{"id":611669,"date":"2026-09-10T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/611669\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:30:09","slug":"israel-ranks-third-globally-in-ai-business-as-tech-investment-surges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/611669\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel ranks third globally in AI business as tech investment surges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government revealed on Monday that Israel ranks third worldwide in artificial intelligence commercialization in its annual economy report, unveiled ahead of Rosh Hashanah<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Israel is still among the top ten powerhouses in terms of AI development<\/a>, research, and commercial implementation, something that also translated into higher investment rates in the Israeli high-tech ecosystem.<\/p>\n

The report noted that the country recorded a 53% increase in capital raised by high-tech ventures during the first half of 2026, compared with the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) TA-125 Index rose by 35% during the last Jewish calendar year, while the shekel strengthened 11% against the dollar, even amid the uncertainty created by the war.<\/p>\n

Inflation also went down according to the report, from 2,5% in 2025 to 1,5% in 2026, and the budget deficit stayed within the 4,9% target, with the latest numbers indicating a 3,3% deficit.<\/p>\n

While the government announced that Israel\u2019s nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP)<\/a> per capita was projected to reach the $70,000 milestone, it also pointed out that the purchasing power of per capita still remained $4,000 below the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average.<\/p>\n

This difference stands mainly because Israeli prices are marginally higher than the OECD average, meaning that even with a high GDP per capita in nominal terms, the actual purchasing power of Israelis is lower than average.<\/p>\n

In terms of actual growth, the government reported a 3,2% growth in the GDP during the first six months of 2026, compared to the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n

In the employment market, the government reported a 3,3% unemployment rate, while the employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 stands at 71%, a little below the 74% reported in OECD countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government revealed on Monday that Israel ranks third worldwide in artificial intelligence commercialization in its annual economy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[345,250776,343,184,57856,3153,24466,85,46,116961,276981,43,3791,45166,4939,25743,14868,21140,2958],"class_list":["post-611669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-ai","tag-ai-technology-investments","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-economy","tag-economy-of-israel","tag-gdp","tag-hi-tech","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-gdp","tag-israels-economy","tag-news","tag-oecd","tag-oecd-countries","tag-report","tag-rosh-hashana","tag-rosh-hashanah","tag-tel-aviv-stock-exchange","tag-unemployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}