Why Open Source AI From China Is Eating Silicon Valley’s Lunch
Why an estimated 80% of US Startups are now running on cost-effective Chinese open-weight models like DeepSeek, Qwen, and Wan
Eze Vidra
Eze Vidra is the founder of VC Cafe and the co-founder and managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a pre-seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of AI, technology, entertainment, gaming, and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.
He is a former General Partner at Google Ventures (GV) in Europe, former head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe, and founding head of Campus London, Google's first startup hub. Eze writes on Israeli tech, venture capital, artificial intelligence, and founder strategy.
He is also the founder of Techbikers, a nonprofit that brings together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read.
AI makes the old venture playbook obsolete
At the recent All In Summit, Eric Schmidt said that the AI revolution is fundamentally under-hyped. We are now poised for significant productivity gains, potentially reaching 3% or 4% growth annually, a rate unseen in decades. But at the same…
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – November 21 2025
It’s #Firgun time! The original version of this newsletter was published on Linkedin. Subscribe to get the next edition in your inbox. In November #FIRGUN officially celebrates 5 years. See my update on what I’ve learned from writing Firgun and…
It’s time to build: Capital is Aggressively Chasing Quality in Israeli Tech
I’ve been seeing a significant surge in funding for Israeli startups, often raised in stealth mode. It feels a bit like 2021 again, with massive amounts of VC money aggressively chasing high-quality investments in the Israeli tech ecosystem. However, this…
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – November 14 2025
This week I'm celebrating 2 personal milestones: the five year anniversary of Firgun and the launch of Remagine Ventures II!
Firgun Newsletter Turns Five
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson In November 15, 2025 the #FIRGUN newsletter officially turns five. What started as a simple experiment in the times…
AI’s Creative Destruction of the Ad Industry
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” — John Wanamaker AI is transforming the advertising industry like the introduction of a sophisticated robotic manufacturing line into a traditional artisan workshop.…
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – November 7 2025
The original version of this newsletter was published on LinkedIn. Join the 7,000+ subscribers to get the next edition in your inbox. In case you’re new here, the word “Firgun” (pronounced ‘feer-goon’) is an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in…
The Israeli Startups Fighting the Dark Side of GenAI
How LLMs and deepfakes are reshaping cybercrime and where the defensive opportunities lie
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – October 31 2025
The original version was published on LinkedIn, subscribe there to get the next edition directly. In case you’re new here, the word “Firgun” (pronounced ‘feer-goon’) is an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in Israeli culture (originally Yiddish), which describes genuine,…