By Sophie Shulman
Publication Date: 2026-09-23 05:52:00
A new Nvidia research group focused on using artificial intelligence to accelerate medical and scientific breakthroughs has begun operating in Israel, Calcalist has learned.
The group, called Applied AI Architecture, is based at Nvidia’s Israeli development center and operates within the company’s global CTO office. The office is led by CTO Michael Kagan, a co-founder of Mellanox who is currently considered the most senior Israeli executive at Nvidia reporting directly to founder and CEO Jensen Huang.
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Michael Kagan (from right), Jensen Huang and Nati Daniel.
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The group currently employs several researchers in Israel, with Nvidia planning to recruit dozens more over the coming year. The company’s website already lists several research positions in fields related to the group at its Tel Aviv offices.
Applied AI Architecture is headed by Dr. Nati Daniel, who holds a PhD in artificial intelligence from the Technion and previously held senior positions at Intel, GE and Huawei.
The group is being built around a long-term goal: using AI not simply to automate existing processes, but to accelerate the pace of scientific and medical discovery. Rather than focusing on immediate commercial applications, its researchers will work on scientific concepts that could eventually mature into technologies incorporated into Nvidia’s systems.
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