CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Feb. 11, 2026
Google’s $32 billion Wiz acquisition approved by EU. The deal has avoided an in-depth Phase II inquiry after also being cleared by U.S. regulators. Read more
Nebius to acquire one-year-old Israeli AI startup Tavily in deal worth up to $400 million. The company’s agentic search layer is set to become the cornerstone of Nebius’s bid to build a full AI platform. Read more
Cyber startup Vega secures $120 million Series B just five months after $65 million raise. Accel-led round brings total funding to $185 million, with Vega already reaching an $800 million valuation. Read more
Reco raises $30 million Series B to secure AI SaaS adoption across enterprises. The funding aims to expand platform reach amid rising Shadow AI usage and regulatory scrutiny. Read more
Matia raises $21 million Series A to build AI-friendly data infrastructure. Founded by Israeli brothers, the startup targets fragmentation in data infrastructure. Read more
Wiz sued for $65 million: Was Raftt acquisition real or just a facade? Lawsuit claims Wiz misrepresented a team transfer as a $50M acquisition, challenging its flagship Wiz Code patents. Read more
Axonius CEO steps back as IPO nears, citing family and need to scale. Dean Sysman to shift to executive chairman while Joe Diamond takes interim CEO role at the cybersecurity unicorn. Read more
Lema lands $17.5 million Series A to tackle third-party cyber risk. Platform analyzes supplier behavior and exposure in under five minutes. Read more
Monday stock drops despite earnings beat as SaaS era wobbles. Revenue tops forecasts, yet guidance suggests profit margins could slide to 11%-12%. Read more
“In 10 years there will be a very big problem here if Israel doesn’t go all-in on AI.” AppsFlyer and Eon CEOs warn that the country risks falling behind in the global AI revolution and facing major economic consequences. Read more
Mapping Israel’s AI infrastructure opportunity. Data centers, sovereign models, and “AI integrity” emerge as the next battleground. “The shift from training to inference to agents isn’t just a change in bottlenecks. It’s a change in the types of companies that will win,” says Yonatan Mandelbaum, partner at TLV Partners. Read more
Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport acquires $13 million estate after years in rented apartment. Tech founder long known for modest lifestyle makes first major property purchase following record Wiz exit. Read more
CISOs to pour 2026 budgets into AI as cybersecurity priorities shift. Survey of global security chiefs shows nearly 80% plan new investments in AI defenses and automation. Read more
Chinese billionaire poised to acquire Netafim in $1.4 billion deal. The 35-year-old chairman of Dayu, Haoyu Wang, is teaming up with the Hopu fund as Orbia seeks a partial exit; U.S. approval looms over deal for irrigation pioneer. Read more
Decoding the Israeli miracle: Can startup DNA be replicated? Harvard’s Paul Gompers on talent, risk culture, and the demographic threats to Israel’s tech engine. Read more
Israeli unicorn Trax merges with retail tech firm Form in bid to lead in-store analytics. Trax, which has raised over $1 billion from investors including SoftBank and BlackRock, joins Form to expand AI-driven shelf analytics. Read more
Nvidia secures 29,000 sqm in Yokneam as Israeli build-out accelerates. The chipmaker signs a $73 million, 10-year lease with Melisron, expanding its local footprint in addition to the planned 10,000-employee campus in Kiryat Tivon. Read more
Senior engineer departs Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence to launch Israeli AI trust startup. Shahar Papini left the $32 billion research lab to co-found Attestable, which has raised $18.5 million to verify AI models, prompts and outputs. Read more
Varonis acquires AllTrue.ai for $150 million to oversee enterprise AI. The deal expands its data-centric security platform to monitor AI behavior across organizations. Read more
“Israel’s next growth chapter will be built on critical systems the world cannot afford to fail.” Catalyst Private Equity’s managing partner Edouard Cukierman and partner Ariel Anati join CTech to offer their outlook for 2026, from how VCs will need to adapt for the rise of high-CAPEX sectors to why Israel is now the “Scale-Up Nation,” as part of CTech’s VC Survey 2026: The Next Leap. Read more
