99% interception success rate: Behind Israel’s multi-layered air defense system that thwarted Iran

99% interception success rate: Behind Israel’s multi-layered air defense system that thwarted Iran. Iran launched over 300 aerial threats, including ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. Israel intercepted the vast majority of them. The operation, which lasted several hours, is estimated to have cost over a billion dollars.

Cyber on fire: Cybersecurity sector is breaking away from high-tech industry. An arms race between the cyber giants, along with the disruption created by AI, is raising company valuations, resulting in improved exits and funding rounds.

Gigi Levy-Weiss: "If we do not push to establish as many new companies as possible this year, we will pay for it for many years to come." Levy-Weiss, General Partner at NFX, was speaking on a panel at Calcalist's AIsrael 2024 event held in collaboration with Microsoft. According to MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Chairman of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and former Minister of Innovation: "I am very concerned, despite the rate of development of AI and the enormous challenges in the field, the government is not on top of it."

"The IDF needs to change its defense concepts and incorporate more AI tools." Talya Gazit, partner and CEO of PwC Next and former head of “Mamram”, the IDF technology and cyber defense unit, was speaking on a panel on cyber at the AIsrael conference. Also participating were Liran Grinberg, founder and managing partner of Team8, Ami Luttwak, co-founder and VP of Technologies at Wiz, and Itamar Golan, founder and CEO, Prompt Security.

"Israel is a beacon for the world of advanced technology and AI in health." Prof. Ran Balicer, Chief Innovation Officer at Clalit Health Services was speaking at the AIsrael conference on a panel on the impact of the AI revolution on the world of medicine. Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, Chief Transformation Officer & Chief Innovation Officer at Sheba Medical Center: "At the national level, the next decade must be dedicated to the field of artificial intelligence in healthcare."