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The Spiro Circle

Join me as I discuss issues relating to Israel, tech, media, and news. Sometimes with a guest, sometimes solo. www.thespirocircle.com

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30:35

How Noma Security Engineers Culture for Hypergrowth...

The Spiro Circle ·

2026/01/19

In the AI boom, speed is being celebrated. Funding rounds are closing quickly, teams can double in quarters, and products ship before the market has time to catch its breath. But for Niv Braun, co-founder and CEO of AI security company Noma Security, the real challenge isn’t how fast a company grows, but about it’s what breaks when it does.“One of the biggest challenges in a fast-moving and fast-growing company is how you grow the team very fast and in a way that will be aligned with the great

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34:22

Why a “Family First” Mentality Strengthens Leadership...

The Spiro Circle ·

2026/01/15

In the mythology of company leadership, founders are expected to trade stability for scale. Long hours, constant travel, personal sacrifice. Family life is often framed as something to be balanced later, once the company is big enough to afford it.This week, I spoke to Zack Levine from Checkout.com, who tells a different story.Levine leads Checkout.com’s North American and Israel operations and moved to Israel two years ago from the United States. Today, he is preparing to return to the United

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48:45

Accounting's Netflix Moment - #0039, Isaac Heller

The Spiro Circle ·

2026/01/11

This week, I spoke with Isaac Heller, the Founder and President of Trullion, an AI-powered accounting platform that automates financial workflows for accounting and audit teams.It’s a sector long-viewed as conservative and slow-moving, but one that is increasingly vulnerable to disruption. The stakes are high, not just for young professionals entering the workforce, but also for the legacy firms that have dominated the accounting industry for decades and may assume their scale makes them untouchable

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58:56

Building the Google Maps of the Immune System -...

The Spiro Circle ·

2026/01/05

The world of biotech and drug development has long relied on trial and error and statistical averages. While we often associate this approach with diseases like cancer or autoimmune disorders, it has left the immune system, one of the most important systems in the human body, among the least systematically understood in medicine.That gap is becoming harder to ignore. In the United States, funding cuts threaten to slow basic research at the very moment when the complexity of biological problems is

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31:43

Storytelling, Branding, and AI: What's Next for New...

The Spiro Circle ·

2026/01/01

This week I spoke to Noa Eshed about all things AI, marketing, podcasting, and branding. Our chat highlighted how the media landscape has transformed over the years. She noted that while print media was once king, the shift to digital has redefined how content is consumed and monetized. The emergence of social media as a primary traffic source has created challenges for traditional publications, as they now compete for attention in a crowded online space. This change emphasizes the importance of

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39:49

How Israeli Tech is Modernizing the World’s Biggest...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/28

Last week, I sat with Lior Dolinski, co-founder and CPO of Agora, to discuss how a team of veterans of Israel’s Unit 8200 is modernizing the traditional world of real estate investment. “It’s important to understand the real estate sector is the biggest asset class in the world,” he said. “And it’s not only the biggest asset class, but it’s also the most complex one and the most old-fashioned. It’s a business that is built on handshakes, communication, and relationship building. And the biggest

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35:43

Verbit: Bringing AI to a courtroom near you - #0035,...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/24

In a world where AI is transforming industries, Israeli startup Verbit stands out by operating in the legal transcription space. Founded in 2017, Verbit has been at the forefront of AI-driven transcription and captioning, offering accuracy and insights.Today, Verbit’s technology is tailored for the legal sector, a field that’s famously slow to innovate and that demands precision and accountability. By leveraging AI, the company provides real-time transcription services that help legal professionals

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36:14

How Israel Became NVIDIA’s "Second Home" - #0034, Aya...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/21

When S Capital first backed Run:ai in 2018, there was no AI boom to ride. Large language models weren’t part of the mainstream vocabulary and ChatGPT was still far into the future. GPUs were powerful but inefficient, and the problem Run:ai set out to solve, orchestrating and optimizing GPU usage at scale, was largely invisible.“The word of AI was not as it is considered today,” investor Aya Peterburg recalled. “No one knew to say even ‘LLM’ or what that means.”Seen through that lens, NVIDIA’s

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42:41

Britain in Decline: Migration, economy, and the...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/16

Today’s episode looks at HS2 — the UK’s massive high-speed rail project that promised to connect London with major cities across the country.HS2 was meant to boost economic growth, cut travel times, and modernize the transit network. Instead, it became a lightning rod for political debate: skyrocketing costs, environmental concerns, shifting government commitments, and fierce disagreement about whether the benefits justify the price.For those who haven’t been following: In 2009, HS2 was sold as a

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44:03

Storytelling, Resilience, and Israel’s AI Moment -...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/14

Recently, I spoke to Yonatan Sela, Partner at Square Peg. Today, he invests in Israeli companies, but he used to be an entrepreneur and founder himself. Before Square Peg, Yonatan helped build YouNow into a consumer live-streaming platform; he co-founded Props, a decentralized protocol designed to give users ownership in consumer apps; and he worked across early-stage investing, consulting, and product leadership roles.I could relate to that idea of ‘crossing the picket fence’ - starting your

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36:30

Deep Dive into Deeptech: Israel’s Role in the Next...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/10

In today’s tech landscape, deeptech has emerged as a critical player in shaping the future.To understand this better, I recently sat down with Doron Zauer, General Partner at Earth and Beyond Ventures. Together, we discussed the significance of deeptech and its growing influence, particularly in Israel and Startup Nation.Deeptech refers to technologies based on significant scientific advances and engineering innovation. Unlike ‘traditional’ tech, which often focuses on software or consumer gadgets,

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45:21

The Spiro Circle and Forbes: How AI Agents Are...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/04

Exciting news has hit The Spiro Circle: We have partnered with Forbes to broadcast stories from Israel’s high-tech sector. We start with Salt Security. Meet Co-Founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu: he turned a meeting with Sam Altman into a $1.4 billion cyber company.In 2016, Salt Security Co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu spotted a risk few others were focused on. As the internet evolved and companies became increasingly dependent on APIs to power their digital services, he recognized that vulnerabilities

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32:08

Israel's Revolutionary Role in AI Drug Discovery -...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/12/04

In the evolving world of healthcare and pharmaceuticals, the intersection of AI and drug discovery has become a focal point for innovation - especially in Israel. This week, I spoke to AION Labs CEO Mati Gill, who shares insights on how the venture studio is transforming the landscape of drug development through collaboration and cutting-edge technology. Founded by global pharmaceutical partners Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, and Teva, AION Labs is located in Israel and leverages AI while fostering

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43:18

Israel’s Philanthropic Response Post–October 7 -...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/11/27

This week, I spoke to Keshet CEO Maya Natan about Israel’s philanthropic efforts and how it helps citizens and corporations donate money and assets.Keshet is a donor-advised fund that offers a wide range of services to facilitate philanthropic giving, including advisory, operational, and strategic services. In 2024, it reached NIS 880 million ($270 million) of assets managed, and helped 155 donors grant NIS 420 million to more than 1,100 Israeli organizations.Our conversation explores the

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36:46

What Europe got right about food safety (and how MAHA...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/11/13

In this episode, Founder and CEO of Foodini, Dylan McDonnell, shares his journey from being a corporate lawyer to founding a tech company focused on providing transparency in food ingredients for those with dietary restrictions. There are 33 million Americans who live with a variety of dietary restrictions, whether it’s an allergy, a religious choice, or even women who are pregnant. Dylan himself has Celiac disease, an autoimmune condition where the immune system reacts to gluten, sometimes causing

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31:07

Recruitment's Deepfake Dilemma - #0026, Michael Matias

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/11/03

I’ve been interested in deepfake technology recently.We’ve all been exposed to it: fraudulent audio or video content usually created by AI. Our aunts and uncles might believe every meme they see on Facebook or other social media channels, but it can be a lot more nefarious. Deepfakes can trick us into believing fake news, they can mimic our voices to trick banks or insurance companies, or they can create untrue documentation designed to destroy the reputation of politicians, business leaders, or

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37:04

Pitching with H.E.A.R.T for startup success - #0025,...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/10/23

There is so much in life that can be broken down into the simple understanding that everything is a form of storytelling - and that communication rests on the ears of the receiver. It was a lesson I first learned while I was reading Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior by Thomas Erikson. And it was reinforced this week when I spoke with Ben Wiener, Managing Partner at Jumpspeed Ventures. What is something we have in common? We both get pitched by tech founders!But one of us is an

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39:31

The Hidden Costs of Performance Feminism - #0024, Dr....

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/10/15

This episode is sure to raise a few eyebrows.I wanted to better understand society’s reaction to feminism, but through the experience of women who are balancing their work and personal life. No better person expressed concern for the current infrastructure in place more than Dr. Stephanie Wilson, founder of She’s In Business, a global not-for-profit business platform.Dr. Wilson is a PhD in Business, an autistic domestic abuse survivor turned award-winning entrepreneur, and her platform has helped

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36:51

Two Years On: Trauma, Antisemitism, and the West's...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/10/07

I’ve been thinking a lot about trauma recently.As we reach the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, we can see now the effect and damage that the war is having on the country and its people, not just on a macro level, but on the single, granular level felt by each person.Trauma can manifest both collectively and individually, and how we respond to that trauma comes in how we can identify and treat it to avoid it getting worse. When our body fails to register its ‘fight or

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29:02

Training IDF Soldiers with Israel’s VR Revolution -...

The Spiro Circle ·

2025/09/29

Note: This episode is the final of three recorded interviews conducted on the same day using a new platform. Some growing pains were expected, and this final edit is a bit rougher than I’d like, including some intermittent sound issues that could not be removed. Thanks for your patience as we refine the process — future episodes will appear smoother. - JS.A few weeks ago, I spoke with Erel Herzog, co-founder of Combatica, a company specializing in advanced tactical training simulators that utilize

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