Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Former NBA commissioner, former ESPN digital chief to advise Israeli startup

The firm, located east of Tel Aviv, employs 105 people and “has raised $16 million to date from investors.”

Then-NBA Commissioner David Stern at Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2012. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Then-NBA Commissioner David Stern at Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2012. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Former NBA commissioner David Stern and former ESPN digital chief John Kosner will be joining the Israeli startup WSC Sports Technologies Ltd. as advisers, announced the company on Wednesday.

The artificial-intelligence platform “analyzes live sports broadcasts, identifies each and every event that occurs in the game, creates customized short-form video content and published to any digital destination,” according to a description on the company website.

The firm is located east of Tel Aviv.

It employs 105 people and “has raised $16 million to date from investors, including Intel Capital and Daniel Gilbert, the majority shareholder of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers,” reported Calcalist.

A 25-year-old faces hate crime charges after two Jewish men were attacked near a Hendon shul.
“I do think perhaps there is the possibility that in the next few hours the world will get some good news,” Washington’s top diplomat said.
A Shavuot benefit at Jerusalem’s Tower of David raised funds for HaGal Sheli’s surfing-based rehabilitation programs.
“May this day of faith and renewal bring peace, hope, and strength,” the Foreign Ministry wrote.
The country’s foreign minister called on the E.U. to also adopt sanctions against Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Netanyahu says operational freedom includes in Lebanon, as the American president vows no Tehran deal without dismantling its nuclear program and removing enriched uranium.