Opinion & features
The rise and fall of StreamElements
“Globes” charts the demise of Israeli influencer sponsorship platform StreamElements, which raised $115 million during the Covid pandemic but has now sold its assets for a small fraction of this sum.
National Insurance Institute heading for disaster
The Ministry of Finance wants the unemployed, students and yeshiva students to pay more but that won’t cover an annual deficit expected to swell to NIS 18 billion by 2030 and NIS 48 billion by 2050.
Amnon Shashua doubles down on doubleAI
Sources familiar with Shashua’s plans say he has stepped down as Mobileye CEO, not to slow down, but to focus his efforts on doubleAI, with an ambitious vision that could even surpass the achievements of Mobileye.
As AI hits software sector, defense-tech flourishes
A report by Israeli recruiting firm GotFriends finds that while software firms are adjusting to AI with layoffs, defense-tech job vacancies are up 20% while salaries are comparable with other tech sectors.
“Marketing as we have known it is dead”
Insight Partners operating partner Gary Survis tells the Globes MAD Conference that AI has revolutionized marketing but will not necessarily lead to mass layoffs.