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.
Episodes
June 25, 2025 • 38 mins
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 di...
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 di...
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May 28, 2025 • 21 mins
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 pane...
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 pane...
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May 21, 2025 • 23 mins
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 implemen...
Shaul also discusses the short history of SafeFields and its rapid rise, the science behind in-cabin radiation, and implemen...
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March 26, 2025 • 40 mins
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 adv...
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 adv...
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March 19, 2025 • 40 mins
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 ...
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 ...
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March 12, 2025 • 49 mins
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 ...
Pluri is using cell-based technology to do everything from ...
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March 5, 2025 • 52 mins
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 a...
They will share about the challenges of working in the world of social media a...
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February 26, 2025 • 53 mins
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 i...
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 i...
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January 29, 2025 • 48 mins
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 ...
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 ...
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January 22, 2025 • 53 mins
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 Am...
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 Am...
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January 8, 2025 • 42 mins
his week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Riverside Co-Founder and CPO, Gideon Keyson.
Eve and Gideon will talk about how Riverside grew from a platform to host live debates he set up with his brothers in his spare time, to a one-stop-shop for podcast recording used by Marvel, Netflix, and Hillary Clinton, among others.
Gideon will talk about the impacts of the Israel-Hamas war on the compan...
Eve and Gideon will talk about how Riverside grew from a platform to host live debates he set up with his brothers in his spare time, to a one-stop-shop for podcast recording used by Marvel, Netflix, and Hillary Clinton, among others.
Gideon will talk about the impacts of the Israel-Hamas war on the compan...
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December 25, 2024 • 58 mins
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Intel's VP Startup Ecosystem Tzahi (Zach) Weisfeld, who also heads startup accelerator Ignite, and Intel Capital Managing Director Roi Bar-Kat.
Roi will talk about Intel's investment arm, Intel Capital, getting into why a corporation even wants an investment arm and what Intel Capital's focus is.
Tzachi will discuss the changes Intel Ignite is goi...
Roi will talk about Intel's investment arm, Intel Capital, getting into why a corporation even wants an investment arm and what Intel Capital's focus is.
Tzachi will discuss the changes Intel Ignite is goi...
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December 18, 2024 • 42 mins
This week, guest hosts Ellie Esquenazi, Corey Tusak, and Raquel Frohlich, interns at The Jerusalem Post, interview Israeli meat cultivation companies.
Interviewed in the podcast was Aleph Farms CTO and co-founder Dr. Neta Lavon, who is a biotechnology specialist, also with a degree in Food Sciences.
Lavon discusses the challenges and processes of meat cultivation, delving into the science behind the lab-grown meat and the camarader...
Interviewed in the podcast was Aleph Farms CTO and co-founder Dr. Neta Lavon, who is a biotechnology specialist, also with a degree in Food Sciences.
Lavon discusses the challenges and processes of meat cultivation, delving into the science behind the lab-grown meat and the camarader...
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December 5, 2024 • 47 mins
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews co-founders Shai Goel and Tomer Biton, who together are working to help "miluimnikim" (reservists) transition from their reserve duty to the hi-tech ecosystem with their project - MiluimTech.
Shai, the CEO, and Tomer, the COO, are working to help reservists who have never been in the tech sector or reservists who were working at tech companies but...
Shai, the CEO, and Tomer, the COO, are working to help reservists who have never been in the tech sector or reservists who were working at tech companies but...
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November 28, 2024 • 57 mins
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews revenue AI company Gong's Senior People Business Partner Liraz Wishkovsky, and senior DevOps engineer Noy Meir.
Liraz and Noy focus on Gong's Glow program - designed to advance women at Gong from senior tech positions to managerial positions. Liraz, who led the program, explains how the company realized a need for one, and Noy, who participated, ex...
Liraz and Noy focus on Gong's Glow program - designed to advance women at Gong from senior tech positions to managerial positions. Liraz, who led the program, explains how the company realized a need for one, and Noy, who participated, ex...
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November 20, 2024 • 54 mins
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Keren Shurkin, Director of the UK-Israel Tech Hub at the British Embassy in Israel and Ronit Applebaum, the hub's Healthcare Innovation Lead.
Keren and Ronit will talk about economic and tech diplomacy, what they are and how they can connect nations. They will explain how economic ties are used to bolster diplomatic ones, and how the UK-Israel Tec...
Keren and Ronit will talk about economic and tech diplomacy, what they are and how they can connect nations. They will explain how economic ties are used to bolster diplomatic ones, and how the UK-Israel Tec...
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November 13, 2024 • 45 mins
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews Oracle's Senior Vice President, Partner and Operations Strategy, Leah Yomtovian.
Leah shares what drew her to tech, and how she ended up at Oracle. She will also talk about Oracle's transition from a product-oriented to a service-oriented company, and what the company's part is in the artificial intelligence boom.
Leah and Eve will talk about how la...
Leah shares what drew her to tech, and how she ended up at Oracle. She will also talk about Oracle's transition from a product-oriented to a service-oriented company, and what the company's part is in the artificial intelligence boom.
Leah and Eve will talk about how la...
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November 6, 2024 • 53 mins
This week, host Eve Young, economics correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, interviews generative AI coding platform Qodo's CEO and co-founder Itamar Friedman and Venture Capital firm TLV Partners, Partner Brian Sack.
Eve, Brian, and Itamar will discuss what makes a good investor-founder relationship and what the most important parts of Brian and Itamar's relationship are.
They will share red and green flags for investors and founder...
Eve, Brian, and Itamar will discuss what makes a good investor-founder relationship and what the most important parts of Brian and Itamar's relationship are.
They will share red and green flags for investors and founder...
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October 28, 2024 • 34 mins
On this week’s episode of Inside Israeli Innovation, this week's hosts Corey Tusak and Ellie Esquenazi take a deep-dive into Aardvark Israel’s Tech Track.This gap-year program specializes in preparing students for the Israeli technology industry.
During their 9 month-long stay in Israel, students on the Tech Track spend one semester taking computer science courses, where they learn to code in various programming languages. During t...
During their 9 month-long stay in Israel, students on the Tech Track spend one semester taking computer science courses, where they learn to code in various programming languages. During t...
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October 16, 2024 • 16 mins
Guest hosts Ellie Esquenazi and Corey Tusak, discuss some of the innovative stories breaking this week with a key theme of Israeli resilience and effects of the Israel-Hamas war.
Among other exciting articles, Corey and Ellie share the story of Noga Sela Shalev, founder of Fresh Start - a food technology incubator, who was evacuated from her home in Kiryat Shmona and discuss how the war has affected her business and other startups,...
Among other exciting articles, Corey and Ellie share the story of Noga Sela Shalev, founder of Fresh Start - a food technology incubator, who was evacuated from her home in Kiryat Shmona and discuss how the war has affected her business and other startups,...
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