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The New Pioneers: Growing Israel’s AI Advantage Co-hosted by AI21 & Vintage Investment Partners | Tuesday, 8.9.26, 17:00, Tel Aviv An invite-only evening for ~150 founders, VCs, institutional investors and senior ecosystem players: a candid conversation about Israel's place in the AI era: where it can lead, what capabilities it must build, and how its global connections can turn ambition into lasting advantage. See you there, Campari and Jaffa orange in hand - an homage to our previous famous export - for an open, reflective conversation about the next one: intelligence. 17:00-18:15 | Food, drinks, and networking. 18:15-18:30 | Israel’s AI Opportunity A joint opening from Vintage Investment Partners and AI21 on the global technology and investment landscape and what it means for Israel’s position in the AI race. Ori Goshen, Co-Founder and CEO, AI21 Labs Asaf Horesh, Co-Managing Partner, Vintage Investment Partners 18:30-18:50 | Fireside: An Unfiltered Read From Silicon Valley on the AI Race Which bets is Silicon Valley making across capital, compute, and talent? How have governments entered the race, and how does Israel look from that vantage point? A high-profile General Partner, a16z Interviewed by Asaf Ezra, Partner, a16z, and former Founder and CEO, Granulate 18:50-19:10 | Fireside: The Next Frontier: Israel’s Race to Lead An open conversation with one of Israeli technology’s defining pioneers about where Israel stands today and what it will take to lead the next era. Eyal Waldman, Founder and former CEO, Mellanox Technologies Interviewed by Prof. Yoav Shoham, Co-Founder, AI21 Labs 19:10-19:30 | Panel 1: The Stack Beneath: Powering the AI Era A look at the foundations of the AI economy: models, chips, data centers, energy, and talent. The conversation will explore whether open-source models are a competitive weapon or a security threat, why infrastructure investment is racing ahead of revenue, how energy is becoming the industry’s next major constraint, and whe

60 seconds on stage to get your ticket to SF TechWeek ✈️ On October 7 we're putting 1,200 people in one room in SF for the Israel-Bay Area bridge, during SF Tech Week. Speakers from Greylock, Index Ventures, a16z, Cyberstarts, Bain Capital Ventures, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, HubSpot, Palantir and many others. September 8 in Tel Aviv is how you get there. 12 companies pitch. 60 seconds each. Companies will be selected from our community partners, and three winners get a flight to San Francisco plus entry to the October 7 conference. Tuesday, September 8, 17:30 Microsoft Reactor, Tel Aviv, 50th floor Apply below.

Join us for an evening of insights and conversations at the intersection of AI infrastructure and cybersecurity. As organizations move AI applications into production, security has become one of the biggest challenges facing engineering and security teams. How do you secure AI infrastructure, protect models and data, and manage new risks introduced by Agentic AI? This event is designed for: Leaders and practitioners responsible for building and securing AI systems, including: Agenda: 18:00 | Registration and Networking 18:30 | Opening Remarks - Get to know Nebius 18:40 | AI Under Attack: From Real-World Risks to Trusted Compute 19:00 | Cybersecurity in the Agentic AI Era 19:20 | Real-Life Use Cases 20:05 | Networking and Drinks

We're excited to host the world's first Grok Bot meetup! Grok Bot is a new Cursor/SpaceX product: "AI teammates you can give real work to. Bots can sign in to your tools, use them just like you do, and come back with finished work." Thanks to Anima for hosting on their rooftop! Location: Tel Aviv. Sign up soon, as slots go quickly. Looking to use Grok Bot but don't know how? Get bot ideas on botdirectory.ai. 2 of the 3 talks are in English. 1 is in Hebrew. Speakers Ben Lang & Elie Steinbock - Getting Started with Grok Bot Ruben Hassid - How I use Grok Bot: 3 usecases Avishai Cohen, CEO Anima - Marketing and Content Creation with Grok Bot If you're interested in speaking at or hosting future events, reach out to Elie Steinbock or Vlad Tanksy. Parking There's a paid parking lot on Ha'arba'a Street that has a lot of space.

This event is organized in collaboration with many other groups. Organizational Sponsor: Startup House Need a place to stay short term in Silicon Valley? Stay at Startup House in Palo Alto - the heart of Silicon Valley - for as low as $50 a night! -Network, socialize and connect with entrepreneurs all over the world! -Enjoy social events and startup and venture capital-related programming! \- Have access to world class amenities\, iconic tech companies\, top tier venture capital firms\, Stanford University\, etc\. \- all within walking or biking distance\! For more info, send an email message to: siliconvalleystartuphousing@gmail.com Put this in the subject header: Silicon Valley Startup Housing This event is 100% online. Participants can be located anywhere in the world! This event is FREE to attend! In order to attend, please register here: Silicon Valley Business Networking \(Online\) Tickets\, Multiple Dates \| Eventbrite (The login link will be sent via email to Eventbrite registrants right before the start of the event.) Hurry! Slots are limited! There's no content or speaker at this event -- just business networking. Build your business network - face to face (online)! Join a virtual gathering of professionals from all walks of life from all over the world! You may meet your next business collaborator, client, employer, employee or friend! Meet Silicon Valley movers and shakers and influencers from all over the world - tech entrepreneurs, developers, engineers, attorneys, bloggers, academics, thought leaders, community organizers, artists, financiers, and investors! Network, socialize and connect! For more info on Idea to IPO events, visit: www.idea-to-ipo.com (our main meetup group among 160 meetup groups globally) https://www.youtube.com/@ideatoipo2 (videos of online events) @ideatoipo

PLEASE NOTE- YOU MUST REGISTER HERE TO JOIN Join Apache Airflow committers, users, and community leaders for our Monthly Airflow Town Hall! This one-hour event is a collaborative forum to explore new features, discuss AIPs, review the roadmap, and celebrate community highlights. The Town Hall is happening the first Wednesday of this month and will be recorded for those who can't attend. Recordings will be shared on the Airflow Youtube Channel and posted to the #town-hall channel on Airflow Slack and the dev mailing list. Agenda Arrivals & Introduction Airflow Project Update PR of the Month Highlight Rookie PR of the Month Highlight Project Spotlight(s) Community Spotlight Closing Remarks PLEASE NOTE - YOU MUST REGISTER HERE TO JOIN