Tag: Israel Innovation Authority

Despite a year of war, Israel’s high-tech industry has been surprisingly stable.

The initiate is intended to facilitate the leap in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in Hebrew and Arabic, requiring natural language processing as part of the solution.

The Lab will provide R&D services to startups, companies, and researchers for the acceleration of technological developments in HPC and AI computational technologies.

The funding will support development of diagnostic sensors, smart implants for treatment and diagnostics, lab-on-chip and organ-on-chip technologies.

"The State of Arkansas, which lies in America's heartland, has a special kinship with Judea and Samaria, Israel's biblical heartland."

Nevertheless, there are bright spots. The Agri-FoodTech and Cleantech sectors ranked second in annual growth rate for the second consecutive year.

Israel will provide funding for the Israeli companies, while NY CREATES will support the US component of the collaboration.

The goal is to create a working Israeli quantum computer within three years.

Report: Despite forming more than 50% of Israeli exports, Israel Innovation Authority figures show the two communities’ participation in high-tech industry is declining.

“Quantum computing is a technology Israeli industry cannot ignore."

"The State of Israel expects Israeli industry to solve these most complex challenges – mainly health and economic challenges. However, we will not be able to do so without the necessary assistance."

“The CRISPR-IL consortium will enable Israeli industry to be at the forefront of genome editing worldwide."

“The results of the survey show that many early-stage technology companies are facing bankruptcy, and the industry is not receiving sufficient assistance from the Israeli government."

“The committee chose to support a wide range of projects dealing with the challenges of coronavirus because the fight against the pandemic needs to be waged on multiple fronts,” according to the Ministry of Economics and Industry.

The CanNegev center will be located in Yeruham and will admit six start-ups from the medical cannabis sector per year for the first five years of the center’s operation.

“The rate of workers employed in the hi-tech sector has stood at 8% for about a decade, and for the first time we’ve seen a real positive trend in this figure."

Awards were presented to 423 Israeli companies and researchers that won Horizon 2020 grants in 2018.

"Not only can this breakthrough molecule kill tumor cells on its own, it has the power to help former chemotherapy-resistant cells become chemotherapy-sensitive once again.”

"We are opening the door for technology companies to conduct experiments they could not otherwise undertake and are creating future opportunities for implementing new forms of innovative regulation for the entire Israeli economy.”

'If we do not act to leapfrog [non-hi-tech] industries forward – the gap between the hi-tech industry and traditional economy will only increase.'

The center in Jerusalem will focus its efforts on brain monitoring, and the one in Yokneam will be working on big data for medicine.

Renault-Nissan Alliance, Merck-Flex, Enel-Shikun & Binui, Ham-Let and Frutarom will operate the Israel Innovation Authority Labs.

One of the projects will create an electro-mechanical device to enable people in wheelchairs to open doors using their cell phones.

The Innovation Visas Program will allow foreign entrepreneurs to receive work visas that will enable them to establish entrepreneurship initiatives in Israel.

The Israel Innovation Authority offers many avenues of support to entrepreneurs ... including a startup track and technological infrastructure track, as well as other funding tools.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Israel Innovation Authority and Northwell Health, intended to streamline future cooperation in healthcare innovation, under...

Every year, hundreds from academia and industry return to Israel, fulfilling a desire to come back home and find employment appropriate to their education and skills.