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Buildots founders credit: Eyal Izhar Israeli construction intelligence co Buildots raises $130m

The company, which equips building sites with cameras and uses AI-based software to monitor construction progress via mobile devices, dominate the data centers construction market.

Prytek Group Founder and CEO Andrey Yashunsky credit: PR Prytek Group acquires Scanovate for $50m

Scanovate and its subsidiaries develop advanced digital identification and compliance technological solutions.

Nir Zuk  credit: Tal Givoni Nir Zuk’s cybersecurity co Cylake raises $245m

A beta version of the company’s cybersecurity platform is expected by the end of 2026 and full market availability in 2027.

Decart founders credit: Amit Elkayam Due diligence and move to US derailed Decart acquisition

Anthropic’s insistence that Decart’s founders and top talents move from Tel Aviv to the US and problems in the due diligence were among the obstacles that saw the $6 billion deal collapse.

Decart founders credit: Amit Elkayam Anthropic decides against $6b Decart acquisition - report

The US AI giant has backed out of the negotiations for the Israeli AI startup, “Bloomberg” reports.

Marc Andreessen, Asaf Ezra, Yoav Winer  credit: Reuters-Beck Diefenbach, PR, Eyal Izhar Andreessen Horowitz ramps up Israel activity

Since leading Wiz's last round before it was sold, the US firm has taken steps to ensure it will catch future Israeli unicorns at earlier stages.

Omri Casspi credit: Ilya Melnikov Omri Casspi’s Swish Ventures closes $250m fund

With the completion of the fundraise, the firm’s assets under management have grown to about $800 million.

Upwind CEO Amiram Schachar credit: Upwind Upwind set to raise $300m at $3.8b valuation

The Israeli company has benefited in recent months from the vacuum created in the cloud security market after Google acquired Wiz.

AITAN founders credit: Shani Sadicario Robotic sovereignty-as-a-service co AITAN raises $41m

The Israeli defense-tech company provides countries with the ability to operate, maintain and update its robotic combat systems itself.

Avigdor Willenz credit: Intel Physical AI perception co Lyte raises $165m at $1.6b valuation

The company aims to develop a chip capable of receiving all the data needed for a robot's operation in one place, allowing it to navigate more easily and see the production line better.

Huskeys founders credit: Yair Glazer Israeli security management co Huskeys raises $27m

After developing a smart platform that integrates with existing WAF systems in organizations, Huskeys is now expanding the solution to a broader layer of edge security management.

Wonderful founders Roey Lalazar and Bar Winkler credit: Daniel Jackont Israeli AI agents co Wonderful raises $550m at $5.5b valuation

Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Wonderful helps enterprises in countries that do not speak English to instal AI agents.

HiBob CEO Ronni Zehavi Credit: PR Israeli HR platform co HiBob raises $166m

The investment led by Salesforce will adapt HiBob’s platform to the AI era.

Aviv Shapira credit: Xtend XTEND starts trading on NYSE this week at $1.5b valuation

The Israeli drone robotics technology company has completed its merger with US company JFB, formerly engaged in the construction industry.

Dollars credit: Shutterstock Israeli startups raised nearly $600m in August

In the first eight months of 2026, Israeli startups have raised $9.6 billion.

Ilya Sutskever credit: Reuters Amir Cohen SSI could be set to unveil revolutionary language model

Ilya Sutskever’s startup, which has raised $7 billion and has offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv, could be about to unveil its mysterious AI product.

Alice founders credit: Gadi Siara Israeli AI security co Alice raises $140m

The company’s Rabbit Hole is a proprietary dataset of real-world adversarial and harmful content.

Cutting losses  credit: Shuttterstock Cyber startup Minimus shuts down, returns cash to investors

Four years after raising $51 million in one of the largest ever seed rounds in Israel, Minimus's founders have informed the employees of its closure.

Dr. Zeev Farber credit: Oren Levy Lightricks spinoff uses video to train robots

LTX CEO Dr. Zeev Farbman says video will not only be used for creating films and marketing content, but also for training robots, operating avatars, and building simulations.

At-Bay founders Rotem Iram and Roman Itskovich  credit: At-Bay Munich Re buys Israeli insurtech co At-Bay for $575m

At-Bay operates an insurtech cybersecurity development center in Israel and markets cybersecurity and data security insurance products in the US.

Yossi Cohen credit: Shlomi Yosef SoftBank rewards Yossi Cohen with enhanced role

The former Mossad chief has become a strategic advisor in the Japanese investment giant, bringing him closer to founder and CEO Masayoshi Son.

Decart founders credit: Amit Elkayam Anthropic acquisition to make Decart founders billionaires

Decart founders Dean and Orian Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev still own 64% of the AI startup, which Anthropic is expected to buy for $6 billion.

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.

Wonderful founders Roey Lalazar and Bar Winkler credit: Daniel Jackont 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.

Hadar Siterman, Ori Barzilay, Sarit Firon and Liran Grinberg  credit: Omer Hacohen 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.

Irregular founders Dan Lahav and Omer Nevo credit: Ben Hakim Israeli AI testing startup makes CNBC headlines

Irregular, used by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, has been investigating cases in which AI models accessed the Internet during supposedly closed environment testing.

Decart founders Moshe Shalev and Dr. Dean Leitersdorf  credit: Amit Elkayam 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.

StreamElements founders Reem Sherman, Gil Hirsch, Or Perry  credit: Shlomi Yosef The rise and fall of StreamElements

“Globes” charts the demise of Israeli influencer sponsorship platform StreamElements, which raised $115 million during the Covid pandemic but has now sold its assets for a small fraction of this sum.

Oligo founders credit: Oligo Israeli runtime security co Oligo raises $60m

Oligo has developed runtime security across applications, cloud workloads, and AI systems, combining deep runtime visibility with real-time protection.

QuantiHealth founders credit: QuantiHealth Israeli clinical trial simulation co QuantiHealth raises $45m

The company’s solutions allow life sciences enterprises to move away from designing clinical trials based on subjective assumptions toward launching trials that have been tested, optimized, and de-risked.

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