NoCamels - Israeli Innovation News

MedTech startup AISAP has raised $13 million in seed funding for its AI-powered solution that provides doctors with real-time results for a point-of-care ultrasound scan (POCUS).  AISAP says its...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/startup-raises-13m-for-real-time-ai-ultrasound-analysis/

In Israel, Holocaust Remembrance Day for 2024 begins at sundown on May 5. This year it is being marked in the shadow of the October 7 attack – the largest slaughter of Jews since the Nazis and ...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/tech-becomes-teaching-tool-on-israels-holocaust-remembrance-day/

Ten Israeli startups have been selected to join the latest cohort of an accelerator program run by a top global consulting firm, aiming to help them break into the US market. The Deloitte Launchp...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/10-more-israeli-startups-join-global-consulting-firms-accelerator/

An Israeli startup that uses AI to generate highly accurate transcripts and captions is working to preserve the testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust. Verbit says it is using a collection of ...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/ai-transcription-startup-preserving-holocaust-survivors-testimonies/

Days after purchasing two Israeli tech companies, US chip giant Nvidia is again looking to the local market, announcing a collaboration with Sygnia cyber consulting and incident response company....

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/nvidia-partners-with-cybersecurity-firm-in-3rd-israeli-venture-in-days/

In the expansive corn and soybean fields of the American Midwest, farmers have begun their first cycle of herbicide spraying of the season, which will continue on just until the first days of Jul...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/ai-precision-weed-treatment-means-less-herbicide-for-more-results/

The Israeli developer of a belt-like device that monitors the health of both a pregnant woman and her fetus has merged with a US firm to create a new combined company.  Nuvo’s FDA-cleared devi...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/creator-of-pregnancy-monitor-belt-merges-with-us-company/

Sports fans will know all too well that moment in a match when the action is too quick to catch, invariably leading to laments over their own lack of access to a video replay service enjoyed by t...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/its-all-connected-startup-puts-focus-on-fans-stadium-experience/

Cybersecurity firm Cybersixgill has unveiled its new system aimed at countering threats to vendors through their supply chains. Exploring the darkest reaches of the internet, Tel Aviv-based Cybe...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/new-cybersecurity-platform-protecting-vendor-supply-chains/

Israeli AI car inspection platform UVeye was named a winner of the 2024 Automotive News PACE Award winner at a ceremony in Detroit on April 29. The prestigious annual awards, which have been runn...

https://nocamels.com/2024/05/car-inspection-platform-uveye-wins-prestigious-us-automotive-award/

In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd stumbled upon the first part of a treasure trove of 15,000 ancient Jewish texts, in a cave just a stone’s throw from the shores of the Dead Sea.  The 2,000-year-old...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/new-ai-model-could-help-unlock-secrets-of-damaged-ancient-texts/

US chip giant Nvidia has purchased its second Israeli creator of artificial intelligence software within days, with the acquisition of Deci AI for an undisclosed sum.  The Ramat Gan-based startu...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/us-chip-giant-nvidia-snaps-up-2-israeli-ai-startups-in-same-week/

Israeli military technology company Elbit Systems has been given a $50 million contract by an unnamed international client for its new air defense system Red Sky.  The Tactical Very Short-range ...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/elbit-sells-air-defense-system-to-foreign-client-for-50m/

With the apprehensions over climate change, the growing global food demand, and the increased trend of consumers shifting from animal-based foods to plant-based foods, the need for alternative pr...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/ai-molecular-farming-making-plant-based-dairy-easier-and-cheaper/

Imagine a lab being able to grow tissue from your own body to replace bone lost through damage or illness, and within a matter of weeks be able to fill the gap so well that once it was healed you...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/biotech-firm-grows-bone-from-your-own-tissue-for-seamless-healing/

An Israeli company specializing in counter-drone measures has been included in the UK National Protective Security Authority Catalogue of Security Equipment (NPSA CSE) Tel Aviv-based Sentrycs say...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/uk-adopts-israeli-counter-drone-technology/

A new treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s uses nanoparticles and light to slow the progress of the disease, all set off by a simple, low-powered x-ray.  And according to the Israeli universi...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/new-alzheimers-treatment-uses-light-x-rays-to-hit-harmful-protein/

Six months after Hamas terrorists rampaged through swathes of southern Israel on October 7, efforts are underway at home and abroad to restore the lush greenery and tranquil calm of the primarily...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/rebuilding-israels-south-with-innovators-donators-elbow-grease/

An Israeli startup is training company workforces to protect themselves against cyberattacks by simulating incredibly realistic attempted security breaches of their computers and emails.  Cyware...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/making-companys-personnel-human-firewalls-against-cyberattacks/

An Israeli startup that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer is a bronze winner in the Diagnostic Technologies category at the 2024 Edison Awards.  Tel Aviv-based Ibex Medical Analyti...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/breast-cancer-diagnosis-platform-wins-edison-innovation-award/

An Israeli startup created by Mobileye founder Prof. Amnon Shashua has unveiled its AI-powered humanoid robot that can perform tasks both in the home and in industrial settings.  Mentee Robotics...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/israeli-startup-unveils-humanoid-robot-for-tasks-at-home-and-work/

 As the world races to “beat” the global climate crisis, a major hurdle stands in the way of the world’s swift transition to clean power: the vast majority of renewable energy projects fai...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/mixing-real-estate-renewable-energy-to-help-build-greener-world/

The Neurosurgery Department at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center (also known as Ichilov Hospital) has partnered with Jerusalem-based AI company NeuroBrave in the field of brain-computer interf...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/top-tel-aviv-hospital-using-ai-in-neurological-therapy/

An Israeli startup whose AI threat detection system is trained to recognize guns, explosives and other dangerous items said its platform will be used in Pafos Airport in Cyprus  following its su...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/israeli-ai-security-platform-expands-to-second-cyprus-airport/

An Israeli startup is on a mission to make the process of using pesticides safer, more environmentally friendly and longer lasting – and has developed a new way to get the active ingredients to...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/gel-supplement-makes-pesticides-last-longer-and-more-sustainable/

Israel’s high-tech sector continues to grow despite regional conflict and 2023’s global economic downturn, according to a new report by the Startup Nation Central nonprofit organization.  Th...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/report-israel-tech-sector-growing-despite-war-global-uncertainty/

A delegation of 10 Israeli foodtech companies this week visited London on a mission organized by the Israeli Export Institute, the Israeli Embassy in London; the British Embassy in Israel; and th...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/israel-foodtech-firms-meet-uk-retailers-investors-in-london/

Once upon a time, there were two Israeli fathers who wanted to make their young children the stars of their own bedtime stories.  So the two fathers – Nadav Yaron and Ofir Kerker – created a...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/ai-storyteller-makes-children-the-authors-of-their-own-adventures/

Israeli precision pollination startup Edete has quadrupled the range of its activities with pistachio trees in California to more than 3,000 acres, meeting the demand of old customers and new.  ...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/israeli-pollinator-expands-operations-with-california-pistachios/

A new Israeli study has found a link between heart disease and an increased risk of developing cancer.  The research, which was jointly carried out by Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Cente...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/new-study-finds-link-between-heart-disease-elevated-cancer-risk/

How do companies ensure that the drivers of their fleet of expensive vehicles keep their eyes on the road and off their phones?  An Israeli insurtech startup believes it has the answer with a ne...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/ai-insurance-company-cuts-prices-as-drivers-cut-phone-use/

An Israeli company that uses waves to create energy has signed an agreement to bring its technology to Los Angeles Port, marking its first foray into the US market.  Eco Wave Power and Shell Int...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/israeli-wave-energy-company-inks-deal-to-create-power-at-la-port/

The Israeli-developed instant messaging and calls app Rakuten Viber has introduced an AI-driven summary feature for unread messages in group chats. The new feature can condense up to 100 unread m...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/viber-introduces-ai-summary-for-unread-group-chats/

The world watched on its screens and Israelis watched live in the skies above them. Almost every single one of the hundreds of drones and missiles that Iran’s fundamentalist regime fired at Isr...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/what-is-israels-innovative-air-defense-system/

An Israeli company whose nanomaterial enhances the properties of plastics used in cars, planes and trains is dramatically increasing its production capabilities due to growing demand from the Ame...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/nanotech-company-boosts-production-due-to-us-europe-demand/

Internationally renowned Israeli computer scientist and mathematician Prof. Avi Wigderson has been awarded the A.M. Turing Award, colloquially known as the “Nobel Prize of Computing.” Wigders...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/israeli-prof-wins-turing-award-known-as-nobel-prize-of-computing/

So many of us have thrown away meat, fish or chicken because of a little sticker telling us it is past its prime, fearing that the freshness has been compromised and sickness will follow.  We te...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/sensor-shows-whether-meat-is-fresh-regardless-of-best-before-date/

The city of Arlington in Texas has selected Israeli startup NoTraffic to implement its leading traffic management system on its roads.   Through the use of its smart technology and artificial i...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/texas-city-adopts-leading-israeli-traffic-management-platform/

Guesty, a software management platform for short-term property renters, has raised $130 million in its latest funding round.  The Tel Aviv-based company says the Series F round will help it cont...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/rental-property-platform-guesty-raises-130m-to-aid-expansion/

An Israeli medtech company is using artificial intelligence to help oncologists decide the best and most effective course of treatment for their cancer patients.  OncoHost’s main focus is on t...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/ai-tool-helps-doctors-decide-on-optimum-cancer-treatment/

An Israeli venture capital fund dedicated to women’s health says it has successfully completed its first close, which is when a VC fund has raised enough to begin investing in projects.  The w...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/vc-dedicated-to-womens-health-solutions-makes-first-close/

World-leading Israeli website builder Wix has launched its new platform dedicated to the collection of donations for fundraising charities, businesses and individuals.  The company says that the...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/wix-unveils-all-in-one-donations-platform-for-charities-nonprofits/

Imagine a melon whose miniature size means you can hold it in your hand and eat the whole thing in one single sitting.  Israeli scientists at the Volcani Institute, Israel’s prestigious Agricu...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/mini-melons-are-made-just-right-for-a-single-serving/

Health centers across Israel have begun to use artificial intelligence to identify breast cancer tumors that may previously have been undetected.  The iCAD detection program has the ability to s...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/israeli-hospitals-using-ai-to-spot-breast-cancer-tumors/

Tel Aviv Museum of Art has been included in a list of the top 100 most popular art museums in the world for the sixth consecutive time.  The museum which was placed at number 75, is Israel’s l...

https://nocamels.com/2024/04/tel-aviv-museum-places-in-worlds-top-100-art-museums/