JJ Ben-Joseph, at The Blogs

JJ Ben-Joseph

Oct 2, 2024, 9:38 PM

Reflecting on a Year of Professional Growth in Israel

Rosh Hashanah celebrated in an office. Own work with DALL-E.

As the Jewish New Year approaches, our office is alive with celebration with festive foods, apples dripping with honey, and an abundance of wine and beer. For me, celebrating Rosh Hashanah at work is an uncharted experience. I remember...

May 1, 2024, 10:05 PM

How the Israeli Way Can Elevate American Defense Tech

As someone who has navigated the complex intersection of technology and national security in the United States, I've been uniquely positioned to witness the inherent challenges that arise when attempting to merge these two sectors. Throughout my career, the...

Mar 31, 2024, 2:37 PM

An oleh’s reflection on October 7

"Daddy, I'm going to die! I don't want to die!" My five-year-old daughter is screaming this over and over while we are in our house's bomb shelter. Outside, there was a boom that shook the whole apartment. It was like...

Mar 31, 2024, 9:53 AM

Global Minds, Local Impact: Advancing the Diaspora’s Role in Israeli AI

Intelligence has always been the source of civilization. It is what distinguishes humans as shapers of landscapes rather than mere figures within them. Today, the frontier of intelligence is being redefined by artificial intelligence, the most consequential invention humanity...

About Me

JJ Ben-Joseph is cofounder and Chief AI Officer of ProPhet, a new stealth-mode AI/ML pharma startup backed by AstraZeneca, Merck, and the Israel Biotech Fund. He was previously Entrepreneur-In-Residence at AION Labs. JJ worked at the strategic venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, where he helped biosecurity and AI startups succeed with US government customers. He was also a technical contributor on drug discovery and pandemic response technologies that used AI. He's a former fellow at the American Jewish Committee, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and the Foresight Institute. He is an oleh chadash that lives with his wife and two daughters in Rehovot, Israel.