Chapter 14 - AI, Quantum & Cyber Deals: Israeli Tech's Billion-Dollar Week & Supercomputer Boost
KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications giant, will implement DriveNets software for hundreds of millions of dollars. Classic has raised $110 million to build "the Microsoft of quantum computing." The AI company Perplexity is on track to raise $500 million at a $14 billion valuation. QIAGEN, a Dutch company, is acquiring the Israeli company Genoox for $80 million. Orca Security is acquiring the startup Opus in an Israeli cyber deal. The biotechnology company Somite AI has raised $47 million to develop drugs using cells. The startup Kela has recorded $100 million in fundraising within a year of…
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