Unit 8200
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Overcoming Darkness: The Inspiring Life Journey of Avihi Shali
Avihi Shali, who lost his sight and hearing following childhood illnesses and accidents, shares his inspiring journey of serving in Unit 8200, succeeding in finance, and overcoming adversity.
Exit at the Induction Center, Part 2: Who really gets a chance to enter 8200?
After the first episode revealed the immense economic value of service in technological units, the second episode of "Exit at the Induction Center" moves to a question that arises even earlier: who actually gets the opportunity to enter this track. The episode deals with the mechanisms that create the gap even before the day of enlistment – the environment in which teenagers grow up, awareness of...
"Exit at the Induction Center", Episode 1: The IDF Elite – and the Short Path to High-Tech
There is military service that ends with a discharge certificate and a grant, and there is service that can turn into a career worth millions of shekels within a few years. The new documentary series "Exit at the Induction Center", based on Riki Maman's book "The Tech Oligarchy", examines how IDF technological units have become a major entry ticket to Israeli high-tech, and asks who gets this...
'We saw things that no human should see - and now they expect us to return to life' | Major (res.) Maya
The invisible wounds of intelligence soldiers may not have been caused by a bullet, but they are no less real. They were caused by what you saw, what you heard, what you knew, what you did, what you failed to prevent - and what you are forbidden to tell anyone.
Court Recognizes Unit 8200 Soldier's Illness as Service-Related
A Unit 8200 soldier has successfully had her Graves' disease recognized as a service-related disability. The court ruled that the extreme stress and operational pressure of her role acted as a catalyst for the autoimmune condition.
Former 8200 Commander: An Alliance That Could Emerge – and Worry Iran
Brigadier General (res.) Hanan Gefen, former commander of Unit 8200, has called for strengthening regional security cooperation between Israel and Gulf states to counter the Iranian threat.
He was the youngest employee at Check Point and Microsoft - and is now raising $71 million for a new company
The robotics startup Enigma, founded about ten months ago by 8200 alumni Yonatan Yakobi (CEO) and Gal Niv (CTO), both 26, has been revealed for the first time with a massive $71 million seed round. The company is developing foundation models and software for Physical AI that will allow robots to operate in human environments, and is launching a public real-time remote control experiment.