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JULY 29, 2024

It’s impressive to see what the self described ‘little red dot’ accomplished in its 65 years of independence and I couldn’t avoid comparing and contrasting to Israel. To add more heat, Microsoft launched generative AI search results for Bing. AI at Meta launched LLaMa 3.1, Thank you for reading.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

A study by the Israel Innovation Authority shows that tech employees pay over a third of all income tax in Israel. Finally, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon just reported that the company is using generative AI to increase its productivity, updating 850 million product catalog entries 100 times faster than human-led methods.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Despite the war in Israel over the past 9 months, both the rate of capital raising and exits of Israeli cyber startups in the first half of 2024 were the highest since 2021. Q2 2024 is already a record quarter for venture capital investment in Generative AI startups, with the quarter not yet closed. BRINGTHEMHOME.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

In November 2022 I published a post titled “ generative AI will go mainstream when it goes from playful to useful “, and I think you will agree that this transition is in full swing. 2023 was the year generative AI went mainstream The pace of advancement in generative AI has been astounding.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Firgun is all about genuinely feeling and expressing happiness, pride, or admiration for members of our community’s accomplishments, good fortune and wins. There’s a lot to celebrate in our “small’ community! I wrote about the major takeaways on VC Cafe and you can access the report by F2 Venture Capital here.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Meta is on track to become the most used open source AI by the end of the year. And so much more it’s genuinely hard to keep up… QUOTE OF THE WEEK Israel continues to draw investors seeking bold, determined solutions to global challenges. Interesting overview of vertical AI companies by IVP ( source ) Revenue per employee.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

It shows Kinneret Gat, 69, defiantly sticking her tongue out at a Hamas attacker, even as the community was being overrun. Every year, LinkedIn recognises the most in demand companies in each of the major startup hubs, but this year they failed to include Israel. Daniel Roth now said that Israel will be added next week.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Unfortunately, over a year later, Israel is now defending itself from threats across 7 fronts and there are still 101 Israelis held hostage in G**a. In total, generative AI companies received $35 billion in 2024.AI AI companies have reached a combined value of $9 trillion. Global funding also dropped. Keep on creating.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

More about Firgun and why it matters on VC Cafe : [link] Israel’s preemptive strike on H**bolla* may have prevented a wider regional war, according to analysts. This week was marked by the liberation of Kaid Farhan Elkadi, a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7 October attack on Israel. Keep on creating!

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

For healing to begin, we must #BRINGTHEMHOME A friend, successful entrepreneur who took a company public, asked me for help on a presentation he was giving about the economic resilience of Israel. APPOINTMENTS Congratulations Eran Westman on your appointment as Managing Partner at Planven to lead growth investments in Israel!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This week was a bit crazy in Israel, with a series of mysterious blasts hitting H**bo**h in an operation that seems to be taken out of a movie script. Kudos Adi Perry and team with on securing a $10M seed round to turn cities into communities with generative AI! ROI from Generative AI is a rising concern.

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APRIL 15, 2024

But in the coming age of generative AI, endless synthetic content and misinformation – there might be an opportunity for traditional media companies to regain their reputation as a 4th branch within a democracy. How can media companies transform generative AI from threat to opportunity ?

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JANUARY 7, 2025

In December 2004, 19 years ago, I started VC Cafe with the simple goal of sharing insights, resources, and perspectives on venture capital and startups (with a spotlight on Israel). Looking Back: A Year Defined by Generative AI 2024 will go down in history as the year generative AI truly went mainstream.

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JULY 20, 2024

The tech ecosystem is crucial for Israel’s economy. Foreign investors doubled down on Israel, participating in 93% of the rounds. Israel’s biggest exit and Google’s largest acquisition ever. billion in revenue for ‘Prime Day’ is rolling out ‘Rufus’ generative AI assistant to all U.S.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The tech sector is vital for the Israeli economy and exports, and while the 2024 figures were more positive than expected, it’s still hard for international investors to travel to Israel and get deals done. That’s why initiatives like Startup Nation Central , the Israel Export Institute ???? ????? Well done Ouriel Ohayon ??

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Israel receives people who were kidnapped from their homes, including 80 year old Gadi Mozes, or 29 year old Arbel Yehud, who was kidnapped from her home and kept mostly alone in tunnels in return to hundreds of convicted te *ists who committed heinous crimes. It decouples visual encoding for multimodal understanding and generation.

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MARCH 20, 2025

Firgun is all about genuinely feeling and expressing happiness, pride, or admiration for members of our community’s accomplishments, good fortune and wins. The acquisition of Wiz by Google for $32 billion in cash this week made waves across the whole tech ecosystem in Israel and beyond. It was Israel’s largest exit to date.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

I hope his presidency brings stability to Israel, the quick return of the hostages and a new era of prosperity for America and its allies. The police took hours to settle the situation and Israel is sending two rescue flights to get them out. Well done Adiel Gopas on joining Third Point LLC to expand the Israel office!

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