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An expert in the field of healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship, Yonat Granot has been managing, consulting and mentoring companies and entrepreneurs, for over 20 years. She is currently Tel Aviv senior life-science innovation officer for the Royal Innovation Center Denmark (under foreign office and higher education), and of course – she’s a proud Technion Alum! […]
Cornell Tech is welcoming 13 startups to its Roosevelt Island campus this fall through three Runway Startup Program at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech: the Runway Startup Postdoc Program, the Spinouts Program, and the new Runway Pilot Program for Technology Founders. The cohort includes five ventures led by Ph.D. founders, two companies participating […]
In 2013, the world’s first lab-grown hamburger was served in London. Made from cattle cells, it cost around €250,000 at the time and was more a proof of concept than a lunch. The idea seemed almost like science fiction: producing real meat without raising and slaughtering an entire animal. A little more than a decade […]
Have you ever been on a date where the person looked nothing like their profile picture? Venture capitalists often find themselves in the same predicament, argues Yasmin Lukatz. She suggests that the biggest mistake founders make is trying to sound perfect at the cost of authenticity. Drawing from real investment stories, she shows why investors […]
While AI has made our lives more convenient, it has also brought a tidal wave of fake news. In this sharp talk, Noa Tamir explores how the press must adapt to resist this onslaught. She suggests that the journalist’s role is shifting. Instead of just writing stories, humans must now act as the ultimate “verifiers,” […]
What if diagnosing cancer, Parkinson’s disease, or other serious illnesses could be as simple as breathing into a handheld device? That possibility is moving closer to reality thanks to the work of the Technion’s Prof. Hossam Haick, whose groundbreaking research is changing how diseases are detected around the world. In recognition of his extraordinary achievements, […]
Ilan Ben Meir is a senior board advisor in Starry Group; an entrepreneur who for the last 18 years has been living in Hong-Kong and China; the founder of a vertical integrated manufacturing plant there; and – a proud Technion Alum! In this episode you’ll hear all about his life and work in the far […]
As the FIFA World Cup kicks off this June, Israeli football fans will once again find themselves watching from the sidelines, cheering for foreign giants as the national team misses out on the big stage. Yet, while Israeli boots won’t be hitting the grass, Israeli innovation will be everywhere. Behind the scenes of the world’s most prestigious sporting event, a powerhouse of Israeli technology companies is working to shape the tournament’s global infrastructure, driving everything from real-time broadcasting and sports data to international ticket distribution. SeatPick, a global ticket resale price comparison platform, sees the FIFA World Cup as the…
“The global construction industry is facing a multi-dimensional crisis: rising demand for infrastructure and housing, severe skilled labor shortages, increasing material costs, and heavy environmental pressure,” says Eran Carmi, Founder and CEO of Shahaf PY. Born out of the development department of veteran firm Shahaf Stone & Marble, the Israeli startup is building a new generation of 3D concrete printing systems designed to propel the industry toward smarter, highly scalable manufacturing. “My career began working with my father in a basalt quarry in Tiberias. Both he and his father were stonemasons and taught me the value of craftsmanship,” Carmi explains….
Some of Israel’s most impactful technology stories begin not in boardrooms, but in the shared intensity of military service and the collaborative halls of the Technion. Armis is one such story. Founded in 2015, Armis has grown into one of the world’s leading cybersecurity companies. In December 2025, it was acquired by the American software […]
Researchers have developed a set of tools that look inside large language models to detect when they go wrong, including hallucinations, memorization of training data and other forms of unreliable output. Rather than relying only on a model’s final answer, the approach analyzes internal signals produced during computation, including activation patterns, attention maps and output probability distributions. The goal is to identify signs of failure as the model generates text. These challenges are a major focus of the research group led by Dr. Haggai Maron from the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion…
The startup company Kimba has raised $6.5 million in a Seed round. The round was led by Selva Ventures and included Resolute Ventures, Able Partners, Barrel Ventures, Palette Ventures, Supermoon Capital, Air Ventures, Beyond 22, and Fresh Fund, which was the first investor in the company. The funding was raised in two stages: $1.1 million in a pre-Seed round, followed by an additional $5.4 million in the Seed round. The company has developed an AI-based device designed to improve sleep quality through scent therapy. It was developed in collaboration with sleep and neuroscience researchers and is intended to actively enhance…