VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The picture that emerges is one of a major decline in venture activity (consistent, but a bit stronger than the declines in US and Europe), but on the other hand, we’re starting to see the signs of stability in the rate of decline. Two new industry reports paint the picture of the Israeli tech ecosystem in 2023.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2024

To add more heat, Microsoft launched generative AI search results for Bing. Mistral AI released two new open-source LLM models (Nemo in partnership with NVIDIA ) and Large 2. AI at Meta launched LLaMa 3.1, Europe is definitely more than a few years behind on that. the most powerful open source LLM to date.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ori Goshen of AI21 Labs reveals what is broken in Enterprise AI and what’s needed for the next phase. Gigi Levy-Weiss predicts that the next 10 years will be all about the AI Agent Economy GLOBAL Accelerating Europe report (part 1 of 3) by Dealroom.co Lots of data here.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For you have, at your fingertips, a technology revolution that doesn’t come around more than once every few hundred years: Artificial Intelligence—or AI. We are not only entering the AI Generation. You are the AI generation. You are Generation AI. This brings us back to you, Generation AI.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

In the wider tech world, Generative AI startups raised $14.4B There’s been huge progress in AI in the past two weeks including new models from Meta , Google DeepMind , OpenAI searchGPT and voice models, Hugging Face SlolLM. It’s a testament to the fact that Israeli tech delivers #NOMATTERWHAT.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Furthermore, with over 97% of technology companies planning on investing in IT in the next year, the survey shows that generative AI has gained momentum in only a year. The nation is second only to the US when it comes to software service exports, generating an estimated €16bn for its economy each year.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Finally, Trump spoke with Putin and Zelensky and is going to work with both parties to negotiate an end to the war in Europe. ” – Steve Jobs NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Congrats Ido Wiesenberg and team Voyantis on securing a $41M series B to support companies with AI driven marketing spend and revenue prediction!

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It’s scary how Antisemitism has spread in Europe. They were targeted on the streets, and the assailants filmed themselves running over Jews with cars, kicking Israelis on the ground unconscious and throwing a person to the river. The police took hours to settle the situation and Israel is sending two rescue flights to get them out.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2024

NVIDIA introduced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a $249 compact generative AI supercomputer that delivers significant performance gains at half the previous model’s price. US VC funding is 4x that of Europe Earlier this month, US companies passed the 2023 venture fundraising figure.

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