VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

According to Gartner’s “AI hype cycle”, generative AI is at the peak of inflated expectations ( source ). But with Stable Diffusion, which offers an open source generative AI API already, we’re starting to see developers training the generative AI algorithms to perform specific tasks.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

The state of Generative AI startups in Israel According to The Global AI Index by Tortoise Media, the first index to benchmark nations on their level of investment, innovation and implementation of artificial intelligence, Israel is the 7th most attractive AI hub globally. Workflow automation – the reason Jasper.ai

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. Gett – Taxi hailing and deliveries in Israel, Russia and UK (Raised $102M). Image credit: Kosher OC Magazine.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

They brought a six point manifesto for clients like AT&T, Marriott, GE, SAB Miller, Campbells Soup and others: Embrace open surce and behave like programmers. Carl Fremont, Chief Digital Officer at MEC and a keynote at the upcoming Marketing & Ad:Tech Israel (www.adtechsummit.com) conference, explains. Listen Intently.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 10, 2012

Source Sans Pro: Adobe’s first open source font family – [link]. It’s Not (Just) the Culture, Stupid: 4 Reasons Why Israel’s Economy Is So Strong – [link]. Notes and Paper Design Textures – [link]. 20 Cool Business Cards That You Should See – [link]. Want to eat more protein?

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SiliconHills

APRIL 19, 2013

The team from Israel has created an open source platform for cloud computing that is fast and efficient. The open source program runs on Openstack, the operating system for the cloud, which Rackspace created along [.] The post ZeroVM Creates Software for Cloud Computing appeared first on SiliconHills.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

The US and China are in the lead, but Israel has certainly earned itself a place as one of the leading centers of excellence in the global AI ecosystem with companies like AI21 Labs, which is developing a large language model Jurassic, which can be considered as an alternative to GPT. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

GreenSQL – open source database firewall software. Israel's dollar volume of deals is up almost 100% compared to the previous quarter. Israel's dollar volume of deals is up almost 100% compared to the previous quarter. Number of deals: The number of VC investments in Israel for Q2 2011 remained flat.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Just a few years on and Snyk has evolved from being an open source vulnerabilities scanner and to becoming the world’s first developer security platform that start-ups worldwide can build upon. I visited Israel and, after a bunch of meals together, they decided to join. Everything about it was built through that lens.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

V iola Private Equity , an Israeli PE fund with $164 million under management for technology buyouts, has announced a $7 million investment in Zend , the leading provider of open-source and commercial solutions based on PHP web applications. According to Linkedin , Zend has a headcount of 130.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

Kaltura - Kaltura provides the first Open Source platform for video management, creation, interaction and collaboration. A special shout out to the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute as well as the Foreign Trade Administration of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.

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Guy Nirpaz

APRIL 9, 2010

There is a lot of potential in enterprise software, specifically when applying modern approaches to eneterprise software. Guy Nirpaz said: New blog post – Life in enterprise software [link] [.]

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Yair Margolin: Php, MySql (built for scalability on servers) and open source (you can add any API very quickly abd it’s also cheap). Tags: BeeTV BizMe2 Boaz Yehuda Boxee Israel Softier Yair Margolin. Everything is virtual- with a focus on marketing and managing the system. If BizMe2 gets the execution right, this could be big.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 14, 2016

Last year, I open sourced the list and with graduation season coming, I thought I would share an updated version, again organized by geography. Andy Rachleff at Stanford / Wealthfront does the same in the fall ( here's their Oct 2015 list ), although it is lighter on East Coast companies.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 14, 2016

Last year, I open sourced the list and with graduation season coming, I thought I would share an updated version, again organized by geography. Andy Rachleff at Stanford / Wealthfront does the same in the fall ( here's their Oct 2015 list ), although it is lighter on East Coast companies.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 12, 2016

The advent of the cloud, open source development tools and lean startup practices have led to a different evolutionary pattern for startups. Israel has been a particularly exciting source of entrepreneurial talent in the areas that we focus (e.g., Over the last few years, the needs of founders have changed dramatically.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 22, 2013

When Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center wanted to improve their sites mobile experience, BlueTrain Mobile made an example of how one page of their website would have looked if they had adopted responsive design, and how the page would have looked in a dedicated mobile site. Faster load times.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 7, 2005

Just the other day, I took a redeye back from Israel and bumped into a couple of Israeli VCs and entrepreneurs making their annual journey to CES. While in Israel, I also had the opportunity to discuss home networking and automation with a few bright individuals.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Israeli startup Blaze Meter , a load testing in the cloud compatible with open source Apache Jmeter, has recently raised an undisclosed round from Yoav Leitersdorf’s YL Ventures. VC Cafe: Like any enterprise business run out of Israel, the challenge is distribution. I can name Tescom and Tesnet in Israel.

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kenegozi.com

APRIL 24, 2012

alt-net-israel(8). open-source-software(14). activerecord(23). altnetuk(6). architecture(28). asp-net-2-0(39). asp-net-mvc(3). aspview(68). blog-engine(18). c-sharp(53). castle(102). client-side(35). debugging(6). javascript(14). licensing(2). miscellanea(83). monorail(90). nhibernate(17). personal(49). testing(9). winfx(1).

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. High Quality, and open sourced! Mantis (Open source). Nagios (open source). Panda (Open source). launchpad (bzr only, also only open source projects).

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

It is also true that open source and the commoditization of many technologies has put much more emphasis on experience. Mark Suster • Nov 17, 2010 Haven't been to LA for a while - and actually in Israel (fascinating) for 12 mnths - we will intersect I guess in NY, SF or London one of these days. Ever make it to LA?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

From Open Source LLMs, to new APIs, both startups and tech giants continue to push the envelope on what is possible to automate and improve using generative AI technologies. Open Source might be the future, but it faces big hurdles Tools like Chatbot Arena are useful in comparing the quality of results on various models.

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