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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – October 25 2024

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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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The Israeli Generative AI startup Landscape (Sep 2023)

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So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. So far in 2023, generative AI startups raised $16 billion, according to Dealroom. billion, a 2.5x

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

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While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. B2C Venture Capital Investments in Israel To the most part, Israeli VCs shy away from B2C startup investments.

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Israel Generative AI predictions for 2024

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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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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – September 20 2024

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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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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – August 15 2024

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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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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – July 26 2024

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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.