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13 August 2026

Decart founders Moshe Shalev and Dr. Dean Leitersdorf  credit: Amit Elkayam What Anthropic seeks in Israel's Decart

There is considerable synergy between Decart and Anthropic, which according to Bloomberg is about to make its first acquisition in Israel.

12 August 2026

Israeli AI agents co Wonderful seeks to raise $500m

Wonderful, one of the fastest growing companies in Israel, held a fund raising round just three months ago. Insight Partners is again expected to be among the round's leaders.

12/08/2026 14:06 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Team8 raises $365m

$265 million will go to Team8’s third fund, which has already made an exit, and $100 million will be allocated to follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies.

12/08/2026 11:01 Start ups Meytal Vaizberg
Leumi posts highest ever quarterly profit by an Israeli bank

Bank Leumi's first quarter profit was NIS 2.83 billion, 8.5% higher than in the corresponding quarter despite the bank surtax.

11 August 2026

Israel's tech workforce stable despite layoffs - survey

While overall numbers remain steady, profound changes are taking place in employment patterns.

11/08/2026 17:24 Economy Meytal Vaizberg
Importers jump on low shekel exchange rate

While financial institutions have been selling dollars in huge quantities, Israeli importers have seized the opportunity to buy.

11/08/2026 15:08 Market Asaf Zagrizak
Elbit Systems beats analysts, backlog reaches new peak

At the end of the second quarter, the defense company's orders backlog totaled $32 billion, 73% of it from outside Israel.

What's not to like about Next Vision's financials?

Despite ostensibly excellent results, the UAV camera company's share price fell sharply. Gross margins narrowed, but is that necessarily a bad sign?

Bank Hapoalim posts NIS 2.5b second quarter profit

The bank's annualized return on equity was 15%, and would have been higher were it not for the special tax on bank profits.

10 August 2026

Simad's Israeli bondholders expect to recover their money

The asset auction by the collapsed US summer camps company has yielded proceeds above book value.

10/08/2026 16:04 Real estate Eitan Gerstenfeld
High tax collection moderates fiscal deficit

The deficit was 3.3% of GDP for the twelve months to the end of July. The target for 2026 is 4.9%.

10/08/2026 14:50 Economy Asaf Zagrizak
Israeli AI co Decart mulls $5b exit

One of the possible buyers is Nvidia, just a few months after it invested in the company at a valuation of $4 billion.

10/08/2026 10:26 Start ups Assaf Gilead

09 August 2026

Police tighten speed limit enforcement

On unspecified stretches of road with high accident rates, speed cameras will be adjusted to make enforcement stricter.

Bank of Israel warns on defense procurement plan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for additional defense spending of NIS 400 billion over thirteen years.

Poll of polls: Likud regains lead

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still a long way short of being able to form a new government. The intriguing question is whether Arab party Ra'am can become a power broker.

Serbia to open joint UAV factory with Elbit in September

Under a five-year, $1.63 billion contract, Elbit Systems will supply a range of advanced systems to the Serbian military.

06 August 2026

Playtika dips after warning of second-half weakness

The company returned to profit in the second quarter, but said full-year results would be at the lower end of its guidance.

06/08/2026 20:50 Market Meytal Vaizberg
OurCrowd earns $200m from BioCatch exit

The Jerusalem-based venture capital fund made what is probably its most profitable-ever exit on Visa’s acquisition of BioCatch.

TripleDot buys Israeli game publisher Supersonic

Supersonic is what was left after Unity decided in March to close down ironSource’s office in the Sarona Tower in Tel Aviv.

IAI equips Singapore warship with Blue Spear missiles

The Blue Spear is based on the Gabriel missile and can be deployed in all weather conditions and at all times of the day.

Tax Authority warns higher income Israelis are leaving

A Tax Authority study indicates that not only did more Israelis leave the country in 2023 and 2024 but that they had a higher income than those emigrating in previous years.

Gad Zeevi signs MOU to buy Gadot for $550m

The Israeli businessman has signed a non-binding agreement to buy the company which is a partner in Haifa Port.

Tax Authority targets tech employee stock options

The Israel Tax Authority and Finance Ministry are considering incentivizing earlier exercising of stock options to increase state revenues.

06/08/2026 07:35 Economy Asaf Zagrizak

05 August 2026

SolarEdge recovery stalls on disappointing Q3 guidance

The Israeli solar energy inverter systems company’s share price is down sharply despite good second quarter results.

05/08/2026 18:15 Energy Globes correspondent
Germany delivers Israel’s biggest-ever submarine

The IMS Drakon is the biggest submarine built in Germany since the Second World War.

Bank of Israel could allow banks to list on Wall Street

"Globes" has learned that the Bank of Israel is now proposing to allow banks to publish financial statements according to US accounting principles.

05/08/2026 13:12 Financial services Boaz Bin-Nun
Court halts Knesset Finance C'ttee transfers

Justice Alex Stein issued a temporary injunction holding back  transfers of money approved in yesterday’s committee session, except for those relating to emergency civilian expenditure.

05/08/2026 12:45 Economy Asaf Zagrizak
Finance C'ttee doles out money to haredim, settlements

A petition against the committee's proceedings, which were not approved by Recess Agreements Committee, has been filed in the High Court of Justice.

05/08/2026 12:31 Economy Asaf Zagrizak
Bezeq declares NIS 515m dividend

The telecommunications group’s core revenue totaled NIS 2.03 billion for the second quarter, 4% more than in the corresponding quarter of 2025.

05/08/2026 11:43 Market Hezi Sternlicht
El Al doubles second quarter profit

Despite losses caused by Operation Roaring Lion, El Al posted a $126 million net profit for the second quarter, and sees the momentum continuing.

05/08/2026 10:22 Tourism Netanel Ariel
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