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"AR computing!" Say goodbye to traditional laptops. An Israeli entrepreneur has innovated a technology that bids farewell to our traditional laptops. Tamir Berliner- founder of Sightful and the innovator behind the Spacetop G1! What is the Spacetop G1? Spatial computer that seamlessly integrates the functionality of a laptop with the capabilities Of Augmented Reality (AR). A 100-inch virtual workspace replaces the need for a physical screen. Spacetop G1 adapts to various environments, whether at home, in the office, or on the go. This represents a step forward in integrating AR technologies with daily tasks. Spatial with AR transforms how we interact with digital content, personally and professionally. The real test will be in its execution. The usability of the AR interface, the battery life, the comfort of AR glasses, etc., are crucial. I believe Sightful has managed to address these practical concerns effectively. And I am awaiting the official release in india. Congrats to Tamir Berliner and the team for their bold move and fantastic innovation. The Spacetop G1 is an evolution in how we think about personal computing. Soorya Narayanan | AppLogiQ #applogiq #innovation #entrepreneur #techentrepreneur #augmentedreality #spatialcomputing #management #startups

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"𝗬𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗺'𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗥 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁." Yotam Tzuker, CEO and co-founder of Team Me, is featured on Calcalist כלכליסט's Growth+ project, where he met with Ronni Zehavi, CEO and co-founder of HiBob. They explored the challenges faced by early-stage startups over the past seven months and discussed how tough times foster resilience. Dive into their conversation through the link in the comments. Guy Katsovich | Yair Vardi | Poalim Tech #growth #PortfolioCompany #startups

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𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 💡  𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲: Navigating the cultural differences between Israel and the US is crucial for successful recruitment and integration of American talent into Israeli companies. 🎯 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬: Familiarize yourself with the local work culture, which often emphasizes individualism, direct communication, and work-life balance. This knowledge helps in setting realistic expectations and creating an appealing work environment for American recruits. 🎯 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Ensure clear and transparent communication. American professionals appreciate direct and open conversations, but also value politeness and respect. Tailor your communication style to be assertive yet considerate. Explain and clearly convey the company's values and vision. This will increase the chances to attract top-tier talent. 🎯 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Provide timely communication with the candidate throughout the hiring process. Ghosting can be very damaging to the employer brand. A positive experience can be a deciding factor in their choice to join your organization. When providing negative responses, it's customary to email the candidate and thank them for their time and effort in the hiring process and leave an open door for future opportunities. For a full article with more tips for hiring globally: English: https://bit.ly/4bguxlu Hebrew: https://bit.ly/3wvtEqg #connectim #globalsearch #headhunting #usa #uk

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Fast-Track Funding Program Israeli Tech Companies Program's Description As a quick response to the challenges tech companies are facing, as a result of the “Iron Swords” war, the Israel Innovation Authority is offering a “Fast Track” funding program to support technological companies and projects. Goal of the incentive program This funding program operates through the Innovation Authority’s R&D fund and is designed for innovative Israeli tech companies with a short runway (up to 6 months) that are in the process of raising capital. Those companies that experience challenges in raising capital due to the situation and in need of bridge funding, are the target of this program. Who is the incentive program for? The fast track is designed for Israeli companies who are in the midst of development/early sales with substantial assets (technologies, unique team, consumers etc). What do you get? The Innovation Authority will offer up to 7.5 million NIS grants under this program, 50% of which will be matched by existing or new investors. https://lnkd.in/evWas9nr

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The Israel Mobile Summit is right around the corner... Join me & Shir Peled on a 360° holistic monetization journey that focuses on players’ experience. We will share how we attained the keys to success through strategic planning, optimization, and segmentation and give you a sneak peek into the future of Monetization. Playtika Mobile Summits Ofir Leitner 🔜 Israel Mobile Summit

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Take a look at this picture. It was taken today at our Salesforce offices in Tel-Aviv. It shows a few dozens of Salesforce Israel employees in one of our regular all-hands meetings. What's so special about that? Well, that picture was taken exactly 36 hours after Iran launched a massive aerial strike against Israel with 100s of UCAVs, ballistic and cruise missiles carrying about 60 tons(!) of explosives. Thanks to the Israeli Air force, the air forces of the US, UK, France, Jordan and others *and* Israeli innovation and engineering talent who developed the most advanced multi-layered air defense systems in the world - luckily that attack ended up with relatively low impact. It was a sleepless night for all us in Israel who got an advanced notice of the attack and basically spent that night bracing for impact. Now take another look at this picture. 36 hours later - People showing up at the office, talking to each other, having a few laughs, having meetings, discussing deadlines, solving business problems, discussing engineering problems, doing demos, having coffee and lunch together, having an all-hands meeting together. 36 hours ago we were bracing for impact of 60 tons of explosives that were about to fall out of the sky. Take another look at this picture - This is how resilience looks like. You can count on us. We deliver. No matter what. https://lnkd.in/eXSvz3xv

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The 1st AR Laptop ever! I tried Sightful's #SpaceTop a year ago and also wrote about my experience with it, and now it's even better! I'm gonna try it again soon at their HQ in Tel Aviv, but it was already a revolutionary product when I tried it back then. So, I'm looking forward to it! Another disruptive technology coming from the #startupNation, Israel. This time in the XR and Spatial Computing field, which is the next big thing after Personal Computing and Smartphones, as we've seen even from Apple with their Apple Vision Pro (which I also tried and covered back in February). What a time to be alive! 😎 Well done Sightful! A link to my article from last year: https://lnkd.in/dMrMYyWG #vr #XR #mr #AR #applevisionpro #apple #AppleVisionPro #Metaquest3 #Quest3 #spatialcomputing #Sightful

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Tel Aviv rises to 4th place in the annual ranking of the global technological innovation ecosystem 2024 by Startup Genome Tel Aviv climbed 1 place to fourth place in an annual report that ranked the most attractive innovation ecosystem in the world for startups & innovation. Los Angeles is 4th place as well & California's Silicon Valley is in 1st place. New York & London share second place. The report ranks the top 40 tech startup hubs in more than 300 ecosystems worldwide, collecting data on 4.5 million startups. A higher ecosystem ranking increases the chances of global success for early-stage startups. The top five global ecosystems are worth $4.4 trillion – based on exits and startup valuations – or 54% of the total of the top 40 hubs. The remaining 35 ecosystems are worth a combined $4 trillion. Tel Aviv's technological ecosystem was valued at $235 billion, compared to a global average of $29.4 billion. For the annual ranking, the research company measured five success factors: 1. Performance, which takes into account the number and growth of exits and how many successful startups; 2. Access to financing and its quality; 3. Market reach, or the ability to tap into global markets; 4. How easy it is to recruit top talent; 5. Knowledge, a measure of the impact of advertising and patents. Israeli startups are facing dwindling financial pathways amid a fundraising drought following political unrest in the first nine months of 2023 and the outbreak of war with the Hamas terrorist group on October 7. During the ongoing fighting, the Israeli army recruited hundreds of thousands of reservists, some of whom remain in uniform. Venture capital funding raised by Israeli startups in 2023 dropped by 58% year-on-year and amounted to $7.3 billion, returning to levels last seen in 2018, and after record years in 2020 to 2022. Entrepreneurs from Tel Aviv face unprecedented challenges, yet continue to build impeccable technologies and fast-growing businesses that successfully penetrate global markets." The 2024 Startup Ecosystem report, published annually since 2012, noted that Tel Aviv led all five top ecosystems except Silicon Valley in the second part of 2023, with seven such transactions. The largest exit was Oddity, an online consumer technology that debuted on the Nasdaq stock market, valued at over $2 billion. The acquisition of the Tel Aviv startup Run:ai for AI workload management by Nvidia announced in April was cited as a "positive signal" in the report. Tel Aviv startups also receive reinforcements from a "strong" network of venture capital funds, the report states. In January, the VC company Cardumen Capital, which invests in early-stage software and hardware startups, raised $120 million for its second fund. In July 2023 , VC TLV Partners announced its fifth fund worth $250 million, and in August, early-stage venture capital fund Symbol closed its seed fund, raising a total of $50 million.

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Episode #9: Sixdof Space - Ultra-fast optical tracking. Don’t miss this 60 second video about one of the hottest new startups in Israel; and FOLLOW us so you don’t miss another episode! In this video, Gerson Panitch interviews Klony Lieberman. #whatsnextinisraeltech

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Episode #8: XOLTAR - AI companion for patients. Don’t miss this 90 second video about one of the hottest new startups in Israel; and FOLLOW us so you don’t miss another episode! In this video, Gerson Panitch interviews Asaf Shiloni. #whatsnextinisraeltech

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Last week Bria was ranked #20 of the most promising startups in Israel, kudos to the team! It is a long journey to build a startup. At 8 years old, I fell in love with mathematics, and at that point, I knew that's what I'd get my PhD in. That passion not only shaped my academic path but also ignited my interest in visual technologies and AI, which led me to pursue a PhD in computer vision. During my studies, I began to realise just how much the future of content would change with AI coming into the mix. Fast-forward to 2020, during COVID and before the Gen AI hype, I combined my understanding of how visuals can be generated with AI and the valuable enterprise experience I gained in my previous role at Trax Retail, to co-establish an AI startup called BRIA. We had one simple goal: To make it easy for any individual and company to generate the exact visuals needed for any use. Our key objective in helping you achieve this is to ensure that we provide you with a transparent, open, and responsible AI platform trained solely on licensed data, no public figures and deep fake, no privacy infringement. And in a world where more than 43% of people don't trust companies to use AI morally, Responsible AI use has never been more important. In building BRIA, we've been able to help businesses all over the world scale their content development process. And what gets me even more excited is that we've been able to partner with different creators to ensure that their creativity is respected, rewarded, and isn't pirated. We trained our own high quality foundation models and built the core tools of Generative AI so everyone can use it. The journey so far has been anything but linear, and I'm eager to continue sharing the innovative features we're developing, discuss the critical importance of Responsible AI, and explore how you can leverage our platform to its fullest potential. Join us as we pave the way for a new era of content creation, where innovation meets integrity.

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An extraordinary tale of how I made LinkedIn a little stinkier! 💨 As the Community Manager of Playtika Tech & AI, I live and breathe all things about AI & Gaming. 😈But on April 1st, I & Shai Oliva Alon decided to take AI to a whole new level - post about the LSM (Large Smelly Model)! Before you ask, LLM stands for Large Language Model, an AI that generates human-like text. But we flipped the script and created the LSM - an AI that generates smells based on text prompts! More here: https://lnkd.in/dPkgHByu I posted at noon and eagerly awaited the community's reaction. 😈Around 4 PM, a post from D-ID caught my attention. They had concocted Olfactory Rendering Algorithm (ORA), inspired by LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation of Large Language Models). What were the odds?! Here is the post: https://lnkd.in/dsDrt_RU 😈Seizing the moment, I reached out D-ID's community manager Sheldon Bruck, proposing to cross-promote our posts. After all, LSM could be the breakthrough that makes ORA possible! 😈Our smelly universe grew bigger as another page, Replai, covered the LSM "news" too! If Marvel has its own universe why can't I? Even if it stinks.... 😅

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Episode #10: Kemtai - Personalized exercise platform with real-time feedback. Don’t miss this 90 second video about one of the hottest new startups in Israel; and FOLLOW us so you don’t miss another episode! In this video, Gerson Panitch interviews Mike Telem. #whatsnextinisraeltech

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WhatsApp Business and ChatGPT: A Dynamic Duo Transforming Customer Communication! 🌟 I'm thrilled to share an insightful new blog post from Commbox that delves into the revolutionary integration of WhatsApp Business and ChatGPT. This dynamic duo will transform customer service across industries, offering unparalleled efficiency and personalisation. In today's digital-first world, businesses must leverage cutting-edge technology to meet the high expectations of modern consumers. The integration of WhatsApp Business with ChatGPT is not just a technological upgrade; it's a paradigm shift in how we engage and support our customers. From healthcare to retail and education to municipal services, this powerful combination enhances customer interactions like never before. Explore the future implications of AI in customer communications and learn how to navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead. Take advantage of this must-read post that uncovers the potential of AI-driven customer service! Read the full blog 🔗https://bit.ly/3wVntfb #CustomerService #AI #WhatsAppBusiness #ChatGPT #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #CustomerExperience #FutureOfWork #Commbox CommBox

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Revolutionizing Construction Data Management: Unlocking Efficiency and Insight with Innogration Technologies

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#IsraeliStartups, particularly in the #healthcare sector, are thriving due to a combination of factors. 🇮🇱 #Israel is recognized as a global leader in #medicalinnovation, boasting a vibrant ecosystem of about 1,500 companies in healthcare and life sciences. 🦾💻🌐 This innovation is driven by a strong foundation in technological advancements, such as AI and #RemoteDiagnostics. 🧲💸 Significant #investment is another pillar supporting Israeli healthcare startups. In recent years, these companies have raised billions, exemplified by the $6.5 billion amassed by 250 active startups in areas like #DigitalHealth, #MedicalDevices, and #Biopharma. These factors combined, position #Israeli #healthcareStartups not only as leaders in innovation but also as crucial players in the global healthcare market. 🇮🇱

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Took a look into the Israeli Tech Ecosystem Q1 2024 report and here are the highlights: (Positive stuff!) Funding Gains: There was a 9% increase in private funding to $1.8 billion across 114 rounds. Indicating a sustained recovery momentum. M&A: Mergers and acquisitions grew to $2 billion, with four companies acquired for over $200 million each, marking the most active M&A quarter since Q1 2022. Cybersecurity dominance: Cyber stood out as a focal point for both investments and exits, featuring four of the six mega-rounds with $846 million in private funding. Cyber accounted for nearly 50% of the total funding and half the top six exits. Q1 Top Funding Rounds: Axonius | Series E | $200M Silverfort | Series D | $116M FundGuard | Series C | $100M Claroty | Undisclosed | $100M Coro | Series D | $100M Exodigo | Series A | $75M Aqua Security | Series E | $60M BigID | Series E | $60M Torq | Series B | $42M Healthee | Series A | $32M #software #startups #cybersecurity #funding #growth

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