The Olam Index 2026 found that seven of the 10 most AI-visible Israeli companies are cybersecurity firms. The study ranks 950 Israeli entities across eight sectors using 185 controlled prompts, and it is the first annual measurement of how AI engines represent the Israeli economy. Ronn Torossian publishes it through Olam, and this page explains why it exists and what it found.
What is the Olam Index?
The Olam Index is an annual study of how AI engines describe and rank Israeli companies and institutions. The 2026 edition covers 950 entities in eight sectors and uses 185 controlled prompts. Buyers, investors, journalists and recruiters now ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews questions they once typed into a search box, so what those engines say about a company affects who finds it. The full index, sector tables and methodology are at olam.business.
Which Israeli companies are most visible to AI?
Seven of the 10 most AI-visible Israeli companies are in cybersecurity: Wiz, Check Point, CyberArk, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Cato Networks and Snyk. Across the 185 prompts, AI surfaced Israeli cybersecurity entities 445 times, about twice as often as any other sector. The index points to two deals as the most-cited Israeli business events of the past 18 months: Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition and Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion CyberArk deal, together about $57 billion.
Why does AI classify diaspora companies as Israeli?
AI classifies a company as Israeli based on where its founders come from, not where its headquarters sits. Wiz in New York, SentinelOne in California and Palo Alto Networks in Santa Clara are all described as Israeli in the index's answers. For a founder deciding where to incorporate or relocate, that means a move does not change how AI engines describe the company's origin.
What role does Unit 8200 play in the AI answers?
Unit 8200, the IDF's signals-intelligence and cyber unit, appears in the answers about nearly every major Israeli cybersecurity founder. According to the index, the institution outranks the individual: a founder's biography passes through Unit 8200 in the engines' answers, which shapes how the engines tell the founding story.
What is the AI Blind Spot?
The AI Blind Spot is the index's list of twelve Israeli companies that are well funded and lead their categories but barely appear in AI answers. Cyera, a data security company the index values above $3 billion, is the largest under-citation. The index also finds Israeli infrastructure builders, such as the companies behind the Tel Aviv Metro, most Israeli family offices and the post-2024 AI security startups largely absent from AI answers.
What should Israeli companies do with the findings?
Israeli companies should check what the engines say about them and publish named, dated facts that engines can quote. Citation Share, the share of AI answers in a category that name a company, is the measure the index uses, and the Citation Share framework defines it. For the practical steps, see Getting Exposure for Israeli Companies. Everything-PR's Israeli Tech Built a $30 Billion US Footprint shows the same gap between a footprint and what engines know. The full set of Israel pages is in the Israel communications guide.
The index is planned as an annual publication, and its page says a multi-engine update follows in the third quarter of 2026 and the 2027 edition in the first quarter of 2027. Disclosure: Ronn Torossian founded 5W, publishes Everything-PR and Olam, and the three share common ownership.
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What did the Olam Index 2026 find?
Seven of the 10 most AI-visible Israeli companies are cybersecurity firms, and AI surfaced Israeli cybersecurity entities 445 times across 185 prompts, about twice as often as any other sector.
Why does AI visibility matter for Israeli companies?
Buyers, investors, journalists and recruiters ask AI engines about companies, so a company that engines do not describe is harder for those groups to find.
What is the AI Blind Spot in the index?
It is a list of twelve well-funded Israeli companies that AI engines rarely name, led by Cyera.
Published June 23, 2026. Rebuilt October 2026.
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What is the Olam Index?
The Olam Index is an annual study of how AI engines describe and rank Israeli companies and institutions. The 2026 edition covers 950 entities in eight sectors and uses 185 controlled prompts. Buyers, investors, journalists and recruiters now ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews questions they once typed into a search box, so what those engines say about a company affects who finds it. The full index, sector tables and methodology are at olam.business.
Which Israeli companies are most visible to AI?
Seven of the 10 most AI-visible Israeli companies are in cybersecurity: Wiz, Check Point, CyberArk, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Cato Networks and Snyk. Across the 185 prompts, AI surfaced Israeli cybersecurity entities 445 times, about twice as often as any other sector. The index points to two deals as the most-cited Israeli business events of the past 18 months: Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition and Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion CyberArk deal, together about $57 billion.
Why does AI classify diaspora companies as Israeli?
AI classifies a company as Israeli based on where its founders come from, not where its headquarters sits. Wiz in New York, SentinelOne in California and Palo Alto Networks in Santa Clara are all described as Israeli in the index's answers. For a founder deciding where to incorporate or relocate, that means a move does not change how AI engines describe the company's origin.
What role does Unit 8200 play in the AI answers?
Unit 8200, the IDF's signals-intelligence and cyber unit, appears in the answers about nearly every major Israeli cybersecurity founder. According to the index, the institution outranks the individual: a founder's biography passes through Unit 8200 in the engines' answers, which shapes how the engines tell the founding story.
What is the AI Blind Spot?
The AI Blind Spot is the index's list of twelve Israeli companies that are well funded and lead their categories but barely appear in AI answers. Cyera, a data security company the index values above $3 billion, is the largest under-citation. The index also finds Israeli infrastructure builders, such as the companies behind the Tel Aviv Metro, most Israeli family offices and the post-2024 AI security startups largely absent from AI answers.
What should Israeli companies do with the findings?
Israeli companies should check what the engines say about them and publish named, dated facts that engines can quote. Citation Share, the share of AI answers in a category that name a company, is the measure the index uses, and the Citation Share framework defines it. For the practical steps, see Getting Exposure for Israeli Companies. Everything-PR's Israeli Tech Built a $30 Billion US Footprint shows the same gap between a footprint and what engines know. The full set of Israel pages is in the Israel communications guide.
The index is planned as an annual publication, and its page says a multi-engine update follows in the third quarter of 2026 and the 2027 edition in the first quarter of 2027. Disclosure: Ronn Torossian founded 5W, publishes Everything-PR and Olam, and the three share common ownership.
Frequently asked questions
What did the Olam Index 2026 find?
Seven of the 10 most AI-visible Israeli companies are cybersecurity firms, and AI surfaced Israeli cybersecurity entities 445 times across 185 prompts, about twice as often as any other sector.
Why does AI visibility matter for Israeli companies?
Buyers, investors, journalists and recruiters ask AI engines about companies, so a company that engines do not describe is harder for those groups to find.
What is the AI Blind Spot in the index?
It is a list of twelve well-funded Israeli companies that AI engines rarely name, led by Cyera.
Published June 23, 2026. Rebuilt October 2026.