CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News August 2025
M&A spotlight shifts to Lasso, Aim, and Pillar after SentinelOne’s $250M Prompt deal. After Prompt’s quick exit, other early-stage Israeli GenAI security players are fielding buyout offers from global giants. Read more
Tavily raises $20M Series A to build the Google of AI agents. With over 1M downloads, the startup is already serving Fortune 500 clients and top AI firms. Read more
Capitolis adds $56M from Barclays, JPMorgan, BNP, without naming its valuation. Latest fundraising skips price tag but reinforces company’s momentum in capital markets. Read more
Andreessen Horowitz eyes elite IDF tech talent in rescheduled Israel visit. Following wartime postponement, VC giant seeks early access to elite military talent for Speedrun accelerator. Read more
Wix surprises Wall Street with strong Q2 earnings. Shares climb after profit beats expectations by wide margin; full-year forecast raised. Read more
“Even if the Google-Wiz deal doesn’t close, Wiz is a terrific independent business.” Index Ventures’ Shardul Shah on the Wiz deal, Israel’s AI edge, and the next phase of venture capital. Read more
SentinelOne announces Prompt Security acquisition, expands into GenAI security. The deal, estimated at $250 million, highlights rising urgency to protect enterprise AI use from data leaks and misuse. Read more
E-commerce shifts to AI: Yotpo lays off about 200 employees. Move affects 34% of global workforce as unicorn refocuses on core products and AI-led strategy. Read more
EverC and G2 Risk Solutions to merge. Israeli and American firms combine forces to tackle digital fraud with AI-driven solutions. Read more
Lemonade surges after beating Q2 expectations and raising 2025 outlook. Insurtech firm lifts revenue forecast to $715M after ending the second quarter with revenue of $164M. Read more
SentinelOne buys two-year-old GenAI cyber startup Prompt for $250M. Startup had raised just $23M; deal adds to flurry of AI-driven cybersecurity acquisitions. Read more
Cyber unicorn Armis crosses $300 million in ARR. The company, which focuses on exposure management across connected environments, grew from $200M in ARR in less than 12 months. Read more
QuamCore raises $26 million Series A to break quantum’s scalability wall. Israeli startup claims blueprint for million-qubit machine in single cryostat, challenging Google and IBM. Read more
What VCs really want: The five pillars for building a successful AI startup. CTech’s exclusive survey reveals the five critical factors that determine which AI startups will secure funding and dominate the next decade. Read more
Why Palo Alto’s mega-deal isn’t cheering investors. Despite CyberArk’s strategic fit, fears grow over valuation, execution, and future innovation bottlenecks. Read more
Vast Data nears record-breaking round as Israel’s quiet AI star targets $30 billion valuation. Startup poised to raise billions from CapitalG and Nvidia, eclipsing Wiz’s previous high-water mark. Read more
“Whoever controls quantum computing will control the world.” Haim Israel, Global Strategist at Bank of America, explains why quantum computing is not just another revolution, but a fundamental shift in the rules of the world: it will enable the processing of massive amounts of data that have so far remained out of reach, break all existing encryptions, and reset humanity to the starting line. Read more
HP and FIMI emerge as potential buyers for Benny Landa’s troubled printing company. The international printing and computing giant, along with a major Israeli investment fund, are the only entities to have expressed interest in acquiring Landa Digital Printing, which is currently under a court-approved stay of proceedings. Any buyer will likely acquire the company by assuming its over $500 million in debt, subject to a negotiated haircut for creditors. Read more
July 2025 in Israeli tech funding: $900 million in 28 deals. Despite only two deals crossing the $100M threshold, there was a 28% increase in funding compared to last July. Read more
New defense tech venture G2 emerges with high-profile founders, quiet controversy. Amir Geva, Executive Vice President of North American Affairs at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), founded a startup with the founder of Trax. Despite signing a conflict of interest agreement, according to which he is only allowed to invest in the company, in a deck to investors he was defined as the company’s president. Geva: “It was a mistake by the editors of the presentation.” Read more
Noma Security raises $100 million to defend against AI agent vulnerabilities. With AI agent adoption exploding, the cybersecurity startup is racing to help enterprises manage complex new risks. Read more
Carbyne raises $100 million to modernize emergency call infrastructure. With deployment in 23 U.S. states, the company is reshaping the way dispatchers respond to crisis situations. Read more
Shlomo Kramer: “The Palo Alto-CyberArk acquisition is the end of a successful run from PANW.” The Cato Networks CEO and co-founder of Check Point compares Palo Alto’s ambitions to IBM’s decline and warns AI will disrupt identity management. Read more
Why CyberArk sold at the peak: Inside the $25 billion deal with Palo Alto Networks. Amid soaring growth and a booming identity security market, CyberArk chooses consolidation over going it alone. Read more
“Our worldview differs from Palo Alto’s and Microsoft’s”: Check Point charts its own path amid industry shake-up. CEO Nadav Zafrir vows to scale through targeted acquisitions while avoiding monolithic control in cybersecurity. Read more
Palo Alto to acquire CyberArk for $25B in landmark cybersecurity deal. Israeli-founded firms reshape global cyber landscape in second-largest local tech exit in history. Read more
Palo Alto CEO on $25B CyberArk deal: “This is the lowest our stock will be for the next five years.” Nikesh Arora calls the acquisition “a seminal move” for the future of cybersecurity. Read more
Check Point not for sale, says CEO as Palo Alto buys CyberArk for $25B. “We have a strategy to be the number one player in the world,” said Nadav Zafrir after the company announced its Q2 results. “Strategic acquisitions are definitely a part of that. We always have the option to build, buy, or do both at the same time.” Read more
Legion raises $30M Series A to train AI on how security teams actually work. Startup turns observation into round-the-clock digital SOC agents. Read more
Intel veterans raise $40 million to scale AI surveillance platform. Lumana’s founding team, led by Intel’s former top Israeli exec, is turning passive cameras into real-time decision-makers. Read more
