Israel’s AI Crossroads: Innovation Alone Is No Longer Enough

The article argues that Israel has the potential to rank among the world’s top three artificial intelligence nations, but only if it moves beyond being primarily an R&D hub to producing and scaling major AI products, platforms, and infrastructure locally. Experts emphasize that Israel needs a national compute backbone, expanded advanced engineering talent, and stronger industry-wide coordination to retain companies’ headquarters and leadership domestically. Recent commitments from companies like Nvidia underscore confidence in Israel’s tech ecosystem, but structural challenges remain, including limited infrastructure and the need to translate innovation into global market power.

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