# Israeli startups raised $1.5 billion in July as investors doubled down on enterprise AI - calcalistech.com

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*Дата: 2026-08-02*
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**Кратко:** Israeli startups raised $1.5 billion in July as investors doubled down on enterprise AI
Large funding rounds increasingly favored companies helping businesses deploy artificial intelligence securely rather than building consumer-facing models. Artificial intelligence has become the common denominator across almost every corner of Israel's startup ecosystem.

Israeli startups raised $1.5 billion in July as investors doubled down on enterprise AI
Large funding rounds increasingly favored companies helping businesses deploy artificial intelligence securely rather than building consumer-facing models.
Artificial intelligence has become the common denominator across almost every corner of Israel's startup ecosystem.
Whether the companies were building cybersecurity platforms, semiconductors, robotics, defense systems, fintech infrastructure or even alternative dairy proteins, July's funding announcements pointed to the same conclusion: AI is no longer a standalone sector. It has become the technology underpinning virtually every area of innovation attracting venture capital.
Israeli startups announced 29 funding rounds totaling approximately $1.518 billion during July, making it one of the strongest months of the year and reinforcing investors' appetite for companies building the infrastructure needed to support the next generation of artificial intelligence.
While the funding landscape remained broad, several themes clearly emerged.
Rather than backing developers of large language models, investors overwhelmingly favored companies building the technologies surrounding AI: security platforms protecting autonomous agents, enterprise software designed to manage AI workflows, networking chips connecting massive AI clusters, observability platforms capable of monitoring AI-generated data, and identity systems built specifically for machine identities.
Cybersecurity once again dominated the funding charts.
Among the month's largest financings was Glow, which emerged from stealth with a $180 million round at a $1.2 billion valuation, betting that AI can fundamentally transform endpoint security from reactive detection to prevention.
Onyx raised $113 million only four months after emerging from stealth, arguing that securing AI agents will become one of cybersecurity's largest future markets.
Neo secured $100 million, positioning itself around the growing need to protect autonomous AI agents operating inside enterprise environments.
The trend extended across virtually every stage of company formation. New startups including Mate Security, Bloom Security, Beacon Security, Way Security, Act Security, Oak, Hush Security, Tangos AI, and Modus all centered their businesses around protecting AI-powered enterprise infrastructure or enabling AI agents to operate securely.
Artificial intelligence also continued to reshape enterprise software.
Companies such as Aligned, Encore AI, Harmony, Alta, and Modus all sought to automate knowledge work previously performed by human employees.
Rather than replacing workers outright, these startups are building systems that observe, learn and replicate how top-performing employees execute tasks ranging from enterprise operations and customer support to sales and internal workflows.
Infrastructure remained another major investment theme.
Semiconductor startup Xsight Labs secured the month's largest round, raising $300 million at a $2.8 billion valuation as global demand continues to surge for networking chips capable of connecting the massive computing clusters required for artificial intelligence.
Observability startup groundcover also joined the list of major fundraisers, raising $100 million to challenge incumbents such as Datadog by arguing that traditional monitoring platforms were never designed for the explosion of telemetry generated by cloud-native AI applications.
The AI investment wave extended well beyond software.
Robotics startup Enigma emerged from stealth with a $71 million Seed round to develop foundation models for intelligent robots.
Sensor developer Elio, founded by former Meta executives, raised $21 million to create new sensing technologies designed specifically for AI systems.
Meanwhile, Hemispheric unveiled one of the month's more unusual projects, emerging after six years in stealth with $52 million to build what it describes as a foundation model for the human brain using more than 250,000 hours of neurological data.
Defense technology also maintained its momentum.
Skapion raised $36 million to counter drone swarms, reflecting growing concern over the proliferation of inexpensive unmanned aircraft in modern warfare.
Underground robotics company Traysar launched with $25 million to develop autonomous systems for subterranean military operations, while battlefield technology developer ASIO combined its first external fundraising with a strategic partnership with Anduril Industries.
The breadth of the month's funding also highlighted how venture investors continue to support sectors beyond enterprise AI.
Food technology startup Plantopia raised $9 million to commercialize plant-based dairy proteins.
Fintech companies Cordant and Horizon Trade focused respectively on global payments infrastructure and AI-powered investment tools.
Advertising infrastructure startup Velocity sought to solve one of AI's growing commercial challenges: how applications with millions of free users can generate sufficient revenue to offset rapidly rising computing costs.
See the full list of July’s deals below. (This includes funding rounds of over $5 million that were officially announced during July):
30.7.26
Just four months after emerging from stealth, the Israeli startup is betting that securing AI agents will become one of cybersecurity's biggest markets
The Israeli startup argues that traditional cybersecurity tools were built for malware, not for a world where employees and AI systems install software that can access sensitive company data
The semiconductor startup is gaining traction with global network operators and hyperscalers as demand surges for chips that can connect the massive computing systems powering artificial intelligence
29.7.26
The startup aims to solve the "Context Gap" that prevents enterprise AI agents from delivering accurate, cost-effective results
Formerly known as Insait, the Israeli startup analyzes millions of customer interactions to turn the best sales and service practices into autonomous AI agents
The Israeli startup says traditional monitoring platforms were not built for the explosion of data generated by cloud and AI systems. The Series C brings groundcover’s total funding to $160 million as it targets a market dominated by legacy giants
28.7.26
Hush Security, led by the team behind the Zero Trust startup acquired by Proofpoint, is building identity infrastructure for AI agents and other non-human identities
The Israeli company raised $34 million in Seed funding from Lightspeed and others to automate the thousands of internal requests that still burden corporate team
Mate Security says traditional security operations were not designed for AI-scale attacks. The startup is betting that trusted autonomous agents, powered by an “organizational brain,” will reshape how companies detect and respond to threats
Seven months after Calcalist first revealed its funding, Act Security officially launches with a cloud security platform designed to eliminate the access pathways that AI-powered attacks increasingly exploit
27.7.26
The Israeli startup aims to automate the costly implementation work behind identity and access management systems, a market where integration often costs several times more than the software itself
Founded by former Unit 8200 researchers, Enigma is developing foundation AI models designed to make robots more intelligent and easier to deploy
23.7.26
Elio's founders, Nadav Grossinger and Nitay Romano, spent seven years developing physical sensing systems at Meta. Now they are betting that artificial intelligence needs a fundamentally different way to see the world
22.7.26
Backed by global dairy giant Schreiber Foods, the company is moving from research to commercial production with a plant-based technology designed to recreate milk proteins.
Founded by former Meta, Snowflake and Claroty executives, the company is betting AI can transform endpoint security from reactive defense to prevention
The strategic investment follows backing from American Express Ventures and expands the Israeli startup's blue-chip investor base
21.7.26
Cordant is developing a real-time coordination platform for banks and fintech companies as fragmented financial infrastructure and AI adoption make it harder to understand where money moves
20.7.26
Neo says traditional cybersecurity tools were never designed for autonomous software that can reason, make decisions and act inside enterprise systems
After more than 20 years of self-funding, ASIO secured its first outside investment as demand for battlefield tactical technology surges
16.7.26
Israeli startup founded by HiredScore, Mitiga and Skyline AI veterans says enterprises need trusted context before AI agents can safely defend against threats
Horizon Trade is building an AI platform that lets investors turn ideas into tested strategies and automated trades without needing quantitative researchers or coding skills
15.7.26
Neo Security has now raised more than $75 million as investors continue backing next-generation cybersecurity companies
Oak says its AI-native platform replaces the patchwork of legacy identity tools with a single operating system that governs employees, machines and AI agents
Founded by a computational neuroscientist and the co-founder of RealFace, the Israeli startup unveiled Descartes, a six-billion-parameter NeuroAI model trained on more than 250,000 hours of brain data from over 100,000 participants
9.7.26
Skapion says existing air-defense systems were not designed for the scale and economics of mass UAV attacks
8.7.26
The AI agent platform founded by monday alumni has reached a $15 million ARR run rate after 800% revenue growth. CEO Stav Levi-Neumark tells Calcalist the company is moving beyond SaaS toward a services model that manages the entire sales lifecycle and enables one account manager to oversee 80 customers instead of 20
Velocity believes AI apps need a new monetization model as millions of users remain free users while computing costs continue to rise
7.7.26
Tangos AI is building AI agents to replace the labor-intensive process of investigating suspicious transactions
2.7.26
Traysar launches with $25 million in funding to develop autonomous systems designed for military operations beneath the Earth's surface
1.7.26
The startup builds AI agents to automate complex deal workflows from first call to close

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