By NoCamels Team

Tel Aviv University (TAU) is the first in the world outside of the United States for the number of unicorns (privately owned startups worth at least $1 billion) established by its alumni, according to a new study from American university Stanford.  The study, which was led by entrepreneurship researcher Prof. Ilya Strebulaev at Stanford Graduate […]

A simple blood test can identify people with bipolar disorder and gauge the efficacy of lithium, the drug used to treat the condition, according to a new study from the University of Haifa.  Bipolar disorder, formerly and more commonly known as manic depression, is a chronic psychological disorder whose symptoms include repeated abrupt shifts in […]

Two Israeli scientists have created a computer that does away with electronics and uses lasers to perform complex tasks at the speed of light.  LightSolver was created by Dr. Ruti Ben Shlomi and Dr. Chene Tradonsky, physicists of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot in central Israel.  “[It is] faster than any kind of […]

Israel’s national Holocaust museum Yad Vashem has begun using artificial intelligence to preserve the memories and stories of the victims of the Nazi genocide of Europe’s Jews.  The new system uses natural language processing (NLP), which allows computers to understand human language, and generative AI, which creates videos and images.  This allows Yad Vashem staff […]

An Israel Defense Forces base has teamed up with renewable energy firm HomeBiogas to turn its organic waste into fuel.  The newly installed system at the Glilot base in central Israel breaks down kitchen waste and converts it into biogas that is then used to heat water onsite.  The innovative technology can recycle up to […]

Israeli innovation and tech expertise will help India face water challenges posed by a range of factors, including a growing population, climate change and poor resource management, as part of a new agreement dubbed “The Water Challenge.” A Memorandum of Understanding on the project was recently signed by Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon and […]

Cybersecurity giant Check Point has acquired Israeli startup Perimeter 81, which secures networks for remote working, for $490 million. Perimeter 81, which was founded in 2018 and is based in Tel Aviv, is a Security Service Edge (SSE) provider, securing access to the internet, cloud services and private applications. Check Point says the acquisition will […]

An Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps businesses protect data stored in public clouds has been acquired for up to $250 million.  Laminar provides autonomous monitoring of data across all major public cloud service providers (such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure), and uses AI and machine learning to detect and remediate breaches without interrupting […]

A cloud security startup founded and led by former Israel Defense Forces cybersecurity experts has raised $12 million in seed funding.  Sweet Security’s Cloud Runtime Security Suite lets security teams halt any attacks on a company’s cloud swiftly and accurately.   The startup was founded by Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dror Kashti, the former CISO of the […]

An Israeli biopharm startup says clinical trials show that it can safely replace the use of antibiotics in the dairy industry and produce more nutritious milk from healthier cows.  Ness Ziona-based Mileutis conducted the trial with more than 500 cows at seven large Israeli dairy farms, using its own Imilac therapy instead of antibiotics during […]

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center has become the first hospital in the world to integrate an AI chatbot into its triage process, using the clinical-intake tool created by Israeli startup Kahun. The pilot scheme will be in use in the emergency department at Sourasky. Commonly known as Ichilov Hospital, it is Israel’s largest acute care […]

The Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program, which every year brings scholars from the US and Canada to work in Israeli universities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, has announced its latest cohort of 25 participants for the 2023-24 academic year.  The new cohort includes seven Israelis currently working in STEM fields in North […]

Israeli generative AI video company D-ID will be using voices from American AI voice tech firm ElevenLabs in its self-service platform as part of a new agreement between the two.   The move will enable users of D-ID’s Creative Reality studio to make videos with more natural speech, the Tel Aviv-based company says.  Content creators have […]

Israeli startup Gomboc.ai, whose AI platform helps companies to secure cloud services and their DevOps teams deploy remediations, has emerged from its private beta testing stage with seed funding of more than $5 million.  Gomboc says its AI engine is already in use by Fortune 500 and Global 2,000 companies. The funding round was led […]

Israeli researchers have unveiled a new miniature model of the human heart that they say could be a “game changer” in transforming drug testing and cardiovascular research. The model is a self-paced, multi-chambered replica of the human heart that is no larger than a grain of rice. According to the researchers, it will revolutionize the […]