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NanoClaw creator NanoCo lands $12 million in Seed funding to build enterprise AI agents

20% of the workforce in Israel, will be transferred to new jobs in teams dealing with the development of AI, “Globes” has learned.

Engineering and product teams are expected to bear the brunt as the company reorganizes around AI.

Around 10% of local staff to be cut, while hundreds shift into AI units in sweeping reorganization.

About 20% of workforce impacted as company shifts toward agent-based workflows.

מחר צפויים אלפי עובדים לקבל מכתב פיטורים מענקית הטכנולוגיה מטא ● עד הרגע האחרון רבים מהם לא יודעים מה יעלה בגורלם ומספרים "אחד מכל עשרה אנשים צפוי להפגע ואף אחד לא יודע מי"

הענקית Meta בבשורה לישראלים: האירוע המיוחד שיתקיים בתל אביב

/PRNewswire/ -- Bar Clara Mendez McConnon, who recently held a senior management position at Meta's Global Business Group, has been appointed CEO and Partner...

While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, many users are looking for a way to turn off the feature, especially those who have accidentally sent images to others, not fully understanding how the feature works.

Meta said it's shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be "almost exclusively mobile" and that it will separate its Quest VR platform from the virtual world.

#Layoffs #Acquisition

An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a U.S. company.

#Product Stage #Investment #Customers #Partners

הכנסות מטא ברבעון הרביעי עמדו על כ-60 מיליארד דולר, עלייה של כ-25% לעומת הרבעון המקביל אשתקד ● הרווח עמד על 8.88 דולר למניה, מעל הצפי ● החברה מעלה את התחזיות מעל צפי האנליסטים ● תפטר כ־10% מעובדי חטיבת Reality Labs ● המניה מזנקת בכ-7% במסחר המאוחר

#Layoffs #Expand

In the coming months, Meta is going to explore a premium experience on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp that gives users access to special features and more control over how they share and connect, while keeping the core experiences free.

#Acquisition #Product Stage

LeCun, former chief AI scientist at Meta, launched Advanced Machine Intelligence two months ago to build AI systems grounded in real-world understanding rather than abstract models or simulations.

#Management Changes #Layoffs #Investment #Partners

What was meant to define the next internet instead became a costly detour.

#Layoffs #Product Stage #Expand

The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.

#Layoffs #Product Stage #Acquisition

Ofer Shacham, former Head of Silicon at Meta and a key leader at Google's silicon, co-founded Majestic Labs to develop energy-efficient AI processors capable of challenging Nvidia’s dominance.

Inside the strategy that eased regulators’ pressure while scams flourished.

Meta says it'll keep Manus running independently while weaving its agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, where Meta's own chatbot, Meta AI, is already available to users.

#Acquisition #Investment #Customers #Partners

Meta aims to make the text-based model better at coding while also exploring new world models that understand visual information and can reason, plan, and act without needing to be trained on every possibility.

#Product Stage #Management Changes

Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.

#Acquired-by #Customers

The Securities Authority demands a verification system for all investment-related advertisers.

The Dutch-Israeli company will provide Meta with computer infrastructure for AI over five years.

#Partners #Customers #Investment

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.

#Management Changes

Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.

#Product Stage #Public Trading

Restructuring targets legacy research groups as Meta builds new AI division.

#Layoffs #Management Changes

Amazon, Google, and Meta lead massive capital push as Apple plays catch-up in the AI race.

#Investment

Meta has released a new family of AI models, Llama 4 — the latest in its Llama open model series.

#Product Stage #Partners

The funding comes just weeks after Tiger, a former Meta engineering VP and founder of Onavo, raised $20 million in Seed funding for the stealth startup.

#Investment

Facebook parent company accused of misusing phone numbers provided for security.

Tech giant dismisses 40 employees as it moves forward with 3,600 global job cuts announced in January.

#Layoffs

Meta (Facebook) is simultaneously laying off 5% of its employees at all the company's centers worldwide including in Israel.

#Layoffs

As TikTok rises and regulations tighten, Meta aligns with the new political establishment.

Users of Meta-owned WhatsApp from across the world have reported problems with both sending and receiving messages. Some users are also reporting issues with other Meta services like Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

As CEOs rush to congratulate him, Trump’s impact on Silicon Valley’s future remains unpredictable.

With coffee cuts and meal reductions, the tech industry shifts its approach to benefits.

#Layoffs

Meta lays off employees across multiple teams | TechCrunch

#Layoffs

Meta picks 10 Israeli AI startups for Tel Aviv accelerator program | CTech

#Partners

90 laid off in Israel as Meta trims metaverse program

#Layoffs #Partners

Meta ends global AR chip development, shuts down Israeli operations | CTech

#Layoffs #Acquired-by

הפרויקט השאפתני קוצץ — ומטא חיסלה את פעילות פיתוח השבבים בתל אביב

#Layoffs

Meta shuts down Israeli network pushing AI-generated propaganda in U.S. and Canada | CTech

#Customers

Federal judge rules against Meta in data scraping case

Meta fined for two unreported acquisitions in Israel

#Acquisition

Meta Israel cuts recruitment team from 90 to 3

תוכנית חדשה של מטא מלמדת קרנות ישראליות על השקעה...

#Investment, Partners

Meta cuts Tel Aviv office space

#Expand #Layoffs

Second wave of Meta layoffs to hit Israel next week | CTech

#Layoffs

Meta Plans Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as This Week

#Layoffs

Meta downsizing reaches Israel

#Layoffs

Meta to lay off over 50 in Israel

#Layoffs

Hebrew U to open joint PhD program, research partnership with Meta AI

#Partners #Investment

Meta touts AI tool, developed partly in Israel, that translates spoken-only language

#Customers

Meta names Guy Rosen chief information security officer CTech

#Management Changes

עסקת השנה: פייסבוק שוכרת 20 קומות בת"א תמורת 750 מיליון שקל

#Expand

פייסבוק סוגרת עוד מוצר שנוי במחלוקת שפותח בתל אביב

#Layoffs

Israeli startups prepare to play major role in building metaverse

#Partners #Expand

Meta joins forces with Israel's yellowHEAD to launch Meta Startup Hub

#Partners #Expand

Meta to partner up with Israeli firm for 'metaverse' chips

#Partners

פרסום ראשון: מטא תפתח שבבים למטאברס בישראל

#Acquisition, Expand

פייסבוק החלה בתוכנית גיוס עובדים שאפתנית באירופה - וגם בתל אביב

#Expand

Israeli Team Leads Facebook Initiative To Help World Access Reliable Internet Faster

#Customers #Partners

Facebook Israel: "The market realized how important our products are" during Covid-19

#Customers

Israel said seeking to fine Facebook hundreds of millions over merger laws

#Acquisition

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/facebook-israel-announces-new-instagram-lite-app-with-cupcakes-646304

#Customers #Expand

Israeli programmer reveals uphill battle to launch Facebook Shops remotely

#Customers #Partners

Work from home? Facebook expanding Tel Aviv office space despite Covid-19

#Expand

Israeli Coders Lead Development, Security of Facebook's Novi Digital Wallet

#Management Changes, Expand

https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/How-Israel-and-Facebook-are-working-together-to-connect-the-world-608217

#Customers

Facebook aims to give Israeli startups a leg up at The Playground

#Customers

Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds 'hybrid' chatbots, for Calibra customer service

#Partners

Israeli Insurance Company Sues Facebook for Using the Name Libra

#Partners #Customers

https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Business-and-Innovation/Facebook-launches-Tel-Aviv-Playground-to-support-local-innovators-598611

#Customers #Partners #Investment #Expand

Companies Must Invest in Research Unrelated to Their Product, Says Facebook Exec

#Investment #Expand

Facebook Israel's R&D Director Relocates to Facebook's California HQ

#Management Changes

If in 50 Years Libra Will Account for 5% of Global Transactions, it Will Be a Rousing Success, Says Facebook VP

#Customers #Partners

Facebook Sets Up AI Team in Tel Aviv

#Expand

Facebook sets up blockchain R&D team in Tel Aviv

#Partners #Investment

Apple removed Facebook's Onavo from the App Store for gathering app data

#Customers

Facebook-owned Onavo quietly launches Bolt App Lock, a data-tracking app that locks other apps

#Customers

Facebook launches Marketplace in Israel

#Customers

Facebook-Backed Accelerator Offers A Hand To The Mature Entrepreneur

#Partners #Investment

Facebook Israel team led development of Lite app

#Customers

Joey Simhon to head Facebook Israel R&D center

#Management Changes

The Israeli bringing Facebook next billion users

#Acquisition #Expand

Office Tour: Facebook - Tel Aviv Offices

#Partners

Facebook expanding Israel office

#Expand

Meta Platforms Inc is a multinational technology conglomerate holding company. It is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries.

Facebook's Israel R&D center is based on the acquisition of Onavo. Facebook Israel Ltd was involved in the development of the Internet.org and Safety Check projects. Safety Check is an app thatenables users to announce their situation in case of disasters. This technology was built by engineers working for Facebook in Tel Aviv.

Also, the engineering office in Israel has led to the development of Facebook Lite, a lightweight version of the regular Facebook app for mobile phones.

Founded

2/2004

In Israel Since

3/2011

Employees Worldwide

50,000+

Employees In Israel

500+

Market Cap

$349B

Market Cap Update

1/2022

Country

United States

News

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NanoClaw creator NanoCo lands $12 million in Seed funding to build enterprise AI agents

20% of the workforce in Israel, will be transferred to new jobs in teams dealing with the development of AI, “Globes” has learned.

Engineering and product teams are expected to bear the brunt as the company reorganizes around AI.

Around 10% of local staff to be cut, while hundreds shift into AI units in sweeping reorganization.

About 20% of workforce impacted as company shifts toward agent-based workflows.

הענקית Meta בבשורה לישראלים: האירוע המיוחד שיתקיים בתל אביב

/PRNewswire/ -- Bar Clara Mendez McConnon, who recently held a senior management position at Meta's Global Business Group, has been appointed CEO and Partner...

Meta said it's shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be "almost exclusively mobile" and that it will separate its Quest VR platform from the virtual world.

#Layoffs #Acquisition

An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a U.S. company.

#Product Stage #Investment #Customers #Partners

#Layoffs #Expand

#Acquisition #Product Stage

LeCun, former chief AI scientist at Meta, launched Advanced Machine Intelligence two months ago to build AI systems grounded in real-world understanding rather than abstract models or simulations.

#Management Changes #Layoffs #Investment #Partners

What was meant to define the next internet instead became a costly detour.

#Layoffs #Product Stage #Expand

The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.

#Layoffs #Product Stage #Acquisition

Ofer Shacham, former Head of Silicon at Meta and a key leader at Google's silicon, co-founded Majestic Labs to develop energy-efficient AI processors capable of challenging Nvidia’s dominance.

Inside the strategy that eased regulators’ pressure while scams flourished.

Meta says it'll keep Manus running independently while weaving its agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, where Meta's own chatbot, Meta AI, is already available to users.

#Acquisition #Investment #Customers #Partners

#Product Stage #Management Changes

Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.

#Acquired-by #Customers

The Securities Authority demands a verification system for all investment-related advertisers.

The Dutch-Israeli company will provide Meta with computer infrastructure for AI over five years.

#Partners #Customers #Investment

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.

#Management Changes

Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.

#Product Stage #Public Trading

Restructuring targets legacy research groups as Meta builds new AI division.

#Layoffs #Management Changes

Amazon, Google, and Meta lead massive capital push as Apple plays catch-up in the AI race.

#Investment

Meta has released a new family of AI models, Llama 4 — the latest in its Llama open model series.

#Product Stage #Partners

The funding comes just weeks after Tiger, a former Meta engineering VP and founder of Onavo, raised $20 million in Seed funding for the stealth startup.

#Investment

Facebook parent company accused of misusing phone numbers provided for security.

Tech giant dismisses 40 employees as it moves forward with 3,600 global job cuts announced in January.

#Layoffs

Meta (Facebook) is simultaneously laying off 5% of its employees at all the company's centers worldwide including in Israel.

#Layoffs

As TikTok rises and regulations tighten, Meta aligns with the new political establishment.

As CEOs rush to congratulate him, Trump’s impact on Silicon Valley’s future remains unpredictable.

With coffee cuts and meal reductions, the tech industry shifts its approach to benefits.

#Layoffs

Meta lays off employees across multiple teams | TechCrunch

#Layoffs

Meta picks 10 Israeli AI startups for Tel Aviv accelerator program | CTech

#Partners

90 laid off in Israel as Meta trims metaverse program

#Layoffs #Partners

Meta ends global AR chip development, shuts down Israeli operations | CTech

#Layoffs #Acquired-by

הפרויקט השאפתני קוצץ — ומטא חיסלה את פעילות פיתוח השבבים בתל אביב

#Layoffs

Meta shuts down Israeli network pushing AI-generated propaganda in U.S. and Canada | CTech

#Customers

Federal judge rules against Meta in data scraping case

Meta fined for two unreported acquisitions in Israel

#Acquisition

Meta Israel cuts recruitment team from 90 to 3

תוכנית חדשה של מטא מלמדת קרנות ישראליות על השקעה...

#Investment, Partners

Meta cuts Tel Aviv office space

#Expand #Layoffs

Second wave of Meta layoffs to hit Israel next week | CTech

#Layoffs

Meta Plans Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as This Week

#Layoffs

Meta downsizing reaches Israel

#Layoffs

Meta to lay off over 50 in Israel

#Layoffs

Hebrew U to open joint PhD program, research partnership with Meta AI

#Partners #Investment

Meta touts AI tool, developed partly in Israel, that translates spoken-only language

#Customers

Meta names Guy Rosen chief information security officer CTech

#Management Changes

עסקת השנה: פייסבוק שוכרת 20 קומות בת"א תמורת 750 מיליון שקל

#Expand

פייסבוק סוגרת עוד מוצר שנוי במחלוקת שפותח בתל אביב

#Layoffs

Israeli startups prepare to play major role in building metaverse

#Partners #Expand

Meta joins forces with Israel's yellowHEAD to launch Meta Startup Hub

#Partners #Expand

Meta to partner up with Israeli firm for 'metaverse' chips

#Partners

פרסום ראשון: מטא תפתח שבבים למטאברס בישראל

#Acquisition, Expand

פייסבוק החלה בתוכנית גיוס עובדים שאפתנית באירופה - וגם בתל אביב

#Expand

Israeli Team Leads Facebook Initiative To Help World Access Reliable Internet Faster

#Customers #Partners

Facebook Israel: "The market realized how important our products are" during Covid-19

#Customers

Israel said seeking to fine Facebook hundreds of millions over merger laws

#Acquisition

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/facebook-israel-announces-new-instagram-lite-app-with-cupcakes-646304

#Customers #Expand

Israeli programmer reveals uphill battle to launch Facebook Shops remotely

#Customers #Partners

Work from home? Facebook expanding Tel Aviv office space despite Covid-19

#Expand

Israeli Coders Lead Development, Security of Facebook's Novi Digital Wallet

#Management Changes, Expand

https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/How-Israel-and-Facebook-are-working-together-to-connect-the-world-608217

#Customers

Facebook aims to give Israeli startups a leg up at The Playground

#Customers

Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds 'hybrid' chatbots, for Calibra customer service

#Partners

Israeli Insurance Company Sues Facebook for Using the Name Libra

#Partners #Customers

https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Business-and-Innovation/Facebook-launches-Tel-Aviv-Playground-to-support-local-innovators-598611

#Customers #Partners #Investment #Expand

Companies Must Invest in Research Unrelated to Their Product, Says Facebook Exec

#Investment #Expand

Facebook Israel's R&D Director Relocates to Facebook's California HQ

#Management Changes

If in 50 Years Libra Will Account for 5% of Global Transactions, it Will Be a Rousing Success, Says Facebook VP

#Customers #Partners

Facebook Sets Up AI Team in Tel Aviv

#Expand

Facebook sets up blockchain R&D team in Tel Aviv

#Partners #Investment

Apple removed Facebook's Onavo from the App Store for gathering app data

#Customers

Facebook-owned Onavo quietly launches Bolt App Lock, a data-tracking app that locks other apps

#Customers

Facebook launches Marketplace in Israel

#Customers

Facebook-Backed Accelerator Offers A Hand To The Mature Entrepreneur

#Partners #Investment

Facebook Israel team led development of Lite app

#Customers

Joey Simhon to head Facebook Israel R&D center

#Management Changes

The Israeli bringing Facebook next billion users

#Acquisition #Expand

Office Tour: Facebook - Tel Aviv Offices

#Partners

Facebook expanding Israel office

#Expand

The Team

(3)

Adi Soffer Teeni

VP & GM Israel

Maayan Sarig

Head of Communications

Maya Gampel

HR Director & Country Lead

Founded:2005

Business Model:B2B

Employees:201-500

Funding Stage:Acquired

Founded:2009

Business Model:B2C

Employees:1-10

Funding Stage:Acquired

Founded:2010

Business Model:B2B, B2B2C

Employees:11-50

Funding Stage:Acquired

Founded:2014

Business Model:B2B, B2B2C

Employees:1-10

Funding Stage:Acquired

Founded:2015

Business Model:B2B

Employees:1-10

Funding Stage:Acquired

Founded:1994

Business Model:B2B2C

Employees:11-50

Funding Stage:Acquired

Israeli Portfolio

(6)

Company Name Description Founded Business Model Employees Funding Stage Raised

Face.com

Facial Recognition Technologies 2005 B2B 201-500 Acquired $11.1M

Onavo

Save, Measure & Protect your Mobile Data 2009 B2C 1-10 Acquired $13M

Pebbles Interfaces

Motion Sensors for 3D Human Gesture Interaction 2010 B2B, B2B2C 11-50 Acquired $11.49M

RedKix

Email Platform for Team Collaboration 2014 B2B, B2B2C 1-10 Acquired $17M

Servicefriend

Messaging and Customer Service Hybrid Artificial Intelligence 2015 B2B 1-10 Acquired Undisclosed

Snaptu

Improves the Way the World Uses Mobile Web 1994 B2B2C 11-50 Acquired $6M

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Rothschild Blvd 22, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Derech Menachem Begin 121, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel

Offices Abroad

Menlo Park, CA, USA

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Locations

Israel

Rothschild Blvd 22, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Derech Menachem Begin 121, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel

Offices Abroad

Menlo Park, CA, USA

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