VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2024

While it is going through a challenging period now, Israel continues to stand as a powerhouse of innovation and technology, ranking 6th in global innovation according to Global Finance. But VC Cafe’s reach extends beyond the Israeli tech scene, providing me with a unique lens into the evolution of global tech megatrends.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

One trend that was prominent at the conference was the rise of generative AI in gaming. Highlights from the report: Global gaming industry saw record year with over 1300 deals and $127B in disclosed deal value.

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VC Cafe

MAY 14, 2024

The generative AI market is exploding globally, with venture capitalists pouring $12.8 While still in its early days, this transformative technology is seeing rapid adoption by consumers and businesses alike. Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally.

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VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2024

The trend extends globally, with creator startups worldwide raising approximately $767.9 The renewed investor confidence in the creator economy can be attributed to several factors, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing a pivotal role. That has slightly improved with time and as technology progresses. million in funding.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Yet, these are the risks we are being asked to take with our live Generative AI experiment, at least according to some AI experts. P(Doom) is the term AI researchers are using to describe the probability that Artificial Super Intelligence will emerge and become an existential risk for humanity. The AI Saviour?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8 For example, Tiger Global, a crossover fund which was one of the most active venture investors in 2021 went from 194 deals in 2021 to a mere 20 in 2023 and has been trying to actively sell its positions in the secondary market at steep discounts to get liquidity.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Great stuff Dean Leitersdorf and team Decart on your $25M series A (weeks after a $21M seed) at a $500M valuation , to pioneer scalable, cost efficient generative AI training! Way to go Maor Sason and team Appcharge on your $26M series A to help gaming companies keep more of their in-app-purchases revenue!

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

His clients include global brands such as Citizen Watch, ExxonMobil and bva. AI is part of that story. Dale (03:16): Yeah, so Perplexity is one of many generative AI search engines. So they've got new competitors and then also new technology. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Dale Bertrand.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion on 78 generative AI deals —almost as much as was invested in all of the previous 5 years combined, according to PitchBook data. According to a new industry report by Skyquest , AI will contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy, with $6.6 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Process Automation and Efficiency AI can automate repetitive tasks, such as data entry and generating reports, to free up staff and volunteers for activities that require a human touch. AI can also reduce errors and eliminate redundancies. Boards must provide oversight of ethical AI as part of responsible governance.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

I was interviewed by TheMarker (Hebrew only) on why Israeli startups haven’t been part of the mega funding rounds in AI. Amidst this bleak funding environment, AI has been a saviour, reports the WSJ. Companies categorized as AI in Crunchbase raised $25 billion in the first half of 2023, representing 18% of global funding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2024

Prior to starting MarketMuse in 2015, Jeff was a marketing consultant in Atlanta and led the Traffic, Search and Engagement team for seven years at TechTarget, a leader in B2B technology publishing and lead generation. Questions I ask Jeff Coyle : [01:54] Can you set the record straight on the discourse of the inauthenticity of AI? [03:49]

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VC Cafe

MARCH 14, 2025

Cohere debuted Command-A , a generative AI model aimed at complex enterprise tasks that can run on minimal compute. billion and Sony is experimenting with AI-powered characters on Playstation. billion and Sony is experimenting with AI-powered characters on Playstation. Interesting news in gaming: Niantic, Inc.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Generative AI Explosion – Now that the internet is a brain and not just a filing cabinet we are about to see unprecedented levels of creativity, automation, and efficiency in content creation, design, and problem-solving. Expect rapid global expansion and a transformative shift in urban mobility starting in 2025.

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VC Cafe

MAY 1, 2023

In the early days of the Internet, we witnessed the browser wars and as technology continued to advance, we saw the number of wars, and the number of players involved in them grow. Android may have a larger global market share, but Apple’s loyal customer base, strong brand, and profitable ecosystem made it the clear winner.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The conference took place during a challenging time for gaming startups: in the same week Playtika, the largest gaming employer in Israel, announced it was laying off 615 people globally, of which 180 are in Israel. Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 Global gaming revenues. Calcalist gaming summit 2022.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Startups leveraging AI attracted over 60% of all capital raised in 2023. The country ranks 3rd globally in private AI investment, demonstrating its strong position in the global AI market. Israel’s deep domain expertise in these sectors positions it as a potential global leader.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2024

The CrowdStrike global outage is estimated to have cost Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn. 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.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Way to go Dean Leitersdorf and team Decart on coming out of stealth with a $21M seed round for a new inference model that enables companies to dramatically reduce the cost of generative AI – wow ? Well done Avner Geva and team Vensica Medical on raising an $11M funding round for your ultrasound drug delivery technology!

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VC Cafe

JUNE 28, 2024

Way to go Inna Tokarev Sela and team illumex on your $13M series A for your AI data readiness platform!! Kudos Keren Leshem and team OCON Therapeutics on securing a $10M seed round for your revolutionary drug delivery technology for women! Global: From VC Cafe : consumer startups still got Mojo!

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Venture capital is down 36% globally QoQ and a lot of startups face an uncertain future. Here are tips for founders who want to raise money in this environment: Adjust your pitch – In a down market, investors are more interested in companies that have long-term potential than those that will generate immediate returns.

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VC Cafe

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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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. AI will reshape the lives of all of us.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Here’s where the money is flowing in Agentic AI October 2024 broke a record in global venture capital deployed, $32 billion in a single month, with AI attracting $12.2B, or 38% of the total funding. The returns will likely be more concentrated. The stakes are higher, and the technical barriers to entry are substantial.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2024

14- To support both companies and freelancers Photo Credit: Disha Jain I started my business to address a critical gap in the market: the need for a comprehensive, global workforce management platform that supports both companies and freelancers. We also wanted to utilize modern technology to offer more cost-effective solutions.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This video of Einstein speaking, was generated from a single image: Additionally, ByteDance has dedicated a team within its video editing platform , CapCut , to further AI development, signalling its commitment to creating next-generation AI-powered content tools. and European enterprise markets.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

The market size is over $US10 billion globally in revenue. All of which the AI companion providers claim they have guardrails against – of course, we’ve heard this before. Disruptive Implications The biggest technology disruptions are usually accompanied by simultaneous social changes. Things are now much more real than that.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

14- To support both companies and freelancers Photo Credit: Disha Jain I started my business to address a critical gap in the market: the need for a comprehensive, global workforce management platform that supports both companies and freelancers. We also wanted to utilize modern technology to offer more cost-effective solutions.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Meta is on track to become the most used open source AI by the end of the year. 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.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

which has become the most used open source LLM, Meta AI available across all their apps for free, a new affordable version of their Meta Quest VR headset, but perhaps most excitingly, Meta Orion, smart AR glasses with holographic display (still not officially launched). Well done Marina S.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

In the wider tech world, Generative AI startups raised $14.4B of global venture capital volume. 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. in Q2 2024 alone, which is 16.5%

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It’s only been a bit over a month since the start of 2025 past year has witnessed seismic shifts in technology, from breakthroughs in generative AI to emerging solutions in climate tech and healthcare. This is an extension of the previous list with new sources and startup requests. You can find the 2024 RFS list here.

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View from Seed

MAY 2, 2024

I decided to use these steps to more effectively segment the surveyed individuals, and speculated that generative AI tools would be most useful during ideation and MVP development, particularly benefiting non-technical founders by facilitating code generation. Entrepreneurs Are Already Unlocking Generative A.I.’s

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Deloitte announced this month its 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies, placing a spotlight on a number of innovators. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and recognize them as the driving force behind the country’s technological advancement and economic prosperity.”

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Up to 38% of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean could be exposed to generative AI, the World Bank Group identified in its 2024 report. Industry leaders Google and Massy aim to close the gap between the Caribbean, Latin America, and AI. While AI is set to contribute 5.4% While AI is set to contribute 5.4%

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2024

But theres more to it than just technology. Hyper-Personalization Powered by AI 2. Generative AI: Revolutionizing Creative Production 4. Generative AI: Revolutionizing Creative Production AI isnt just for writing blog posts. AI offers marketers exciting new opportunities. MLaaS fills that gap.

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