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Take a look at this picture. It was taken today at our Salesforce offices in Tel-Aviv. It shows a few dozens of Salesforce Israel employees in one of our regular all-hands meetings. What's so special about that? Well, that picture was taken exactly 36 hours after Iran launched a massive aerial strike against Israel with 100s of UCAVs, ballistic and cruise missiles carrying about 60 tons(!) of explosives. Thanks to the Israeli Air force, the air forces of the US, UK, France, Jordan and others *and* Israeli innovation and engineering talent who developed the most advanced multi-layered air defense systems in the world - luckily that attack ended up with relatively low impact. It was a sleepless night for all us in Israel who got an advanced notice of the attack and basically spent that night bracing for impact. Now take another look at this picture. 36 hours later - People showing up at the office, talking to each other, having a few laughs, having meetings, discussing deadlines, solving business problems, discussing engineering problems, doing demos, having coffee and lunch together, having an all-hands meeting together. 36 hours ago we were bracing for impact of 60 tons of explosives that were about to fall out of the sky. Take another look at this picture - This is how resilience looks like. You can count on us. We deliver. No matter what. https://lnkd.in/eXSvz3xv

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Starting a startup in the #builtenvironment is a unique journey compared to other industries for several reasons. 🏗️👷‍♀️🏬 Thanks, CivilEng קבוצת, for inviting me to share my thoughts after launching LeanCon with Sapir Tubul. While every company's path is unique, in this article, I've outlined some basic steps that most startups should consider taking in the beginning. Thinking about starting your own venture and developing a new cutting-edge technology for the #builtenvironment but not sure where to start? I'd be happy to chat 1on1 and offer guidance to help you navigate your first steps. Feel free to reach out. 🚀🚀 Liran Levin | Fusion VC | MBA Ventures | Second Century Ventures | NAR REACH 🍒💎 #TheFirstConstructionEngineeringTeamCreatedByAIIsHere #ConstructionTech #LeanConstruction #FutureOfConstruction #AIInConstruction

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🚀 Ensuring Production Readiness with Dedication and Expertise 💼 Discover how the SAP Mission Control Center played a crucial role in ensuring a smoother production readiness for the Ministry of Health of Israel. Our team's commitment and expertise made all the difference in supporting this critical project. 👉 Read the full story here: https://imsap.co/6043lKFLH #SAPCustomerSupport #SAPMissionControlCenter

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Sharing an article from Calcalist, where I mentioned that GenAI agents are not only already coming to reality, but also that they can work on a proactive manner with old school predictive capabilities around customer intents #GenAI #AI #insights #agent

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The simple truth

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𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 💡  𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲: Navigating the cultural differences between Israel and the US is crucial for successful recruitment and integration of American talent into Israeli companies. 🎯 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬: Familiarize yourself with the local work culture, which often emphasizes individualism, direct communication, and work-life balance. This knowledge helps in setting realistic expectations and creating an appealing work environment for American recruits. 🎯 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Ensure clear and transparent communication. American professionals appreciate direct and open conversations, but also value politeness and respect. Tailor your communication style to be assertive yet considerate. Explain and clearly convey the company's values and vision. This will increase the chances to attract top-tier talent. 🎯 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Provide timely communication with the candidate throughout the hiring process. Ghosting can be very damaging to the employer brand. A positive experience can be a deciding factor in their choice to join your organization. When providing negative responses, it's customary to email the candidate and thank them for their time and effort in the hiring process and leave an open door for future opportunities. For a full article with more tips for hiring globally: English: https://bit.ly/4bguxlu Hebrew: https://bit.ly/3wvtEqg #connectim #globalsearch #headhunting #usa #uk

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Israel is a giant playground if you can perceive it as such. One of my adventures in the corridors of Israeli academia (it’s a comedy. They all are) involved an esoteric investigation into a new class of numbers. There was a notion that there is a negative zero and a positive zero, and that it is somehow useful. I came in to the lab, understood what is required, and wrote the code that produces negative and positive zeros, and queries that perform statistical analysis on the outputs, etc, etc, etc. Negative zeros, positive zeros, perhaps useless in any case aside from slippage calculation in zero-ish trade thresholds. In any case, it’s unfeasible, due to Binance fees. https://lnkd.in/dfjKhTND

See you tomorrow at Google Cloud Day Tel Aviv? Hundreds of passionate cloud tech innovators have already registered to spend the day with us learning and honing skills in the areas of ✅ Advanced use cases for AI ✅ Cybersecurity in the gen AI era ✅ Future proofing your systems with AI-driven infrastructure ✅ Unleashing the power of data and AI ✅ GameDev-ing at scale Whether your organization is cloud native or starting their cloud journey, whether you want to develop innovative customer service or applications to better serve your customers, or increase your productivity – Cloud Day Tel Aviv is where you’ll find inspiration and practical tips. See you tomorrow! #Google #GoogleCloud #CloudForIsrael #CloudDayTelAviv #StartupNation

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"Don't be afraid to make any mistakes. Don't get in love with your product, get in love with the solution." In a recent episode of Tech Salescraft, Elad Ben-Israel, Co-Founder and CEO of Wing, delves into the challenging yet rewarding path of navigating the startup landscape. With extensive experience in tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon, Elad shares his insights on the importance of innovative sales strategies and the evolving role of a CEO in a tech startup. Explore our latest blog for a detailed look at how Elad’s journey and Wing’s approach to building impactful tech solutions highlight the significance of passion, leadership, and community in driving startup success.👇 https://lnkd.in/ez37nbQ7 #StartupStories #TechSalesRecruitment #TechSalescraft #TechSalesBlog

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This post is dedicated to my non-Israeli friends. But everyone’s welcome to read it :)   I’m sitting down to write this post about 10 minutes before the Israeli Memorial Day transitions to our Independence Day. Every year this is a nearly unbearable transition, from deep sadness to pride and joy. We are taught, from a very young age (as early as 6 years old, as I learned this year through my son), that these two dates were set intentionally, so that us Israelis will always remember that our independence came, and keeps coming, at great cost. This year, I feel it’s even worse than unbearable. It’s simply impossible. I find myself uncapable of celebrating Independence Day. As a nation and a country, we’re still at war. As an individual (and far from being the only one feeling like this), I’m still mourning. I truly believe we should still find ways to be happy and participate in or even initiate whatever activities that serve that purpose. But highlighting the achievement of becoming an independent country, of forming a safe country for Jewish people.. Right now it just doesn’t feel like the right time to do that.     And here’s why I’m writing to you, non-Israelis. I want to tell you more about what I’m mourning. I hope this will help those of you who see Israel at a mostly negative light, better understand the complexity of our reality.   Personally, I fully acknowledge Israel shares the responsibility over the truly shitty life of the people of Gaza. Along with that, I’m mourning what Israelis must live through right now: The tragic loss of so many loved ones, so many of them in terrible ways that I don’t think I’ll ever dare expose myself to. The need to leave their homes, and uproot their families, their whole lives. The fear that we’ll never feel safe again, not in Israel, and not anywhere else. The feeling I often struggle with, that I might never fully recover from my personal Oct 7 experience. That I will never be my best self again because of it – not the best mother I want to be, not the best partner, not the best friend, not the best employee.   So back to the complexity – you see, almost all Israelis are like me. People who just want to feel safe, just want to provide their kids with everything they need, just want to be able to celebrate without thinking about all that is wrong in the world.   I’m proud to be Israeli, although I’ve never felt more challenged to say it out loud.

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Salesforce Acquires an Israeli Data Management Provider ​​for $450 Million Zoomin, an Israeli startup that offers tools for processing unstructured data, was acquired by Salesforce. Zoomin developed a content delivery platform that makes it possible to process unstructured data to make it more accessible to AI models and systems. Among Zoomin’s customers there are Dell Technologies and Mastercard. Salesforce will integrate Zoomin’s technology to equip its AI-driven autonomous service chatbots with the capability to provide personalized answers to customers’ needs. - Salesforce was one of the initial investors in Zoomin, making a strategic investment in the company in 2018. - To date, Zoomin, founded in 2016 by Gal Oron, Joe Gelb and Hannan Saltzman, raised about $73 million in venture capital. Zoomin has offices in NYC, Tel Aviv and London. Source: https://lnkd.in/dZeQ765n, https://lnkd.in/d2ZbEyEp Photo: https://lnkd.in/dyQHyadn

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#IsraeliStartups, particularly in the #healthcare sector, are thriving due to a combination of factors. 🇮🇱 #Israel is recognized as a global leader in #medicalinnovation, boasting a vibrant ecosystem of about 1,500 companies in healthcare and life sciences. 🦾💻🌐 This innovation is driven by a strong foundation in technological advancements, such as AI and #RemoteDiagnostics. 🧲💸 Significant #investment is another pillar supporting Israeli healthcare startups. In recent years, these companies have raised billions, exemplified by the $6.5 billion amassed by 250 active startups in areas like #DigitalHealth, #MedicalDevices, and #Biopharma. These factors combined, position #Israeli #healthcareStartups not only as leaders in innovation but also as crucial players in the global healthcare market. 🇮🇱

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I had the honor of being interviewed by Globes about the recent groundbreaking advancements from OpenAI and Google. It's fascinating to witness the rapid pace of innovation and how these giants are pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI. Key takeaways from the interview: OpenAI's GPT 4o Launch: OpenAI introduced GPT 4o, a model that’s twice as fast and half the cost of its predecessor. With 100 million active weekly users, the goal is to make AI models even more accessible and integrated into daily life. Exciting features like video calls with ChatGPT are on the horizon! Google's Gemini Upgrade: At Google’s annual developer conference, they showcased enhancements to their AI model, Gemini, which can now handle more data and produce even more sophisticated outputs. Google also emphasized the integration of AI in their search engine and the development of advanced personal assistants. The Future of AI: Both companies are striving towards creating intelligent personal assistants that can handle a myriad of tasks seamlessly. This includes recognizing emotions in voice and eventually through video. In the interview, I mentioned: "Until now, integrating individual text segments into models was a manual process. The future model aims to provide continuous and comprehensive responses, seeing everything you see. However, it's unclear when this will become a reality." Challenging Business Models: It's intriguing to see how these companies might be disrupting their own business models. OpenAI’s move to offer GPT-4 for free aims to build a vast user base, which could convert to premium users in the future. For Google, integrating AI into search might reduce ad revenue but is essential for maintaining relevance. NVIDIA’s Crucial Role: Both OpenAI and Google acknowledge NVIDIA’s pivotal contribution with their advanced GPUs, which are essential for these AI advancements. This collaboration underscores NVIDIA's importance in the AI ecosystem. The AI landscape is incredibly dynamic, and it's a privilege to be part of this revolution. Looking forward to seeing how these technologies evolve and shape our future! Link: https://lnkd.in/dn_hFv5K

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https://lnkd.in/eNVrg3nh #Product #Managers are key in AI safety as it's is essential for the responsible development of artificial intelligence, ensuring that systems operate reliably and align with human values. As AI integrates into various sectors, the risks of malfunctions and unintended consequences—such as bias and privacy violations—become increasingly significant. Read about my thoughts on how PMs can drive more AI safety. #AI_Safety #ProductManagers #AI

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Episode #25: AgriPass- Weeding the way. Don’t miss this 120 second video about one of the hottest new startups in Israel; and FOLLOW us so you don’t miss another episode! In this video, Gerson Panitch interviews Guy Raz. #whatsnextinisraeltech

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Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting Billion-Dollar Israeli Cloud Contract!! After a number of workers participated in a sit-in protest against its cloud contract with the #Israeli government, a day after nine staffers were suspended and then arrested for participating in the protest. In a memo, the company alleged the protesting workers “took over office spaces” and “defaced our property,” while the group behind the protests, called No Tech for Apartheid, said that the firings were “clearly retaliatory.” https://lnkd.in/ehTrZDU6 For more information on open positions, we are working on globally with our Portfolio Clients then contact Andrew Robinson FREC, louise robinson or Rebecca Beauchamp call us on +44 (0)1923 312435. Why not follow Paradigm Recruitment on https://lnkd.in/gssS9BWN  #paradigmrecruitment #hiring #careers #startup #recruitment #IPO #cybersecurity #cybercareers #cyberjobs #startupjobs #cloud #cloudsecurity #security #cloudsecurity #AI #Boiometrics #Analytics #MachineLearning #ThreatIntelligence #DarkWeb

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What if all the trending #buzzwords, when put together, actually made sense? 🧐 I spoke about global #election campaigns, and how #AI-generated #deepfake was used in trying to skew them. The talk is in Hebrew, but I'm sure there's an AI for that 😉 It was based on detailed research by CP<R>'s Yoav Arad Pinkas, which can be read here - https://lnkd.in/dGfkR4vE Wikimedia Israel Reichman University Check Point Software https://lnkd.in/dRpPKf3X

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Most promising Israeli startups: 5 cyber companies to watch in 2024 Oasis Security, Astrix Security, Backslash Security, Zenity, and OneLayer were the highest-ranked cyber companies in this year's list of the 50 most promising Israeli startups

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Episode #8: XOLTAR - AI companion for patients. Don’t miss this 90 second video about one of the hottest new startups in Israel; and FOLLOW us so you don’t miss another episode! In this video, Gerson Panitch interviews Asaf Shiloni. #whatsnextinisraeltech

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