Daniel Halabi

Interview on Channel 10 – The Economy Channel with Danny Roup. Boosting productivity in the Israeli economy starts with inclusive participation in the labor market. It’s not just an economic necessity – it’s a moral one.

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My friend shared this hot take about Israeli startups and I can't stop thinking about it. That first US hire almost never works out. They all blame different things, but ultimately? It's culture. Sure, they come with a very impressive GTM background and you count on them bringing that skill to your team. But there's this whole other job no one talks about in the interviews: Being the bridge. Do they actually get Israeli culture? Can they help Israelis adapt to American business? Can they convince great American talent to work with Israeli founders? It's such a tough balance to strike. My friend's take (which I totally agree with): Stop obsessing over finding the "top marketers" in New York. Look for people who can build bridges. Yeah, maybe their marketing skills aren't quite as polished. But they'll stick around. They'll grow. And most importantly? They'll help you build the right team. Sometimes the perfect resume isn't what you need. You need someone who can speak both languages (and I don't mean Hebrew).

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Our posts about ivrit.ai are usually (surprise surprise) written in Hebrew. Today, we're making an exception to accomodate our global viewers as we share our experience with the ElevenLabs' scribe-v1 Speech-to-Text model. As most of you know, we maintain a Hebrew Transcription leaderboard on Huggingface (link in first comment). This was needed as fleurs and common-voice are low-quality datasets with regards to Hebrew. When ElevenLabs launched scribe_v1, we were eager to try it out. The initial results were a mixed bag: some benchmarks where scribe_v1 provides best-in-class results, others where it fumbles significantly. Our analysis mostly hints at issues with long-form transcriptions, where it simply "drops" large parts of the text after 1-2 minutes. We had a quick discussion about this with ElevenLabs support, but the end result is still subpar performance on Hebrew transcription, and we suspect this may be true for other low-resource languages. We think scribe_v1's technology is best-in-class, and are hoping to work together with the ElevenLabs team to fix this. So, if anyone at EL wants to chime in and make this happen (Mati Staniszewski Piotr Dabkowski :)), please reach out to us. We believe this might make scribe_v1 much better at not just Hebrew, so it might be worth your time. Our benchmarks are open, we're a non-profit, and in the last few weeks we open-sourced >5000 hours of speech with high-quality transcriptions. If anyone here has friends at EL and wants to help, please tag them! Kinneret Misgav, PhD Yoad Snapir Yanir Marmor

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Operations vs Strategy - which is more important? My answer has always been operations. Strategy is simply a smart operational process to figure out the right strategy. When we started the Israel Tech Mission nearly 1.5 years ago our focus was on action, operations and impact. And see impact to date: https://lnkd.in/e95Z92wZ

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We’re thrilled to announce that Tabit is the first restaurant tech company in Israel to offer direct integration with Reserve with Google – enabling diners to book a table straight from Google Search or Maps with just a couple of clicks. This feature is already a standard in leading markets like the U.S. – and now, we’re bringing it to Israeli hospitality, with a seamless, guest-first experience. Restaurants using Tabit Guest will: ▪️ Appear prominently on Google with a “Reserve a Table” button ▪️ Receive real-time reservation updates, fully synced with their system ▪️ Enjoy increased visibility, smoother operations, and happier guests “We’ve redesigned the user experience end-to-end: • Reduced the booking process to just two clicks • Connected reservations directly to restaurants using Tabit • Created a natural, modern flow – the way we’d want to book ourselves. This is not just a tech solution – it’s a cultural shift in how guests engage with restaurants. When the experience is simple, fast, and personal – guests come back, and restaurants thrive.” — Idan Shaked, Chief Product Officer & EVP, Tabit. On mobile – where most dining decisions are made – Google listings appear first, making Tabit-powered restaurants the most accessible option for booking. On Google Maps, guests can reserve a table without ever leaving the app – no redirects, no tech platform branding – just your restaurant, front and center. This is more than convenience. It’s the future of hospitality, and we’re proud to lead it – again. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2SiCBP5 #Tabit #RestaurantTech #ReserveWithGoogle #GoogleReservations #HospitalityInnovation #DigitalDining

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I added the new Israeli Proptech startup landscape by TLV Partners to my 2025 collection on VC Cafe. There are over 200+ Israeli startups operating in the proptech sector (including a number of unicorns). The new crop of AI-first startups are penetrating every layer of the tech stack - from elevating the tenant experience and enabling predictive maintenance, to construction site monitoring and delivering AI-driven infrastructure insights. Link to the CTech by Calcalist article with the commentary below.

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