Boston-area techies are heading to Tel Aviv for a marathon hackathon at Google in a trip that highlights the burgeoning relationship between the Israeli and Bay State tech sectors.
"Israel right now is at a really unique place in the tech world," said Max Kleiman-Weiner, an MIT Ph.D. candidate who is on the first tech-focused trip run by Birthright Israel, a program that sends Jewish young adults to tour Israel. "There's just so much happening in terms of startups and tech."
The trip, which includes half a dozen Boston-area techies, will culminate in a 36-hour hackathon — a marathon coding session — at Google's Tel Aviv office. The group will be split into teams and will work alongside Israeli developers to create a project under a not-yet-announced theme.
Israel's booming tech sector has made big news in the United States this year, most recently when Israeli social mapping service Waze was acquired by Google for close to $1 billion.
Israeli companies have also paid dividends for Massachusetts. A report earlier this month found Israeli-founded businesses brought nearly $12 billion in economic benefit to Massachusetts, and employed more than 6,600 people.
The report says future growth between Israel and Massachusetts will be a result of similarities in focus, including in robotics and biotech.
Kleiman-Weiner said Israel is especially interesting to him because his focus — machine learning — is taking off there.
"That space is particularly hot in Israel," he said. "For me it's definitely a place I want to keep my eye on and figure out what's going on there."
Gidi Mark, CEO of Birthright Israel, said the nonprofit chose to design the trip around technology out of a belief that it is a great global unifier.
"We believe that this is the beauty of the 21st century," Mark said.
That connection has already brought together the group. Kleiman-Weiner said he had not considered going on a Birthright trip, but the tech focus sold him.
He said while the technology and the companies the group will visit are interesting, he is most interested in meeting and making significant connections with other people who share his tech interests.
"During the time the groups are here, there is a development of long-term relationships that changes the perspective and the perception about each other," Mark said. "Many of them have identical spheres of interest."
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