🇮🇱 Israel: AI money in and out

Israel sent $0M and received $1.6B in AI deals since Nov 2024. Main players: Mega Or, Decart, Q.ai. Full deal list. Updated Nov 9, 2026.

Pays abroad

$0M

Receives from abroad

$1.6B

Domestic

$0M

Deals

Companies

Aug 13, 2026Acquisitioncalled off$6B

Anthropic → 🇮🇱 Decart · ~$6 billion (up to $7 billion reported), then collapsed

Talks worth about $6 billion for the Israeli inference-efficiency startup; in early September Anthropic withdraws after due diligence.

Jan 29, 2026Acquisitionclosed$1.6B

Apple → 🇮🇱 Q.ai · $1.6-2 billion (Reuters/FT)

Israeli AI startup for audio and whispered speech; about 100 employees move to Apple. The largest since Beats.

Dec 18, 2025Cloud & servicesin talksn/a

Nvidia → 🇮🇱 Mega Or · ~$1.5B project shared by Nvidia and Mega Or

Nvidia is in advanced talks to lease a data centre under construction at Mevo Carmel near Yokneam, a ~$1.5B project shared with Mega Or.