CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 2025
Salesforce acquires one-year-old startup Doti AI for an estimated $100 million. The young Israeli company, founded by former Wix engineers, will bring agentic knowledge discovery tools into Slack. Read more
Nvidia’s CTO on the secret formula powering the $5 trillion AI giant. Michael Kagan, the veteran engineer behind Nvidia’s meteoric rise, discusses what truly drives the world’s most valuable chipmaker. Read more
Classiq raises $30M from AMD, Qualcomm, and IonQ as quantum software race accelerates. The Israeli firm’s hardware-agnostic platform draws top tech and financial investors. Read more
Israeli startups raise over $800 million in a week of mega deals as investor confidence surges. Massive rounds by Armis, Wonderful, and Sweet Security underscore deepening global appetite for Israeli cybersecurity and AI innovation. Read more
Milestone raises $10 million Seed round to measure AI’s true impact on code. The Israeli startup helps companies track how AI tools like Copilot and Claude Code affect code quality and speed. Read more
Sweet Security, led by ex-IDF cyber chiefs, secures $75M Series B to combat hidden AI risks. Ex-Unit 8200 and IDF CISO founders aim to secure enterprises against cloud and AI threats. Read more
Shai Morag’s secretive cyber startup raises $60 million while still in stealth. After three major exits, including Ermetic’s $265 million sale to Tenable, Morag is back with a new venture, backed by Greylock, Accel, and CRV. Read more
Nvidia secures land for new mega campus in northern Israel. The Israel Land Authority approves discounted allocation in Kiryat Tivon amid Nvidia’s sweeping expansion across the country. Read more
Pavel Gurvich: “In the AI era, Israeli founders think like Silicon Valley, and can raise just as much.” AI competition pushes founders to raise faster and think bigger, “because now we can,” says Tenzai’s CEO and former Guardicore founder. Read more
The age of adult AI: OpenAI looks beyond text. No one yet knows exactly what the erotic version of ChatGPT, recently announced by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, will be capable of, but it is already clear that pornography, one of the most profitable industries online, will be the next growth engine for artificial intelligence. Read more
Wonderful raises $100M Series A just four months after $34M Seed, as AI agent boom accelerates. The fast-moving AI startup is already operating in 10 countries, automating customer service and sales for global clients. Read more
Guardicore founders launch Tenzai with $75M Seed round to build autonomous “hacker” AI. The Israeli startup is targeting the $8B penetration testing market with continuous, software-based defense. Read more
After $32B Wiz sale, Index Ventures eyes the next generation of Israeli unicorns. Partner Juriaan Duizendstraal says recent multi-billion-dollar exits demonstrate what is now possible locally. Read more
Nvidia SVP: “Networking accounted for over $7B last quarter – more than the entire Mellanox deal.” Amit Krig, Nvidia’s Senior Vice President for Networking Software and head of Nvidia Israel, says the company’s networking business now surpasses the value of its $7B Mellanox acquisition, underscoring Israel’s central role in the company’s AI infrastructure strategy. Read more
Kaltura shares soar 30% after acquiring AI avatar startup eSelf.ai in $27 million deal. Purchase of the Israeli startup adds conversational avatars to Kaltura’s corporate video tools. Read more
Ex-Google, Meta execs raise $90M Series A for Majestic Labs, targeting AI infrastructure breakthrough. The startup aims to pack the memory of ten racks of servers into a single system, tackling the “memory wall” bottleneck in AI workloads. Read more
Two years after Intel deal collapsed, Tower Semiconductor hits $10 billion valuation. The Israeli chipmaker doubles in value, expands AI-focused production, and forecasts record revenue after $5 billion sale fell through. Read more
“The more women take part in shaping AI, the more balanced and responsible this technology will become.” With the AI revolution still in its relative infancy, leaders from Women in Tech Israel and KPMG say it presents a rare opportunity for women to establish themselves as leaders in a defining new sector. Just as importantly, they argue that to build technology that serves everyone, women must secure their place in the conversation. Read more
Monday.com shares plunge despite record profit and strong quarter. The Israeli software firm’s results beat expectations, but investors remain wary of AI’s impact on workplace tools. Read more
From $3.9 billion IPO to $7 billion today: JFrog’s steady climb back to the top. Five years after its Wall Street debut, the company shows how Israeli software can evolve through cycles, and still deliver. Read more
He built a billion-dollar tech empire. Now he’s bankrupt and still believes it’s temporary. Moshe Yanai, the Infinidat founder who helped shape Israel’s data industry, insists his downfall is only “a light blow to the wing.” Creditors see it differently. Read more
After $5B valuation, cyber unicorn Island doubles down on Israel with new R&D center. Dan Amiga says Israeli talent is “the best in the world” as company adds 900-square-meter Big Glilot site. Read more
The return of the pay raise: Why companies are betting on money over perks. In a competitive job market and AI-driven economy, companies from Walmart to startups are leveraging salary to drive engagement. Read more
OpenAI, Nvidia, and the bubble debate: Lessons from 30 years of tech surges. Understanding which players will endure, and which may vanish, is key to navigating the current market frenzy. Read more
How secondary deals became a core strategy in the private market. For many years, secondary transactions occurred behind the scenes and were available only to a limited set of private investors. Today, they have become a central strategy in the broader private market landscape. Read more
“It started with a robbery”: Carbyne’s CEO on the $625M Axon exit. Amir Elichai recounts how personal frustration led to one of Israel’s biggest defense-tech successes. Read more
Vast Data secures $1.17 billion deal with CoreWeave. Israeli data infrastructure firm deepens ties with Nvidia-linked AI cloud giant amid explosive demand for storage innovation. Read more
Cyber unicorn Axonius cuts more than 10% of staff amid restructuring. Roughly 100 employees laid off as the $2.6 billion company tightens operations. Read more
Israeli tech unfazed by Zohran Mamdani’s New York mayoral win. Despite his anti-Israel stance, startup founders and investors say his power to affect them is “minimal, if any.” Read more
Pitango raises $300 million across two new early-stage funds. The firm says demand for Israeli innovation remains strong despite a tougher fundraising climate. Read more
Armis raises $435 million at $6.1 billion valuation ahead of planned IPO. The Israeli cybersecurity unicorn expects to reach $500 million in revenue within 18 months as it prepares for a potential IPO by 2027. Read more
Public safety giant Axon acquires Carbyne for $625 million in cash. The deal combines Axon’s field technology with Carbyne’s cloud-based 911 platform to create a fully integrated emergency response system. Read more
Google’s $32 billion Wiz deal gets green light from US Justice Department. Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport confirmed the conclusion of the DOJ’s review, though he noted that the deal remains under examination by other global regulators. Read more
Ilya Sutskever breaks silence on OpenAI departure: “I had a big new vision.” In a newly unsealed deposition, the AI pioneer reveals years of tension, doubts over Sam Altman’s leadership, and how it all led to his new venture, Safe Superintelligence. Read more
DualBird raises $17M Series A led by Lightspeed to accelerate enterprise data pipelines. The founders promise performance gains of up to 100x while cutting costs by nearly 90%. Read more
