KDT Medical Investments controlled by billionaire Charles Koch’s Koch Industries is expected to invest $200-250 million in Israeli MRI guided ultrasound company Insightec and become the controlling shareholder. Read more...
Read MoreContinental is also stepping up its cyber-security efforts with the advent of their Automotive Security Operations Center (SOC). Leveraging the talents of its subsidiary Argus Cyber Security, the SOC will enable manufacturers to “continuously monitor the IT security of their vehicles on the road, detect attacks and react as quickly as possible,” according to a recent press release. Read more...
Read MoreMagniLEARN, an Ed-Tech company using artificial intelligence and Natural Language Processing, received second prize for innovation in Artificial Intelligence and was recognized as a promising AI Startup in the third annual China – Israel Innoweek Conference held in Beijing, China. Read more...
Read MoreA machine learning-based patient safety solution from Israel’s MedAware flagged 10,668 potential errors and adverse drug events in the records of 373,992 patients treated in the outpatient clinics of Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals. Read...
Read MoreGrowth often appears in discarded markets. I thought Theranos would set back cheap blood testing for a long time. But the Israeli company Sight Diagnostics samples two drops of blood and takes 1,000 digital images at varying illumination, then uses machine learning to identify levels of blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin. Sight CEO Yossi Pollak says they can identify malaria and perhaps “features relevant to diagnosing certain cancers.” Read more...
Read More
