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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). Way to go Ori Tamuz and team DoorLoop on your $51.6M Well done Marina S.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Management Layer : Critical functions include managing AI agents, securing permissions, and enabling payments. Data Layer : AI agents will rely on both exclusive private data and public datasets. When it comes to Generative AI, the incumbents are not resting on their laurels. Google is also leaning in on AI Agents.

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MAY 14, 2024

The generative AI market is exploding globally, with venture capitalists pouring $12.8 Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. million), consumer ($422.5

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Since the first version was published in Jan 2022 , there were a bunch of new companies created in web3 gaming, security and consumer experiences, and notably Celcius, the crypto lender and former unicorn, went bust. The Israeli Generative AI landscape. The Israeli startups building the Metaverse (credit: Remagine Ventures).

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

It’s hard to believe that ChatGPT is only 2 years old, considering the amount of capital that has been invested in generative AI startups since. Task completion: monitor the prices for the best holiday packages, products and deals Startup Opportunity: Platforms enabling secure AI-to-AI transactions.

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JULY 7, 2023

That’s not to say that application layer startups didn’t raise large funding rounds: Jasper ($125M), RunwayML ( $141M ) Tome ( $43M ), ElevenLabs, But Israeli startups, to a large extent, have been excluded from this trend, only securing smaller round. Are they too late?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

That what used to be more vertically integrated efforts by different companies are being picked apart by especially entrepreneurs coming in and taking various pieces of their value chain, again, leveraging digital. Well, obviously generative AI in particular with ChatGPT is on everybody's mind these days.

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MAY 30, 2024

An interesting new report by Dealroom and Flow Partners breaks down the massive investment that the “Magnificent Seven” (or M7 for short) are plowing into AI across verticals. It’s impossible to ignore the impact that Google/Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, Apple and Tesla/xAI have on AI.

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JUNE 2, 2024

Take for example some of Google’s recent AI results spewing ridiculous answers. Questions remain about training data/copyright, privacy, security and costs. Funding for AI startups has cooled in recent months. The case for continued AI momentum: ? Meta is working on its open source LLaMa.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

As the underlying technology for the Metaverse continues to evolve, we will see more and more use cases brought to life across verticals. As the underlying technology for the Metaverse continues to evolve, we will see more and more use cases brought to life across verticals.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

and team GoPerfect on your $23M seed round to transform talent sourcing and engagement platform with AI! Kudos Iftach Ian Amit and team Gomboc AI on your $13M seed round to eliminate the security backlog that delays critical business transformation! There’s a lot to celebrate in our “small’ community!

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AUGUST 30, 2023

“Since ChatGPT’s launch just nine months ago, we’ve seen teams adopt it in over 80% of Fortune 500 companies” OpenAI blog OpenAI announced this that ChatGPT Enterprise is now available , offering better data protection/privacy, more security, improved speed/performance and longer context windows.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Depending on your goals, new products can deepen the wallet share of your existing customers by focusing on new users or new use cases, or they can expand your TAM by targeting new customers, new geographies, or new verticals.

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MAY 21, 2024

AI Agents and Vertical Opportunities AI agents represent a prime example of application-layer innovation. Instead of competing with established players like Microsoft in the B2B space or Meta and Google in advertising, startups can explore other verticals where AI can add significant value.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Startups can develop specialised hardware and software for decentralised defence applications, focusing on areas like ruggedised edge computing devices, energy-efficient power sources for remote deployments, and secure communication technologies for autonomous systems. AI Augmenting Human Capabilities ?

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Congratulations Nadav Czerninski and team Oligo Security on securing a $50M series B for your application detection and response cybersecurity tech! Kudos Amir Hever and team UVeye on raising $41M in new equity funding (in addition to $150M in debt) to scale your AI powered vehicle inspection systems!

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Flash , and announced it will launch an ‘ AI search mode ‘ to compete with new rival chatbots. Databricks secured a new $10B funding round at a $62B valuation and Perplexity raised $500M at $9 billion valuation. Good stuff Ronel Veksler MD, PhD and team Promise Bio on securing an $8.3M

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