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“Software was eating the world. Now electricity, power and concrete are eating the world back.” In a new episode of Nafal Ha'asimon - נפל האסימון podcast, @YonatanMandelba sits down with Mark Mendelman to unpack the infrastructure behind the AI boom - from neoclouds and GPUs to data centers, energy, and the massive compute demands reshaping how AI companies are built. Watch/listen to the full episode: tlv.partners/podcast/nafal-h…
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ההופעה של neoclouds היא אחת התופעות המרתקות ביותר בעידן הAI הנוכחי. יש היום בדיחה אצל הVCs בארה״ב, שהעתיד של כל חברה הוא להפוך לneocloud. אבל מה זה בעצם neocloud? מה מבדיל neocloud אחד מאחר? ומהם המאפיינים הייחודיים של סוג החברות החדש הזה? אז ישבתי עם מארק מנדלמן, ה-CTO של Highrise AI, כדי לענות על השאלות האלה ועוד. מארק מבריק, תמיד אוהב לעזור לאקוסיסטם הAI המקומי לצמוח, והוא אחד האנשים הבודדים בישראל שבאמת מבינים לעומק את כל הניואנסים והמורכבויות של neocloud מהתשתית הבסיסית ועד למעלה. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:50 Mark's background 16:00 Why are Neoclouds necessary 24:30 Compute's growing importance 29:00 Hut8 & Highrise 37:00 Who are the ideal customers for neoclouds 40:00 Biggest challenges for neoclouds 54:00 How to select a neocloud vendor
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What does the TLV AI 50 reveal about the direction of Israeli AI? In a recent @Calcalistech article, @YonatanMandelba explores the rise of Israeli neolabs and the country’s growing strength at the frontiers of AI security, safety, and vision. Read the full article: eu1.hubs.ly/H0ypD4k0 Explore the full 2026 TLV AI 50: eu1.hubs.ly/H0ypD4n0
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We led @buildots’ Seed round back in 2018, when the idea of bringing AI to the construction industry was still far from obvious. Eight years later, Buildots is powering the global data center buildout and has just announced $130M in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $297M. @ShaharTzafrir sat down with Buildots Co-Founder & CPO Aviv Leibovici to reflect on the company’s remarkable journey and discuss how the global data center boom is reshaping the construction industry and creating a massive opportunity ahead. Read the full story on @N12News and listen to the conversation on The Ecosystem Podcast hosted by @AlonCinamon and Tal Giladi: eu1.hubs.ly/H0ykwhy0
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בטח שמעתם על הקריאה להאטה בפיתוח מודלי AI. נושא מעניין ביותר בעיני. אבל מה שלא בטוח זה איך לגרום לזה לקרות בצורה פרקטית, בטוחה, ויעילה. @attestable ו @prlnet מכריזים על שיתוף פעולה כדי לאפשר האטה אחראית דרך verifiable inference.
The world is debating whether frontier AI needs to slow down. If it comes to it, do we know how? A lab can say it stopped training. A country can sign a treaty. But, is the compute following the rules? @attestable is building that layer. New blog! 🧵
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שלא יהיה לינקדין, אבל אם מעניין אתכם לשמוע את אחד היזמים של בילדוטס ואותי על מה הם עושים, מה האתגרים, למה זה מוצר ה AI / ראיית מכונה לדעתי מהמסבוכים בעולם, ואיך vc מסתכל על השקעה בקונסטרקשן-טק לפני שהמציאו את המושג - אתם מוזמנים. ואשמח לענות על שאלות אם יש. וידאו/אודיו --> open.spotify.com/episode/0Jc…
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A major milestone for @buildots: $130M in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $297M. With a multi-year streak of 3x annual revenue growth and adoption by more than 100 of the world’s largest construction firms, Buildots is powering the transformation of a $16T industry and the global AI data center buildout. Proud to have backed Roy Danon, Aviv Leibovici, @YakirSudry, and the Buildots team from the earliest days, and to see their bold vision transform how the world’s most complex construction projects are managed. Congratulations to the entire team on this remarkable milestone! @ShaharTzafrir
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Things I already knew to be true but were reinforced: - @PapiniShahar is a beast - @attestable has (and will continue to) gone above and beyond to usher in true AI safety and integrity
A trustless solution means you shouldn't have to trust even us at @attestable. Formally proving our stack in Lean is essential, and incredibly exciting. More info to come... btw this project was finished so far ahead of schedule, @PapiniShahar is an absolute beast!
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Congratulations to @gidicohen, @kibelon, and the entire @BonfyAi team on their acquisition by @Kiteworks! Bonfy built an AI-native approach to protecting sensitive data in real time, as it moves across human and AI-driven workflows. As part of Kiteworks, its technology will now help enterprises govern and protect data at global scale. Proud to have backed the team from the beginning and to have been part of this journey. Congratulations on this exciting milestone! @bek_eitan
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לקראת ראש השנה אנחנו מפרסמים את TLV AI 50: רשימה של 50 חוקרים ויזמים ישראלים בעלי ההשפעה הגדולה ביותר השנה בתחום ה-AI. חוקרים שהרעיונות שלהם מעצבים איך המודלים המודרניים חושבים, רואים ומסיקים, ויזמים שהופכים את הרעיונות האלה לשבבים, לחברות ולמוצרים שהעולם רץ עליהם. הרשימה המלאה: 2026.tlvai50.com 30 חוקרים, 20 יזמים, 7 מאמרים. חשוב לציין שזה לא דירוג, אלא תמונת מצב של הישראלים המשפיעים ביותר בעולם מחקר ה-AI. כמה מגמות שבולטים: - ניאו-לאבס ישראליים סוף סוף צצים בשכבת המודלים - אבטחת AI: דור חדש של AI natives מגדיר איך מחסנים ומאמתים מערכות - וישראל בחזית - ראייה ממוחשבת: כמה מהמעבדות המצוטטות בעולם, עם סטארטאפים שהופכים את הכישרון הזה ל-physical AI ולא רק: 7 מאמרים ראויים לציון של חוקרים ישראלים צעירים, מתחת לרשימה.
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A great way to start the new year! Three TLV Partners portfolio companies have been named to @Forbes Israel’s Next Billion Dollar Startups list for 2026: @Qodo, @tweetsbyport, and @UnframeAI. A well-deserved recognition of their ambition, momentum, and leadership in their respective markets. Proud to have backed these exceptional teams from the early days and to support them as they continue to lead and grow. Here’s to another year of milestones, growth, and success. Shana Tova! 🍎🍯 Explore the full list: eu1.hubs.ly/H0ycDd60
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Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, we're publishing the TLV AI 50: a list of the 50 most influential Israeli AI researchers and founders. Their ideas shape how modern models think, see, and reason, and their companies turn those ideas into the chips, companies, and products the world runs on. Full list: eu1.hubs.ly/H0y9XRZ0 30 researchers, 20 founders, 7 papers. This is not a ranking, but rather a representation of the most impactful Israelis in the AI research realm. Here’s a few trends that stood out: •⁠  ⁠Israeli neolabs are finally emerging at the model layer •⁠  ⁠AI security: a new cohort of AI natives is defining how systems get hardened and verified - Israel is firmly at the frontier •⁠  ⁠Vision: some of the most cited labs anywhere, with startups now harnessing that talent for physical AI Also featured are 7 noteworthy papers from up-and-coming Israeli researchers, below the list.
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Proud to see four TLV Partners portfolio companies recognized on @N12News, @ValleyBank, and @LeumiTech's list of Israel’s most promising startups for 2026: Airis, Copperhelm, @UnframeAI, and @tweetsbyport Congratulations to the founders and teams building category-defining AI companies and shaping the next era of technology. Explore the full list: eu1.hubs.ly/H0yb19L0
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"We will be the SSL of AI. Just as you see a green padlock when you open a website, you will see that padlock, or the Attestable logo, when you talk to an AI." In the latest episode of Nafal Ha'asimon - נפל האסימון, @YonatanMandelba hosts @Yogi_Brn, co-founder & CEO of @attestable, which yesterday announced its $20M seed round co-led by @TLV_Partners and @AltimeterCap. They talk about the difference between AI safety, security and misuse, the OpenAI-Hugging Face Rorschach test, zero knowledge proofs and why they were never practical for AI until now, what it takes to build a deep tech company in AI integrity, how Attestable could mediate treaties between the US and China, and much more. Link to the full episode in the comments.
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