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Israel High Tech Scene February 16 – February 23
New Startups / VC Funding
Israeli Startup Loora Lets You Learn English With AI
Loora is a new Israeli startup that is moving forward with generative AI tech, in spite of all of the controversies. To that end, Loora raised $12 million in a Series A round of funding led by QP Ventures.
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Founded in 2020 by Roy Mor and Yonti Levin, “Loora is the first-ever personal AI English tutor.”
Do you want to learn English as a second language? Did you grow up in America … Read More Here
Israeli Startup BRIA Offers ‘Ethical’ Platform For Visual Generative AI
Israeli startup BRIA offers an “ethical” visual generative AI platform, one that promises to follow all laws. To that end, BRIA raised $24 million in a Series A funding round jointly led by GFT Ventures, Intel Capital, and Entrée Capital.
So, what exactly does BRIA do and what does the company mean when it talks “ethical” use of visual generative AI?
BRIA boasts that its platform enables companies to “easily tailor their visual requirements” and allows developers to “seamlessly integrate generative AI capabilities into any existing product, solution, or system as a source code… Read More Here
DarioHealth Buys Twill
DarioHealth Corp. an Israeli-American medtech firm working in the global digital therapeutics (DTx) market, acquired Twill, which offers a software-enabled healthcare platform, for $10 million. The companies said the merger will create the” most comprehensive and engaging digital health platform to provide best-in-class support for mental well-being, maternal health, and the costliest chronic conditions.”
Dario and Twill share experience building clinically-driven solutions that address a wide range of physical and mental health needs… Read More Here
Israel’s WeedOUT Can Kill Weeds
WeedOUT, an Israeli agtech startup that develops ways to deal with weeds, raised $8.1 million in an A round of funding led by Fulcrum Global Capital, a prominent US agri- focused VC with ties to a vast network of farmers across the US. WeedOUT said the infusion of new capital will advance the company’s “mission to combat weed resistance through its breakthrough green solution.”
With all the talk about global climate change, one problem that gets overlooked is weed resistance. It’s getting harder to deal with weeds… Read More Here
Israeli Startup DustPhotonics Offers Silicon Photonics Solutions
DustPhotonics, an Israeli startup developing silicon photonics technology and solutions, completed a Series B follow-on round of $24 million. DustPhotonics develops and provides a technology platform for end-to-end Silicon Photonics solutions.
Silicon photonics is the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. Photonics is the physical science and application of light (photon) generation, detection, and manipulation… Read More Here
Other Stories
October 7 Survivors Sue AP For Using Hamas Terrorists
A group of Israelis who survived the barbaric October 7 Hamas massacre are now suing the Associated Press over the organization’s alleged involvement in the attack. The suit was brought by the nonprofit National Jewish Advocacy Center and filed in the Southern District of Florida Wednesday night, reported the New York Post.
“There is no doubt that AP’s photographers participated in the October 7th massacre, and that AP knew, or at the very least should have … Read
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Harbu Darbu: Israel’s Ness And Stilla Goes After Bella Hadid And Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid beware! The Israeli rappers Ness and Stilla have your number. The duo sang a somewhat nasty song about the celebrities who have made no secret of their hate for Israel. Ness and Stilla went after them in the wake of the barbaric October 7 massacre enacted by Hamas.
The music video for their hit song Harbu Darbu has received more than 18 million hits on YouTube … Read More Here
Brutal Details Of Hamas Sexual Barbarity On October 7 Revealed
Hamas terrorists committed sexual assaults and acts of rape “systematically and intentionally” and numerous times during the October 7 massacre. The sexual assaults and acts of rape were committed by multiple participants and included sadistic practices characterized by brutal, demonstrative features.
This has been documented in the first official report released by the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel regarding the Hamas attack… Read More Here
America’s African Methodist Episcopal Church Calls For End Of US Aid To Israel
Leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the most important African-American churches, have condemned Israel over the ongoing Iron Swords War in Gaza and called on the U.S. government to end military aid to Israel. While such calls are not necessarily anti-Israel in nature, the text of the statement on the matter released by the church’s Council of Bishops was filled with false allegations against Israel.
Relations between African Americans and American Jews have been frayed for decades. Many in America falsely identify with the Palestinians as being “people of color” suffering from colonialism meted out by a White European people … Read More Here
