Inside Israeli Innovation

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.

This week's host Abigail Rubinstein, interviews Oded Rozenberg, co-founder and CEO of Apollo Power, in The Jerusalem Post Studio to discuss Apollo's novel, innovative, lightweight, and flexible solar panels.Rosenberg describes how the new lightweight design could allow someone to charge their phone from a portable solar charger or even construct much larger solar panels than is possible today.He also describes that these solar panels can have very important applications for "off the grid" businesses that won't have access to a regular electricity supply. Using lightweight solar panels also has implications for defense technology.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Gili Fleekop and Noam Biton, the co-founders of Pink Chili - a boutique, gen-Z social media agency. Noam and Gili will explain what makes their approach different and why authenticity and "showing rather than telling" are so critical in social media marketing these days.They will share about the challenges of working in the world of social media and being a proudly Israeli company in an age where anti-Israel sentiment is commonplace online. Noam and Gili will also share the challenges of founding a company in Israel and how they combine American and Israeli know-how to give Pink Chili an edge. 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.

This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies's Fareed Mahameed, a climate resilience &  environmental public health expert.Fareed will explain what climate resilience is and why it is necessary in a world so impacted by climate change that extreme is the new normal. Fareed also manages the off-grid hub in Alfura village, a bedouin community in the Negev. The hub supplies the local highschool with electricity, water, wastewater treatment and more, and Fareed will explain how this hub could be a pilot for the future of climate rights.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.

This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Adina Kraus - Founding Partner and CEO at InnoSource Ventures, an independent innovation division of the Swiss family office Toledo Capital. Adina will talk about the impacts of October 7 and the Israel-Hamas war on the Israeli startup ecosystem. She will highlight success stories of companies who managed to excel in spite of the war's challenges and tell us what characteristics these companies showed.She also talks about challenges faced by Israeli startups and innovators in the wake of the war and where the Israeli economy is today. Adina also touches on the importance of looking to markets outside of the US, and shares how InnoSource helps startups to do this. She explains the relationship between startups and family offices, and offers tips for how startups' approach should differ when working with family offices as opposed to with venture capital firms.

This week, The Jerusalem Post’s Yuval Levy and Abigail Rubinstein interview AION Labs CTO Dr. Yair Benita.Yuval, Abigail, and Yair will talk about recent advancements in the AI pharmaceutical industry, as well as the work AION Labs is doing to propel technological innovation in the field of drug development. Yair will discuss his venture studio’s collaboration with major corporations such as Pfizer, Merck, Teva, AstraZeneca, and Amazon to support independent Israeli startups as they pursue solutions to some of the biggest challenges in the medical field. He will also dive into the details of AI in the scientific world and what the future holds for the world of medicine.