“There’s definitely a decrease in the number of new startups but the quality of startups has increased”

“There’s definitely a decrease in the number of new startups but the quality of startups has increased.” Nofar Amikam, General Partner at Glilot Capital Partners, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector. 

Declining results, a crashing stock, and a CEO under duress - what is going on at AudioCodes? The Covid-19 pandemic propelled AudioCodes, which specializes in communication solutions for digital work environments, to a record valuation of over $1.3 billion in 2020. The founder had plans for an exit, but that led to a conflict with an old friend, and as the epidemic waned, demand weakened, and the company's stock plummeted.

Can AI Public Benefit Corporations truly serve the public? A “Public Benefit Corporation" is a nice branding idea, but the primary unanswered question remains: what benefit, and for whom?

Despite innovation, cultured meat is still far from reaching your plate. While cultured meat products were recently approved in the U.S., this alternative to the pollutive meat industry is far from competing on a mass scale.

Opinion | 10 things to consider before adopting AI technology in the OR. Before implementing any new AI tech in your hospital’s ORs, there are a few key considerations you should bear in mind. After all, evaluating AI-based solutions requires a very different set of criteria than, say, trying out the latest surgical stapler, writes Dotan Asselmann, Co-Founder & CTO at Theator.