Building bridges in innovation: Maayan Shahar on scaling startups and crafting partnerships
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Maayan Shahar, managing director of UST Spark - the software company's open innovation program.Maayan's role is focused on identifying Israeli startups with potential and integrating them into UST's portfolio, and in this episode, she shares the expertise she has gained in this role as well as nearly 20 years in the tech industry.Eve and Maayan discuss tips and tricks for aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups, with a focus on strategic partnerships and scaling - two areas of Maayan's expertise.
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Driving toward safety: Tackling EMF exposure in cars with SafeFields
This week, host Abigail Rubinstein, interviews Shaul Shulman, the founder and CEO of SafeFields Technologies, a startup that focuses on the exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMF) within cars. Shaul will discuss the effects of the radiation and potential health problems for drivers with excessive exposure.Shaul also discusses the short history of SafeFields and its rapid rise, the science behind in-cabin radiation, and implementation in order to protect drivers. As SafeFields has opened to the Israeli public, global rollout will soon follow. Join Abigail as she takes a look at the effects of EMF and uncovers the groundbreaking ideas on how to keep people healthy and safe with new technology.
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Inside Immunai: Can artificial intelligence map our immune system?
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Noam Solomon - CEO and co-founder at Immunai.Immunai is a biotechnology company working to comprehensively map and decode the immune system with single-cell biology and AI to make new therapeutic discoveries, accelerate drug development, and improve patient outcomes. Noam will talk about how Immunai uses AI and machine learning to make medical advancements, and explain what machine learning is in laymans terms. He will also explain what kind of team is best suited to face the challenges of a complex, deep science problem like mapping human immunity.
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Tikun Olam: Meet the Israeli non-profit innovating how Israelis help each other
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Irad Renan, Co-Founder & CEO of Weme - a non-profit platform for volunteers.Irad and his co-founder created Weme in the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel and the Israel-Hamas war, after seeing how much help was needed, and how much Israelis wanted to give to and support each other.Weme is helping to overcome frictions in the volunteering market by helping connect those in need to those who can offer help - and users can both ask for and offer help, according to their needs.About Inside Israeli Innovation:Your go-to podcast for all things to do with innovation in Israel. Join Eve Young as she delves into the heart of Israel's tech and business scenes and uncovers the groundbreaking ideas and visionary minds working to shape the future. Join her each week as she shines a spotlight on the latest trends and entrepreneurial spirit propelling Israel to the forefront of global innovation.
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Using cell science to fight nuclear weapons: How is Pluri revolutionizing health and food tech?
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Yaky Yanay, the CEO and President of Biotechnology Research company Pluri. Yaky is also the former Co-Chairman and a current Board Member of the Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI) - the largest umbrella organization representing the life science and hi-tech industries in Israel. Pluri is using cell-based technology to do everything from curing radiation sickness to creating large amounts of meat and coffee from a small sample. Yaky will share how the technology has increased some radiation exposure survival rates from 30% to 100% and how one machine can take a tiny sample and turn it into 80,000 coffee plants. Yaky will talk about what these things mean for the future of healthcare and food production, especially in the age of global climate change. He will also explain why it's important in business to take existing industries into consideration and work together to take industries into the future rather than causing collapse. Join Eve Young as she delves into the heart of Israel's tech and business scenes and uncovers the groundbreaking ideas and visionary minds working to shape the future. Join her each week as she shines a spotlight on the latest trends and entrepreneurial spirit, propelling Israel to the forefront of global innovation.
Your go-to podcast for all things to do with innovation in Israel!Join Eve Young as she delves into the heart of Israel's tech and business scenes and uncovers the groundbreaking ideas and visionary minds working to shape the future. Join her each week as she shines a spotlight on the latest trends and entrepreneurial spirit propelling Israel to the forefront of global innovation.
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