Israel is exceptionally good at producing founders and technology, but America remains the dominant platform for turning startups into global companies. With 70% of Israeli-founded unicorns built in the US, the data points towards a dual-centre model: Israeli R&D combined with American headquarters, customers, capital and commercial leadership.
Alice raised $140 million as AI security emerged as this week’s central theme, while Israeli companies pursued acquisitions across payments, agritech and cybersecurity. Globally, Nvidia’s reported $12.9 billion Hugging Face deal highlighted the accelerating consolidation of the AI stack.
For Israeli startups, entering the US is not simply about opening an office. It requires a focused commercial beachhead, sustained founder involvement, the right first US hire and a repeatable land-and-expand motion. This practical playbook covers the decisions that matter most, from New York versus Silicon Valley to hiring, culture, customer acquisition and investor expectations.
After years of limited venture activity, Israeli EdTech may be entering a new chapter. The founders of Moovit and Outbrain are joining a growing group of entrepreneurs using AI to reimagine tutoring, personalised learning, reading and what students can create.
AI may live in the cloud, but the cloud is running out of places to live. As power, water, land and regulation constrain traditional data centres, compute is moving into containers, converted warehouses, power stations, ships and even orbit.
Frontier AI labs are raising billions on the strength of elite teams, expensive compute and the promise of AGI, often before proving product-market fit or revenue. As founders and researchers move rapidly between rival labs, investors must ask whether they are funding durable companies or temporary collections of highly portable talent.
Anthropic is reportedly considering a $6 billion acquisition of Israeli AI startup Decart. Beyond its eye-catching video models, Decart’s real value may lie in technology that makes AI inference faster and cheaper—while giving Anthropic a significant foothold in Israel’s thriving AI ecosystem.
The honest state of early-stage funding: Data-driven signals from 128 tracked rounds in H1 2026
AI has made company creation faster than ever. But for VCs, allocating capital has become more complicated, more concentrated and more consequential.
Agentic AI is really two very different bets: infrastructure and vertical applications. A Remagine Ventures take on where the value sits, and why token costs, non-determinism, and security will decide who survives.
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