Inside Israeli Innovation

This week, in a special Tu B'Av episode, host Eve Young - economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and The Jerusalem Post's Molly Myers discuss AI innovation in dating apps. Tu B'Av is a Jewish holiday associated with love. Today, especially in Israel, it is often seen as a Jewish version of Valentine's Day. Dating apps use machine learning algorithms and tools to help users find love. This...

This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Amitai Carney, co-founder of an AI project that helps Israelis and pro-Israel activists do better hasbara (public diplomacy) on social media. The tool uses AI to help Israelis overcome language barriers and cultural gaps by optimizing their comments or posts. It customizes suggestions based on the audience, the s...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 25. This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Omri Shalev, co-founder and CTO of Reeco - an AI-based hospitality procurement company.  Omri explains how he, and co-founder and CEO Henrik Shimony, learned about the disadvantages of the low-tech procurement systems normally used by hot...

This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews  Mickey Haslavsky, CEO and founder of Enso, a company making all kinds of services accessible to small businesses using AI bots. Mickey will explain what AI agents are, and what makes them different from the chatbots we are more familiar with. He will also explain what Enso does, and how it is using AI to help co...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 23. This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Dr. Karny Ilan, CEO and co-founder of femtech startup Feminai. As a team of female co-founders, the Feminai team ran into interesting reactions from potential investors, including meeting investors who told them that they needed a man on...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 22. This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews CEO Yair Amsterdam and VP of R&D Hila Geva from Verbit , a company using artificial intelligence to create captions and transcribe and to then analyze these transcriptions in real-time.  Yair and Hila explain how their products can he...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 21. This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews online ground transportation booking platform,  Travelier 's Omer Chehmer – Co-Founder & COO, and Noa Greenfield - Brand & advertising leader. Omer and Noa explain how Travelier is working to make land travel accessible to travell...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 20 This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Zack Levine, end-to-end Payment Services Provider Checkout's Vice President & General Manager, Israel. Zack explains how online payments work and how Checkout is striving to optimize this process and make it as smooth as possible for b...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 19. This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Einat Mesterman, director of the strategic program for quality employment in east Jerusalem in the Strategy and Innovation Department at the Jerusalem Municipality Einat explains what barriers residents of east Jerusalem with tech and STE...

This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Amy Ariel, Chief Marketing office of Komodor, an Israeli tech company helping other companies manage Kubernetes at scale. Amy explains what Kubernetes is, how it impacts all of us as consumers and how Komodor  is helping companies use it better. She also talks about the democratizing impact tech, and especially o...

This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Liran Zelkha, Co-founder of Lili, a fintech company making life easier for small businesses in the US with their software solutions. Liran explains how Lili is using artificial intelligence to help small business owners get the information that they need to make the right business decisions. He also talks about h...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 16. This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Michael Braginsky, Co-founder and CTO of Aidoc, an Israeli tech company that develops computer-aided triage and notification systems. Michael explains how Aidoc is using artificial intelligence to help doctors do their jobs better. He als...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Doron Zaur, founding partner at Earth and Beyond Ventures - an early stage venture capital fund focused on investing in Israeli deep tech and space tech. Doron explains why deep tech may be harder to replicate and how it can lead to incredible and unexpected in...

The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young This week, incoming host Eve Young, chief economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Emma Lipski, a principal at early-stage venture capital firm 10D , which works with Israeli entrepreneurs. Emma explains how venture capital influences innovation and shares exciting trends in Israel's start-up space to be aware of. Eve and Emma...

An Israeli technology company that a famous US gaming company acquired has developed a platform to fight censorship of October 7 massacre videos on social networks. Get to know Mavens and what makes the company tick in this week's episode of Inside Israeli Innovation. Then, host Maayan Hoffman will speak with Liat Ashkenazi , senior vice president of engineering at Own Company . A passionate innov...

This week, on Inside Israeli Innovation, host Maayan Hoffman delves into climate technology, talking with two industry leaders about whether the country's advancements could play a pivotal role in combating global warming and saving the planet. Guy Cherni, co-founder and managing partner of Climate First, and Karina Rubinstein, Venture Partner at the InNegev technology incubator, explore why Israe...

In this week’s episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, Maayan Hoffman kicks off the show with a conversation with RealEye Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Cohen , who delves into its cutting-edge technology to detect, identify, and rapidly extract threats, vulnerabilities, fraudulent activity, distinctive personas, and suspicious activities in the areas of law enforcement, intelligence, law enforcement, mil...

In this week’s episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, Maayan Hoffman takes listeners all over the innovation landscape. We start with a conversation with Michael Fertik , managing director and founder of Heroic Ventures , who shares his insights on investing in Israel during the Gaza war. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of investing in Israeli startups during geopolitical tensions. Fert...

This week on Inside Israeli Innovation, Maayan Hoffman explores the latest trends in cybersecurity in Israel against the backdrop of Cybertech Global Tel Aviv . Then, she talks to an organization helping small businesses navigate crises and build economic resilience. Finally, she dives into an interview with an Israeli company aiding financial institutions with communication compliance for transpa...

In this week's episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, join Maayan Hoffman as she delves into the world of artificial intelligence with two insightful guests. First up is Oded Vainas , the director of Data, AI, and Core Engineering at EverC, who shares expertise on using AI to identify high-risk merchants selling counterfeit products online. Discover the innovative strategies and technologies drivin...

In the latest episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, we delve into groundbreaking Israeli technology that could prevent road accidents. Join Maayan Hoffman and Jonathan Matus, founder and CEO of Fairmatic, as they explore how technology is reshaping the insurance industry, focusing on risk assessment, driver safety, and promoting safe driving practices. Matus highlights the potential of using insur...

Join us this week on Inside Israeli Innovation as Maayan Hoffman and special guest Noa Srebrnik, CEO of CitrusX, tackle the world of artificial intelligence (AI). Gain valuable insight into responsible AI development and execution.  Then, in honor of Women’s Month, discover how Srebrnik overcame gender bias in tech and her insights on creating a more inclusive workplace.  Also on this episode:  Nv...

In the latest episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, we dive into the dynamic intersection of cloud security, artificial intelligence, and global cybersecurity trends.  Host Maayan Hoffman sits down with Gil Geron, CEO of Orca Security, who sheds light on the evolving cloud landscape in Israel and globally. Learn about the geopolitical shifts influencing data localization trends. From rising tensio...

In this week’s episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, join Maayan Hoffman, Deputy CEO of Strategy and Innovation for the Jerusalem Post, Aviv Canaani, VP of Marketing and Sales at Datarails, and Lisa Bennett, CMO at Kaltura, as they delve into the challenges of maintaining business continuity amidst geopolitical tensions and conflicts. Discover how these industry leaders navigated the complexities...

In this week's episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, Maayan Hoffman and Alon Leibovich, managing director at Intel Ignite , dive into what it's like to develop a startup during a crisis. Leibovich shares his journey from being the founder and CEO of a startup serving 50 Fortune 500 clients to facing a sudden lawsuit by Facebook. Learn how he built a "work cabinet" of trusted advisors – legal peopl...