Weekly Firgun Newsletter – October 9th 2026
Three years after October 7, this week’s #FIRGUN celebrates the people building forward - a lot has changed, but we should also appreciate what changed for the better
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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – October 2 2026
Courage at 30,000 feet, $13.2B raised by Israeli startups in nine months, and a week of agent security rounds, a 10-month exit to Nebius, and a new defence-tech fund.
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – September 24 2026
This week’s #FIRGUN celebrates Israeli tech funding, new venture and secondary funds, and a new route for private capital into defence technology, alongside a packed week of global AI releases.
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – September 11 2026
A Rosh Hashanah edition of #FIRGUN celebrating Israeli startup funding and exits, alongside new AI models, mega-rounds and major acquisitions around the world. We also mark 25 years since September 11, holding remembrance alongside hope for a sweeter, more peaceful year.
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – August 28 2026
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.
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – July 10 2026
Did you know that H1 2026 produced more Israeli unicorns than any other FULL year before? Also, what are the 5 areas most attractive for AI infrastructure according to Bessemer? and what is the hottest new AI category according to Benchmark?
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – June 26 2026
Quote of the week:
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.” - Shimon Peres
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – June 5 2026
It was a week of contradictions: Israeli startups raised over a billion this week and created $2.5B in exits alone, but over 60% of tech companies announced layoffs in recent months.
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – May 8 2026
It’s #Firgun time! The original version of this newsletter was published on Linkedin. Subscribe to get the next edition in your inbox. If you’re new here, welcome! So glad you’ve joined 7,900 of us! Firgun (pronounced ‘feer-goon’) is an Israeli…
Weekly Firgun Newsletter – April 24 2026
It’s #Firgun time! The original version of #Firgun was posted on LinkedIn to 7,840+ subscribers. If you’re new here, welcome! So glad you’ve joined us. Firgun (Hebrew: ??????, pronounced ‘feer-goon’) is an Israeli term describing genuine, unselfish joy in someone…