Overview
- A joint statement was signed in Jerusalem’s City of David by Israel’s National AI Directorate head Erez Eskel and U.S. Under Secretary Jacob Helberg, with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Ambassador Mike Huckabee in attendance.
- Cooperation spans artificial intelligence, semiconductors, advanced computing, space, robotics, next‑generation materials, and energy technologies such as battery storage and grid optimization.
- Israel is designated a secure Pax Silica node, integrating its research ecosystem with safeguards to protect sensitive technologies and strengthen trusted collaboration.
- The Joint Economic Development Group will serve as the primary steering body, providing strategic direction for implementation and governance.
- The framework is an expression of intent that creates no legal obligations or funding commitments, with activities subject to each nation’s laws and procedures; Israel joined Pax Silica last month and was the first of nine leading participants to sign.