{
  "slug": "il-ai",
  "name": "Israel AI & High-Tech",
  "updated": "2026-11-02",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/il-ai",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Israel national AI supercomputer: share of voucher GPU resources allocated to industrial corporations",
      "value": "70",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/calls_for_proposal/usage-vouchers-rnd-labs/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Demand for core AI R&D workers in Israeli tech companies, 2023 survey",
      "value": "3400",
      "unit": "workers",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://neaman.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Report_Demand-for-human-capital-in-core-areas-of-ai_v2.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of AI companies operating in Israel",
      "value": "2948",
      "unit": "companies",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/uziure8w9"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Israel national AI supercomputer voucher: discount off market price for industrial companies",
      "value": "30",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/calls_for_proposal/usage-vouchers-rnd-labs/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Israeli high-tech companies reporting AI widely integrated into their products",
      "value": "30",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/High-Tech-Employment-Survey_english.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Employees in the Israeli high-tech sector",
      "value": "424,000",
      "unit": "employees",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026-Q1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/High-Tech-Employment-Survey_english.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Large businesses (250+ positions) using paid AI services, Israel",
      "value": "29",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2025/216/31_25_216b.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "NICE sales and marketing expense as share of revenue",
      "value": "22.4",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001003935.json"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average hiring rate, Israeli high-tech companies",
      "value": "8.0",
      "unit": "percent of workforce",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/High-Tech-Employment-Survey_english.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Israel: TikTok daily users share",
      "value": "34",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkqhuhexfl"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Non-AI-using businesses planning to adopt AI within six months, Israel",
      "value": "7.2",
      "unit": "percent of businesses",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2025/216/31_25_216b.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "NICE AI and self-service ARR",
      "value": "362",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026-06-30",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003935/000117891326004911/exhibit_99-1.htm"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Unfilled demand for core AI R&D workers (data scientists, data engineers, MLOps), Israel",
      "value": "2434",
      "unit": "workers",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://neaman.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Report_Demand-for-human-capital-in-core-areas-of-ai_v2.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Demand for core AI workers with master's or PhD degree, Israel",
      "value": "800",
      "unit": "workers",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://neaman.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Report_Demand-for-human-capital-in-core-areas-of-ai_v2.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Israeli high-tech employees reporting small work-time savings from GenAI (up to 10%)",
      "value": "10.5",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/11/AI-Tools-Usage-Brookdale-Research.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Paid AI users expecting to continue using AI in the near future, Israel",
      "value": "86",
      "unit": "percent of businesses",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2025/216/31_25_216b.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Small businesses (up to 50 positions) using paid AI services, Israel",
      "value": "16",
      "unit": "percent of businesses",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2025/216/31_25_216b.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "High-tech employees using GenAI tools at work several times per day",
      "value": "77.7",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/11/AI-Tools-Usage-Brookdale-Research.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Israeli high-tech employees using AI tools daily",
      "value": "78",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/press_release/ai-tools-usage-2025/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of private Israeli high-tech company employees located in Israel",
      "value": "44",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025-02",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/01/Innovation-Authority-High-Tech-Employment-Report-English-Final.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "CoreAI companies' share of total Israeli tech investment value",
      "value": "21.1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.ivc-online.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Ch3Gajn6pn0%3D&portalid=0"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Non-adopting businesses citing AI as not relevant to their activity, Israel",
      "value": "71",
      "unit": "percent of businesses",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2025/216/31_25_216b.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average layoff rate, Israeli high-tech software companies",
      "value": "6.6",
      "unit": "percent of workforce",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/High-Tech-Employment-Survey_english.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Israeli high-tech companies that reduced hiring following AI adoption",
      "value": "9.8",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "IL",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/High-Tech-Employment-Survey_english.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}