Itamar Weisbrod

Ever since Eyal Melamed joined as our VP R&D, we've been having some incredible, thought-provoking conversations. These aren't your typical executive check-ins. We get into the weeds on the technical challenges that fascinate us both - the kind of deep infrastructure work that brought Eyal to Rise in the first place. We talk about what it truly takes to make AI work at scale in ad tech - a massive undertaking that spans tackling infrastructure challenges, processing hundreds of trillions of data points in real-time, and building auction systems that simply never fail. Eyal calls our Smart Auction Management technology "one of the most sophisticated AI-powered auction engines in the industry." Coming from someone who’s seen and navigated scale at some of the most advanced tech organizations, that hits differently. This piece came out today about his take on what we've built here. https://lnkd.in/dbuSK2Nd Honestly, during all these conversations, one thing became clear to me: we’ve spent so much time building that we haven’t shared how we actually think differently about AI infrastructure. We’re built on a foundation of big data expertise - processing hundreds of trillions of data points every single day (take a moment to let that sink in..). We’ve engineered AI-based autoscaling that maintains performance at millions of requests per second. Our optimization models don’t hide behind black-box magic - they deliver transparent, explainable results.  And now, we’re layering Gen-AI on top of an infrastructure that already runs at scale like few others can imagine. So something this big calls for something new: Every week, I'll be sharing insights from our journey building AI-driven programmatic technology - the technical and strategic thinking behind systems that actually work in production. Excited to share the lessons we're learning while building AI at scale. P.S. Curious what you see here — authentic photo or AI-generated?

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The startup nation has done it again! 👏🏼 Google for Startups just announced the first cohort of its Growth Academy: AI for GovTech, with 25 companies that leverage AI to assist governments and improve life for citizens across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. And among those selected companies, there is an Israeli startup: CargoSeer, that streamlines how customs agencies check international cargo shipments using AI. I’m humbled to see founders who bring fresh solutions to the complex problems societies have been trying to solve for years and even decades. And so proud of how Google& Google for Startups Israel supports the ecosystem and helps innovative startups make a real difference in the world!

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AI unicorn Gong to add 100 jobs following revenue surge. The Israeli company has hit a $300M run rate and is growing its global presence with new offices, in addition to significantly increasing its local workforce. https://lnkd.in/eJ6GM93M

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We have been mapping the Israeli Generative AI landscape since ChatGPT came out more or less. In the latest version, published on Thursday, we've mapped 342 startups that collective raised over $20 billion. More than half of the new companies we've added this year possess agentic AI capabilities. Can Israeli startups compete globally in Generative AI? Absolutely. 🇮🇱 Israel is emerging as a global GenAI hub, with the highest AI talent concentration (Stanford 2024) and a culture of deep tech innovation. 📈 The number of GenAI startups has nearly doubled in a year 🔐 The categories that saw the most growth this year were cyber and healthcare, followed by LLM ops and marketing tools 💡 Global VCs (like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and Insight Partners) are doubling down on elite Israeli talent, while global R&D centres including NVIDIA are planning multi billion expansion plans in Israel. ⚙️ Despite global headwinds, the Israeli startup ecosystem is proving resilient, resourceful, and opportunity-driven—especially in tackling GenAI’s toughest challenges: privacy, cost, trust, and explainability. At Remagine Ventures we've made over 13 investments in GenAI startups at pre-seed are bullish on big wins ahead. Link to the landscape evolution in the first comment below 👇

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🎙️✨ #SPOTLIGHT E6 is live! Stav Levi Neumark (Co-founder & CEO, Alta | AI Revenue Workforce) joins Avi Eyal (Managing Partner, Entrée Capital) to talk about how #AI #agents are transforming the way sales get done and reshaping #GTM execution. Together they dive into: 🔥 The data and infrastructure behind agent performance 🔥 How AI agents unlock pipeline most teams ignore 🔥 Rethinking how AI tools are priced and measured 🔥 What early-stage founders should get right from day one If you're building with AI agents, thinking about GTM scale, or rethinking how sales get done, this one’s for you. 🎧 Watch & listen now 👉 https://bit.ly/3IxMu5A 

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A global mindset from the start encourages bigger thinking You can't hide behind traction that is "good enough." Our Israel team wrote about how founders there have turned fast pivots into a core operating system, and why that mindset matters for founders everywhere: https://lnkd.in/gc8NXZiF

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