Tom Granot started writing code when he was 12. Today he barely writes it at all. He spends his time helping deep tech founders figure out how to sell what their engineers built, and making YouTube videos about it. @TomGranot, Founder of Syntax GTM, started as an engineer, built marketing from scratch at an early-stage deep tech startup, and now advises technical founders on go-to-market. He has strong opinions about Israel's B2B marketing scene, and he shares most of them here. Founders spend months selling a message they never tested. Marketers spread themselves across too many channels. And Israel, for all its engineering talent, still has no reliable way to train people who can sell deep tech, which is why so many startups hire an American marketer as soon as they close an A. Yoel and Tom also get into why Americans write better copy, how Israelis and Americans use AI differently, and Tom's theory that WhatsApp groups help explain why Israel is one of the heaviest per capita users of Claude. Hosted by @YoelTIsrael

What if ONE person could control a swarm of drones? Aviv Shapira from @XTEND_XR explains how multiple drones can run under one operating system, execute complex moves. Yes! Even through a window and how AI is changing what’s possible with ethics and human control staying in the loop. Hosted by @YoelTIsrael.

Some of the most profitable mobile games in the world were built in Israel, but the industry behind them is rarely mentioned when people talk about Israeli tech. Dan Bouzaglo, Founder & CEO of Snooze, is building his own and getting people talking. He is turning a solo game format into multiplayer, because he thinks that is where mobile gaming still has room to grow. Dan also hosts a Hebrew-language podcast for young founders, and he brought a lot from those conversations. He talks with Yoel about how online casinos and Forex shaped Israel's gaming industry, why Israeli tech found its footing in B2B, and why he pays attention when a founder says "I have to" instead of "I want to." Hosted by @YoelTIsrael

The wave of immigration from the former Soviet Union had a massive impact on Israeli tech, and Meir Valman, author of The Network Effect, says you can find it in a specific sector. Entrepreneurship in Israel took off in the 1990s, yet very few of those early founders came from the former Soviet Union. They had grown up in a centrally planned economy where starting a company simply wasn’t part of life. What they brought was engineering talent, and a lot of it. Those engineers became a core part of the workforce behind Israel’s tech boom. Hosted by @yoeltisrael

I left Silicon Valley 6 years ago Why? Because it's a monoculture The most extreme group think of any place on the planet Show up to a dinner party and everyone is in tech So what do they do? They start stack-ranking each other And it's a totally ordered set: being founder of co $100B market cap > founder of co with $50B market cap > managing partner of tier 1 venture firm > hired CEO of $50B public co > founder of $10B co > etc etc Pure toxicity that nerfs creativty And then as a corollary, people are especially afraid to speak truth to power as everyone knows their place in "The Hierarchy" Reject this nonsense. Stay weird. Think independently. Be honest with yourself. Have fun.

Inside INS Drakon, Israel's Newest Submarine The Israel Navy's new Dolphin II-class submarine, INS Drakon, was built in Germany to Israeli specifications. Its longer hull makes room for more weapons and expanded power and oxygen systems, allowing it to stay submerged far longer than earlier Israeli submarines. Drakon commander Cmdr. "A" and deputy commander Lt.-Cmdr. "T" spent three years in Germany working alongside German naval officers and defense engineers to make sure the design met Israeli requirements, including systems and tactics found only in Israel's version. Inside, many of the traditional controls have given way to digital screens and autonomous systems. Rear Admiral Guy Levy, the navy's second-highest-ranking officer, said AI will be integrated into more of the navy's systems, with the navy moving deliberately to resolve information security risks first. Naval officials see a future where half of the navy's systems, and eventually most of them, run autonomously. The Blue Whale unmanned mini-submarine is already in use. The submarine squadron's core mission remains intelligence collection, and new technology is broadening what it can do. Three Dakar-class submarines are due starting in 2031 and are expected to stay at sea for months at a time. The navy is also seeking approval for two more. Source: Jerusalem Post Today's update is brought to you by Rhydlwood ( @DrDLeitner ), an exclusive online business hub for business owners, entrepreneurs, and CEOs, built around clarity, decision-making support, and sustainable growth.