Managing Partner Shay Grinfeld joined a panel at Calcalist's Tech1 conference in Tel Aviv on October 28, moderated by Noa Argamani of Vine Ventures, alongside Carlo Biggio of Accel and Avi Eyal of Entrée Capital. The brief was to look past the AI hype to what is actually investable.
Asked what he would build as a founder starting from zero today, Shay's answer was the one we give every company we back: think about your go-to-market first, and go after problems that will still matter in five and ten years, not two.
Shay's Message to Founders
Video courtesy of Calcalist, from the Tech1 conference in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2026.
Shay's Answers from the Panel
Every question Noa put to Shay, and his full answer. He covers how AI and robotics have turned a software market of roughly $500 billion into one with no obvious ceiling, and why Israel's long record in infrastructure, from semiconductors to the cloud, positions it for the build-out of AI and physical AI.
Video courtesy of Calcalist, edited to Shay's answers from the Tech1 panel, October 28, 2026.
With thanks to Noa Argamani of Vine Ventures for moderating, and to our fellow panelists Carlo Biggio of Accel and Avi Eyal of Entrée Capital. The full panel is available on Calcalist's website.