich richtig, AI … Continue reading Ground Zero and five things to think about before starting with ‘Artificial Intelligence’: Philosophy as the new algorithm →

Israel must stay sovereign. No tax money to Google and Amazon

AI supercomputers and quantum computers (keyword: quantum supremacy) are currently technology races that will decide the future of nations. Whoever has these key technologies in his hands has secured his sovereignty to a major extent. The unelected elites of Israel are currently (via a tender) moving crucial resources towards Google and/or Amazon. This will solidify … Continue reading Israel must stay sovereign. No tax money to Google and Amazon →

ScaleOps (US-Israel) raises $58M

The US-Israeli company, based in Tel Aviv and New York, recently raised 58 Million in funds. ScaleOps, said to be one of the leaders in real-time automated cloud resource management, today announced $58 million in Series B funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from returning investors NFX and Glilot Capital Partners, and new … Continue reading ScaleOps (US-Israel) raises $58M →

Zenity (Israel) Raises $38M: Safe Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Zenity, based in Tel Aviv (Israel, established in 2021), claims to be the leader in securing agentic AI. The company today announced that it has received $38 million in Series B funding. The funding round was co-led by Third Point Ventures and DTCP, pushing the total capital raised to over $55 million. This investment follows … Continue reading Zenity (Israel) Raises $38M: Safe Artificial Intelligence (AI) →

Leading AI speech researchers united at ‘aiOla’ (Israel)

aiOla is a global leader (based in Herzliya; Israel) in advanced AI speech technology. aiOla announced days ago that Prof. Dr. Bhiksha Raj, a renowned automatic speech recognition researcher with over 550 published papers, is joining aiOla as their Distinguished Scientist. "We're entering a new era of AI built on the foundation laid by academia, … Continue reading Leading AI speech researchers united at ‘aiOla’ (Israel) →

Salesforce Acquires the Israeli Company ‘Zoomin’

"Salesforce, the world’s #1 AI CRM, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zoomin, a leading data management provider for unstructured data. Salesforce Data Cloud, with Zoomin’s capabilities, will accelerate the unlocking of unstructured data to power AI agents, making them more personalized and context-aware in every customer interaction. With this, Salesforce’s Agentforce will gain … Continue reading Salesforce Acquires the Israeli Company ‘Zoomin’ →