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Brand awareness and business impact for Israeli #B2B companies with innovative products and services.

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Joined March 2007
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Israeli cyber startup Sentra raises $150M to stop rogue AI agents Led by Capital One Ventures, the Series C round brings total funding to more than $250 million after 300% annual growth; the company, founded by former Unit 8200 commanders and tech veterans, aims to prevent AI agents from accessing and exposing sensitive corporate data ynetnews.com/business/articl… 📷
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Israeli digital health company TailorMed acquired in $250 million deal. Private equity firm GrowthCurve is taking a controlling stake in the company, which connects patients with financial and medical support programs across the United States. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Boomi has acquired Elementary Data to give enterprises more controls over data quality, helping prevent bad data from skewing AI outputs and automated actions at scale. #AI #DataQuality #EnterpriseIT #Automation techday.com.au/story/boomi-b…
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25-year-old Israeli founder sells stealth AI startup for up to $35 million without raising capital. The six-person startup, built by Elon Gliksberg, is being acquired Hex-Rays, the Belgian developer of reverse-engineering tool IDA Pro. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Zenzap Reveals $44M in Funding to Challenge WhatsApp at Work With AI Zenzap has revealed $44 million in total funding for a workplace messaging platform designed to bring team communication and AI automation together. But the funding announcement has an important distinction: the $44 million includes an $11 million seed round and a $33 million Series A that closed in August 2025. The investment is not entirely new money raised in October 2026. Zenzap is targeting businesses where employees frequently coordinate work through mobile messaging. Its platform combines team conversations with task management, calendars, integrations, and AI agents designed to automate workflows. The strategy goes beyond adding a chatbot to a messaging app. Zenzap wants work conversations to become a place where tasks can be organized and automated without constantly switching between separate tools. That positioning puts it in competition with established communication platforms, including WhatsApp, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. However, funding and product capabilities do not establish market leadership. Zenzap's reported customer adoption and automation figures have not been independently verified, and there is insufficient evidence that its AI workflows outperform competing solutions. The bigger story is a bet on workplace messaging becoming an interface for AI-powered work, rather than communication alone. #Zenzap #AI
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One-year-old Israeli AI startup with six employees acquired for estimated $100 million. Rocket Software has acquired Geniez AI, whose technology uses AI agents to help enterprises manage and modernize mainframe systems. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Freshworks to acquire Israeli startup Torii to help companies control AI costs. The acquisition will extend Freshservice into software management and AI spending oversight. Torii has raised $65 million since its founding in 2017. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Salesforce acquires Israeli startup Loops in deal estimated at $30 million. The startup’s AI technology is designed to explain why business metrics change and identify what to do next, rather than simply display data. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Rein Security raises $25 million Series A as companies struggle to control their AI agents. The Israeli startup says its revenue has grown eightfold since January and its platform is now securing thousands of agents that execute millions of actions. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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RapidAPI co-founder raises $15 million for AI marketing startup enso. Mickey Haslavsky’s company has raised $23 million to build what it calls “Agentic Growth Hacking.” calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Nebius acquires 10-month-old stealth AI startup Inferize in $100-150 million deal. The Israeli startup, which was founded by former Granulate executives and employs 17 people, built technology designed to reduce idle GPU capacity when AI demand changes. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Wiz veteran raises $12 million Seed to secure AI agents at Rig Security. Guy Kozliner, who worked on Wiz co-founder Ami Luttwak's CTO team, is building a platform to distinguish AI agents from the humans whose identities they use. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Reco raises $50 million with AT&T backing to secure AI agents. The company, which began working with AT&T as a customer, plans to expand sales, partnerships and customer support as large enterprises deploy more agents. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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Capitolis to acquire eSecLending in US$200m all-cash transaction. The acquisition will extend the Capitolis platform, adding securities lending as a complementary capability to its existing financial resource optimisation... securitiesfinancetimes.com/s… #SecuritiesFinance #Banking
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HyperGuest raises $25 million from Apax as AI changes how hotels reach travelers. The Israeli travel-tech company connects hotels with travel companies, technology providers and AI agents and has processed more than $1 billion in transactions. calcalistech.com/ctechnews/a…
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