The United States has formed a partnership with Israel for a collaboration on critical technology and artificial intelligence. The initiative is a key component of the Pax Silica partnership to “secure critical technology frontiers and foster the next generation of scientific advancement,” a statement from both governments declares.
According to the countries, the strategy aims to contribute to the economic prosperity and security of both nations. Primary areas of partnership include protecting sensitive technology, artificial intelligence, space science, semiconductors, robotics, and new energy sources.
Upon signing the strategic partnership, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg said the joint statement “tasks us to move beyond admiration—and into production. It tasks us with cross-pollinating the two most dynamic innovation ecosystems on Earth around the frontier: AI that accelerates science.”
Describing the critical areas of the partnership, Helberg explained: “Semiconductors, because there is no AI without compute. Space, because the high ground of the modern economy is orbital. Robotics, because the future of manufacturing is automation married to precision. Energy, because energy is the base layer of every industrial strategy.”
The technology partnership expands upon the U.S. and Israel’s Pax Silica agreement. Pax Silica was launched in December alongside Singapore, Australia, Japan, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to counter China’s dominance in rare earth minerals.
“The United States is organizing a coalition of countries around the principle of building a secure, resilient, and innovation-driven ecosystem across the entire global technology supply chain — from critical minerals and energy inputs to advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and logistics,” the State Department explained at the time. “Pax Silica is a new kind of international grouping and partnership – one that aims to unite the countries that host the world’s most advanced technology companies to unleash the economic potential of the new AI age.”
