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OpenAI’s ChatGPT iOS app now available in Canada, India, Brazil and 30 more countries
OpenAI has expanded the availability of its ChatGPT app for iOS users in India and more than 30 other countries — just a week after its launching it in the U.S. The list of new countries include Alg
Memcyco raises $10M to protect businesses from brandjacking
Memcyco, a Tel Aviv-based startup that provides businesses with tools to guard against website impersonation, today announced that it has raised a $10 million seed funding. The round was led by Capri
Firmbase raises $12M to modernize financial planning for startups
Firmbase, a startup that offers a modern financial planning and analysis platform for startups, has raised a $12 million seed round led by S Capital, with Meron Capital and numerous angel investors al
Entro raises $6M for its end-to-end secrets security solution
Entro, a Tel Aviv-based startup that is building a security platform that helps enterprises manage and protect their secrets like account credentials, certificates and API keys, today announced that i
Qualcomm acquires Autotalks to boost Snapdragon’s automotive safety technology, reportedly for $350-400M
Qualcomm’s longer term bet on the automotive sector as a lucrative customer base for its chips and related communications technology is getting a significant push today: The company announced th
Woven Capital, Nvidia back Foretellix’s autonomous vehicle validation tech
Startups working on driverless cars fully may no longer attract the kind of nine-figure acquisition or funding offers that were prevalent just a few years ago. But there are still pockets within the b
RapidAPI, valued at $1 billion last year, cuts staff by 50%
Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, is cutting 50% of its staff TechCrunch has learned. According to an email to employees
Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions
CorrActions, an Israeli startup that, among other things, built a driver monitoring system that can understand a driver’s cognitive state, today announced that it has raised a strategic investme
Vesey Ventures closes on $78M debut fund to back early-stage fintech startups
After working together for nearly one decade, three former managing directors of Amex Ventures in early 2022 branched out to form their own fintech-focused venture firm, Vesey Ventures. The trio had m
Israel’s political crisis has activated its apolitical tech industry — and there’s no turning back
As unease spread amongst a handful of entrepreneurs, alarmed at radical “reforms” proposed by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government regarding the independence of the judiciary, WhatsApp groups wer
There’s trouble in Startup Nation
For Israeli entrepreneurs, the prospect of rising pressure on the country's credit rating made banking diversification a more pressing issue.
eToro secures $250M at a $3.5B valuation after scrapping SPAC, seeing slower growth
After calling off its plans to go public via a SPAC at a $10.4 billion valuation in 2022, trading platform eToro has secured $250 million in funding at a $3.5 billion valuation. The money is not a typ
Tweed is a crypto wallet API to add a web3 flavor to any web service
Meet Tweed, a startup coming out of stealth today that has been working on a white-label cryptocurrency wallet and payment solution. With Tweed, companies can generate wallets for their users so they
Qwak raises $12M for its MLOps platform
MLOps platform Qwak today announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A1 funding round from Bessemer Venture Partners. The startup, which offers a fully managed platform that combines machine le
Entitle raises $15M seed round to modernize permissions management
Tel Aviv-based Entitle, a startup that helps businesses automate how their developers gain permission to access cloud resources, today announced that it has raised a $15 million seed round led by Glil
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Oligo raises $28M to secure open source libraries at runtime
Oligo Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on runtime application security and observability to detect and prevent open source vulnerabilities, is coming out of stealth today and announcing
How well did Israel’s cybersecurity industry do in 2022?
The majority of capital that did flow into Israel's cybersecurity industry poured directly into one area: seed rounds of early-stage startups.
Playtika lays off 610 workers, shuts down three online gaming titles amid broader restructure
Playtika, the Israeli tech company that made its name through a series of wildly successful online gambling and gaming titles with hundreds of millions of players, is leveling the latest swing of the
Rezonate raises $8.7M and launches its cloud identity protection platform out of stealth
Rezonate, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based startup that offers an agent-less cloud identity protection platform that aims to help DevOps teams minimize attackers’ opportunities to breach cloud identity