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*It has been translated using AI “Under Israel’s Cyber Dome system, its national, integrated artificial intelligence (AI) defense network, when one public institution detects a cyberattack, AI threat information is shared with every other institution within just minutes—not weeks later—and they all raise their defenses simultaneously. If one institution falls, the entire national payment network…

Global investment in defense technology reached a record $40.8 billion during the first half of 2026, according to a new industry report released by Israel-based venture capital firm Protego Ventures.

Every 90 seconds, an AI-assisted program scanned about 50 news sources for mentions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara Netanyahu, Likud, and the party’s political rivals. When it detected something important, it sent a summary to one of two WhatsApp groups.

A new venture capital fund focused on helping olim (new immigrants to Israel) was announced on Monday, backed by two projects and a partner network that includes Google, AWS, and WeWork, along with several Fortune 500 executives.

UA.NEWS15 October 2026 07:02

Israel has fallen from outperforming the world’s leading advanced economies on a key productivity measure to trailing them, according to a Shoresh Institution report warning that the next government must address educational and budgetary priorities that threaten the country’s long-term economic viability.

LinkedIn, the world’s largest business-social network, which has about 1.3 billion users and is owned by Microsoft, published on Wednesday the list of the top and most sought-after startup companies in Israel – which was entirely filled with cyber and AI companies.

The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) announced on Sunday a raise of up to NIS 1 million in its Start Up Fund, with the aim of providing deep tech startups in the early stages of development companies a capital runway to reach commercial viability.

A newsroom colleague sent me a Facebook page this week. It is called Bulletin Network, it has about 53,000 followers, and it looks like a legitimate news site.

For a group of Australian venture capitalists, Israel’s next major investment opportunity may lie beyond its traditional strengths in cyber and defense. They are betting that Israeli climate, energy transition and agritech companies could become the next big thing for Australian investors and potentially for the continent itself.