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Tel Aviv

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Torq’s $140M raise at a $1.2B valuation capped a coverage arc that increasingly casts Tel Aviv as a source of AI and cybersecurity startups.

Who they are

Tel Aviv appears in the coverage as a technology hub and company base, rather than as a single operating business. Its stories connect it to Israeli startups across cloud and SaaS security, AI infrastructure, biotech, enterprise software, gaming, communications and deep tech, as well as to global buyers and regulators.

The recent arc

Coverage reached its recent high in 2025Q2, driven in part by large strategic transactions, including SAP’s planned $1.5B cash acquisition of WalkMe and CrowdStrike’s agreement to acquire Adaptive Shield for roughly $300M. In 2024, the biggest attention centered on the reported US DOJ antitrust investigation into Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:ai, a Tel Aviv-based GPU-virtualization startup; Modern Times Group’s planned purchase of Plarium added another cross-border deal to the period.

The later coverage shifts from exits and scrutiny toward venture financing for AI- and security-oriented companies. Recent stories include Torq’s $140M raise, Sweet Security’s $75M round, Daylight’s $33M Series A, Remedio’s $65M financing, and Converge Bio’s $25M Series A, while Prisma Photonics and Second Nature broaden the picture beyond cyber into infrastructure monitoring and sales-training AI.

The tension

The central tension is between Tel Aviv’s role as a pipeline for globally valuable technology assets and the scrutiny that can accompany their acquisition or deployment. Nvidia’s Run:ai deal drew DOJ attention, while the Citizen Lab and Microsoft reporting on Tel Aviv-based QuaDream tied the city to mercenary-spyware concerns; against that backdrop, buyers such as SAP, CrowdStrike, PayPal, Apple, Samsung and Intel show persistent demand for companies built in the ecosystem.

Why it matters

If the current trajectory holds, Tel Aviv’s significance in coverage may increasingly rest on whether its AI and cyber companies can grow independently as well as become acquisition targets for global platforms. The concentration of funding in security operations, cloud protection and enterprise AI suggests durable commercial demand, but regulatory attention around high-profile transactions means future outcomes may depend on both product traction and the feasibility of cross-border consolidation.

Tel Aviv has appeared in 173 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2025Q2 with 11 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside TechCrunch, Israeli, Kyle Wiggers, Israel.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-01-14
TechCrunch 1 related

Sources and business records detail how Barcelona has emerged as an unlikely hub for spyware companies, raising concerns from digital rights groups

Toward the end of 2023, an Israeli security researcher from Tel Aviv said that he was approached on LinkedIn with an opportunity to work abroad with “good pay.” Bluesky: @zackwhittaker , @rondeibert ,...

2023-05-11
Bloomberg

A look at Tel Aviv-based Rayzone, whose surveillance system Echo, sold to governments, exploits ad data to track people via their phones

The innovation at the heart of the advertising technology industry is automated auctions to trade real-time data about mobile phone users … Tweets: @nervusbelli and @rj_gallagher Tweets: @nervusbelli ...

2023-04-17
CTech 4 related

Sources: Tel Aviv-based QuaDream is shutting down, after Microsoft and Citizen Lab said its mercenary spyware is being used to hack journalists and others

It was reported last week that the Israeli firm's hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries

2023-04-12
TechCrunch 31 related

Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail mercenary spyware from Tel Aviv-based QuaDream used to hack iOS 14-based iPhones of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker

why didn't Apple warn us? Wall Street Journal : New Spyware Firm Said to Have Helped Hack iPhones Around the Globe Phil Muncaster / Infosecurity : New Zero-Click iOS Exploit Deploys Israeli Spyware Ed...

2022-12-27
Haaretz

A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps governments, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement hack security cameras to alter live feeds and past recordings

2022-12-26
Haaretz

A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps clients in government and intelligence agencies hack security cameras and alter live feeds and past recordings

Meet Toka, the Israeli cyber firm founded by Ehud Barak, that lets clients hack cameras and change their feeds - just like in Hollywood heist movies Tweets: @haaretzcom , @spyblog , @haaretzcom , @haa...

2021-07-29
MIT Technology Review 8 related

NSO Group confirms that Israeli government officials opened an investigation and visited NSO's Tel Aviv office on Wednesday to assess Pegasus abuse allegations

‘We want them to check everything,’ says CEO of cybersecurity company implicated in campaigns against politicians, activists and other notable figures.

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Tel Aviv has appeared in 165 tech news articles since November 2016. The biggest stories include Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Nvidia's acquisition of Run:ai, a Tel Aviv-based... and Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Nvidia's acquisition of Run:ai, a Tel Aviv-based.... Frequently covered alongside TechCrunch, Kyle Wiggers, Meir Orbach, Ingrid Lunden, and Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch. Coverage has shifted toward funding, safety themes and away from consumer, enterprise.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +8pts; developer -58pts; consumer -8pts
2024Q3enterprise -13pts; safety +60pts; developer -17pts
2024Q4safety -60pts; developer +40pts; consumer +40pts

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