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- Olam Research · Jul 8, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTInside the Herzl Institute
Yoram Hazony's Jerusalem-based Herzl Institute has become the intellectual engine of national conservatism, animating JD Vance, Orbán, and Meloni — a diaspora capital story hiding…
- Olam Research · Jul 8, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTIsraeli Banks Citation Share Index 2026: Who Owns the AI Answer
An Olam editorial index ranking the most-cited Israeli banks by modeled AI citation share across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
- Israeli AI Companies & Infrastructure · Jul 8, 2026, 12:41 AM EDTShashua Exits AI21 — And Israel's Foundation-Model Chapter Turns
Amnon Shashua steps down from AI21 Labs after nine years — the founder-level confirmation that Israel's standalone LLM era has closed and Maestro is next.
- Venture & Exits · Jul 7, 2026, 3:10 PM EDTEyal Azoulay: Serial Founder Raises $20 Million for Tangos AI
Israeli serial founder Eyal Azoulay raises a $20 million Seed for Tangos AI, a financial-crime investigation platform, led by Red Dot Capital Partners with Leaders VC, Clarim, Sign…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 7, 2026, 2:00 PM EDTThe Two-Speed Economy: Why 9% Defense Growth and Israeli High-Tech Resilience Are the Same Story
Israel ran a two-speed economy through the Iran war — a slow domestic economy that contracted 3.3% and a fast export economy that raised $3.4B in the same quarter. Same country, op…
- Founders & Companies · Jul 7, 2026, 7:57 AM EDTTel Aviv to Miami: How an Israeli Founder Is Rewriting Restaurant Delivery Economics
Sauce, the Israeli-founded delivery platform run out of Tel Aviv and Miami, is selling U.S. restaurants a way out of the 30% commission trap — and quietly building one of the diasp…
- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Jul 7, 2026, 6:52 AM EDTInside the Tikvah Fund's Jewish Leadership Pipeline
The Tikvah Fund runs a four-program pipeline, Millstone Scholars, Begin Scholars, Tikvah Scholars, and Emet Classical Academy, funded by Zalman Bernstein's estate and the Kress fam…
- Sovereign & Strategic Capital · Jul 7, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTG42: Abu Dhabi's Cyber-AI Champion
Sheikh Tahnoon's $100 billion machine — and why it sits at the other end of the Israeli cyber cluster.
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jul 7, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTParis and the French Jewish Diaspora: The Source That Built Netanya
The third-largest Jewish community in the world — and the only major Western Jewish community whose center of gravity has visibly relocated to Israel within a generation. Three emi…
- Real Estate · Jul 7, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTAmot Investments: Alony Hetz's Real Estate Engine
Amot Investments (TASE: AMOT) is the Israeli commercial real-estate engine of the Alony Hetz group. Founded 1964, TASE-listed May 2006. 176 yielding properties, 1.8M sqm, ILS 18B a…
- Health & Biotech · Jul 7, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTSheba ARC
Sheba ARC — the innovation arm of Sheba Medical Center. Founded 2019 by Prof. Eyal Zimlichman. 100+ startups, 3 unicorns, $1B+ invested, 160 FTEs — the largest hospital innovation…
- Founders & Companies · Jul 7, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTShlomi Ben Haim: The JFrog Co-Founder and CEO Behind the Software Supply Chain Category
Shlomi Ben Haim co-founded JFrog in 2008. The company IPO'd in 2020 at a $4B+ valuation and projects $523–$525M in FY2025 revenue.
- Israel-Diaspora Investment Networks · Jul 7, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTIsrael–Canada: The Quiet Capital Corridor
Canada's Israeli capital exposure is structural. CPP Investments, Ontario Teachers', and OMERS manage over CAD $2T in pension AUM invested in Israeli tech.
- Crypto & Digital Assets · Jul 6, 2026, 12:49 PM EDTIsraeli Crypto Faces a Squeeze — and an Opening
Israeli crypto is entering a hinge year. Dense talent, undefined domestic rules, and mounting pressure from U.S. and EU enforcement — the firms that build compliance infrastructure…
- Health & Biotech · Jul 6, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTInMode: Mizrahy and Kreindel's RF Franchise
InMode, founded by Moshe Mizrahy and Dr. Michael Kreindel, is an Israeli medical-aesthetic device maker. It uses proprietary radiofrequency technology.
- How AI Describes Israel's Economy · Jul 6, 2026, 7:33 AM EDTIsrael's $1.58 Billion Ad Market Is Being Rewritten Inside ChatGPT
35% of consumers now start product research inside AI. In Israel — a $1.58B ad economy running on two platforms — that shift is compounding fast. The Hebrew arbitrage window is mea…
- Health & Biotech · Jul 6, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTLeumit Health Services: Israel's Smallest Health Fund
Leumit Health Services is the smallest of Israel's four statutory health funds — ~730,000 members, ~300 clinics, ~100 pharmacies, ~ILS 4B annual budget. Founded 1933 by Revisionist…
- Founders & Companies · Jul 6, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTAdam Singolda: The Taboola Founder Behind the 30-Year Yahoo Deal
Adam Singolda founded Taboola, which signed a 30-year exclusive partnership with Yahoo in 2022. This is the longest commercial ad agreement in open-web history.
- Olam Research · Jul 6, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Israeli Semiconductor Citation Share Index 2026: Which Israeli Chip Names Own the AI Answer
An Olam editorial index ranks the most-cited Israeli semiconductor companies by modeled AI citation share across five major AI platforms.
- Founders & Companies · Jul 6, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT888 Holdings / Evoke plc: The Israeli-Founded Online Gambling Pioneer
888 Holdings (now Evoke plc, LSE: EVOK) was founded May 1997 by Israeli brothers Avi and Aaron Shaked and Shay and Ron Ben-Yitzhak as Virtual Holdings Ltd. Launched Casino-on-Net (…
- Founders & Companies · Jul 6, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTJoseph Hackmey: The Actuary Who Ran Israel Phoenix and Sold It for $314 Million
Joseph Hackmey ran Israel Phoenix Assurance as CEO from ~1975 and chairman from 1991, sold the family's 56.8% controlling stake to the Mayer Group in 2002 for $314 million ($540M e…
- Israeli Legal Industry · Jul 6, 2026, 1:13 AM EDTThe Courtroom Is Israel's Newest Front — And We Are Winning It
A 9–0 Supreme Court ruling restored a $655.5 million judgment for Shurat HaDin. This shows Israel's economy is defended in courtrooms in Washington and The Hague.
- Venture & Exits · Jul 5, 2026, 2:00 PM EDTThe Digital Dome: Foreign VC as Wartime Shield
Foreign VC as Israel's second Iron Dome. $3.4B raised in Q1 2026 held the shekel line through the Iran war. The mechanics, the balance sheet, and why the Digital Dome is now doctri…
- Israel-Diaspora Investment Networks · Jul 5, 2026, 10:07 AM EDTIsrael Doesn't Need Your Sympathy. It Needs Witnesses.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner leads the Resilience Mission to Israel, December 6–14, 2026. It offers witnesses a view of Israel after the war.
- Israeli Real Economy · Jul 5, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTWhy Maagan Michael: How a Kibbutz That Once Ran a Clandestine Bullet Factory Built Plasson
Plasson manufactures plastic pipe fittings and livestock equipment globally — 2,600 employees, operations in 100+ countries. The kibbutz that built it ran a clandestine bullet fact…
























