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A future beyond models

04.12.24|Ori Goshen

"The AI market is evolving rapidly and encountering obstacles along the way—such is the nature of a technology this transformative," writes Ori Goshen, co-founder and co-CEO of AI21 Labs.

כנס AI 2024 אורי גושן מייסד משותף ומנכל משותף AI21 Labs וידאו

“Not just another scaled-up model”: AI21 Labs CEO on the company's new Jamba model

26.09.24|Maya Nahum Shahal

Ori Goshen spoke at Calcalist’s AI conference about how organizations struggle to adopt AI tools due to several factors, including the unreliability of these tools, the high cost of errors, and issues related to data security, and how AI21 Labs latest model addresses these problems.

AI21 unveils upgraded long-context Jamba models for enterprises

22.08.24|Meir Orbach

The new models aim to revolutionize AI capabilities for organizations with long context needs and include Hebrew and Arabic support.

פרופ' אמנון שעשוע מובילאיי ינואר 2024

The highs and lows of Amnon Shashua's tech empire

11.08.24|Sophie Shulman

Why the tech visionary behind Mobileye is facing his toughest business challenges yet.

תחרות אטלס - תחרות סטארטאפים, חסות מדיה של כלכליסט תמונה של כל הזוכים

Atlas Awards: Robot and drone operating system developer XTEND wins big prize

16.05.24|Tomer Hadar

XTEND, founded in 2018 by Aviv and Matteo Shapira, Rubi Liani and Adir Tubi, developed a system that allows robots to be used in complex field missions instead of endangering soldiers; The winner in the innovation category: ForSight Robotics, which developed a robotic platform for eye surgery. Other winners: Immunai in the health category, AI21 in the artificial intelligence category, Claroty in industrial innovation and Optibus in the field of transportation

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"Anytime we’re threatened, we become more Israeli"

26.03.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal

Pitango First’s Eyal Niv joined CTech to share insights about Israel and its tech sector as we settle into 2024

Israeli AI leaders AI21 Labs, Lightricks, D-ID launch new products for red-hot GenAI market

28.02.24|James Spiro

The trio of Israeli companies have each announced products and services that will boost the country’s presence in the growing sector.

In 2024, AI is poised to become more useful and accurate than ever

22.02.24|Ori Goshen

“The risks associated with artificial intelligence are not going away, and some are even expected to stay and increase. However, the ability to use AI in an efficient, accurate and more supervised and controlled manner is expected to improve in 2024,” writes Ori Goshen, co-founder and co-CEO at AI21 Labs

שבוע הסטארטאפים של גוגל יום 4 פאנל נועה אלפנט, יואב שוהם, מאיר לוין, פרופ' גל צ'צ'יק

Nvidia Sr. Director of AI Research: "Israel must invest more in AI to reclaim a leadership position in this field"

15.02.24|Hagay Gilboa

Prof. Gal Chechik was speaking on a panel with Prof. Yoav Shoham, founder and co-CEO of AI21, Noa Elefant Loffler, Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google, and Deputy Attorney General Meir Levin

כנס TechTLV - פרופ' יואב שוהם מייסד ומנכ"ל משותף AI21 Labs וידאו

AI21 CEO: "There may be a decrease in funding in tech, but AI is a funding bubble"

16.01.24|Amir Kurtz

Prof. Yoav Shoham, founder and co-CEO of AI21, who chairs the scientific committee of the National Program for Artificial Intelligence, believes Israel should be doing more to promote local AI development

The five biggest megarounds of 2023 in Israeli tech

Cloud security startup Wiz’s $300 million Series D was the largest funding round by an Israeli startup in the past year, followed by Next Insurance ($265 million), eToro ($250 million), Cato Networks ($238 million), and AI21 ($208 million)

מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 מגזין סטארטפים - חברת ai21- אמנון שעשוע יואב שוהם אורי גושן

AI21 takes Series C to $208 million with additional $53 million in funding

21.11.23|Sophie Shulman

The AI company’s additional funding, including from new investors Intel Capital and Comcast Ventures, was raised at a $1.4 billion valuation

Iron Lions: an AI21 Labs project collecting survivor testimony from October 7

01.11.23|Ariela Karmel

The project has already collected over 100 survivor testimonies from the Nova music festival, survivors of the attacked Kibbutzim, and families of hostages.

Yoav Shoham Ori Goshen Amnon Shashua A21

AI21 Labs riding GenAI wave with $155 million Series C at $1.4 billion valuation

31.08.23|Sophie Shulman

The Israeli startup, founded by Prof. Amnon Shashua, Prof. Yoav Shoham, and Ori Goshen, earned unicorn status thanks to its text-based generative AI services for enterprises. Investors include Google, Nvidia, and co-founder Shashua

Yoav Shoham Ori Goshen Amnon Shashua A21

AI21 Labs: “It’s like the mobile revolution but maybe even bigger"

25.04.23|Sophie Shulman

The explosion of new generation artificial intelligence, with ChatGPT becoming a household name, also boosted the business of AI21 Labs - with Amazon being just one of its new customers

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AI21 Labs vs. CTech: Human or Not?

19.04.23|James Spiro

We played against a machine and learned algorithms come in all shapes and sizes - just like humans.

Yoav Shoham Ori Goshen Amnon Shashua A21

AI21 Labs looking to challenge OpenAI in language model race

09.03.23|James Spiro

The Israeli startup announces Jurassic-2 language model and five new APIs for businesses

Ctech forecasts event Yoav Shoham

“The future of generative AI will be in its precision”

29.12.22|Noa Gadot

"Many generic things can satisfy you. However, as you go beyond these experiences you will need to be precise. If you write an email to a customer you can't get it wrong," explained Yoav Shoham, co-founder of AI21 Labs, speaking about the potential of generative tech

מימין אנסטסיה לוין איילת מבור עמית בר שי

The layoff payoff: "Getting let go came as a surprise, but it only helped my career”

02.10.22|Maayan Manela

At a time when many companies are announcing downsizing, we talked to three people for whom the layoffs were a turning point in their careers. "It's great fun to be on the other side when you can say in retrospect that everything was for the best, but when you go through it, the job search doesn't feel optimistic"

Yoav Shoham AI21 Labs 20

“Dip your toes in the water of AI. There's no substitute for experience.”

Being literate with AI and NLP will be important for most people as AI becomes an integral part of our lives, says Yoav Shoham, co-founder of AI21 Labs.