Berkshire Hathaway DIGITAL

Research date: 28 October 2026 Target: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Scope: Enterprise technology, data processing, surveillance, cybersecurity, cloud services, artificial intelligence, technology investments, governance and Israeli technology-sector relationships.

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Corporate Structure

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a Delaware holding company whose principal businesses include insurance, freight rail transportation, utilities, energy, manufacturing, services and retailing. Its 2025 Form 10-K states that operating subsidiaries are managed on a decentralized basis, with few centralized or integrated business functions.¹

The SEC subsidiary exhibit dated 31 December 2025 identifies entities including ISCAR Ltd., IMC International Metalworking Companies entities, TTI, Inc., Government Employees Insurance Company and National Indemnity Company within Berkshire’s corporate structure.²

Verified Israeli Technology Relationship

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies - Planck Resolution Ltd.

On 7 March 2019, Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies announced a partnership with Planck, describing it as an artificial-intelligence-driven data platform for commercial insurance underwriting.³

GUARD stated that the technology would assist the underwriting of small and medium-sized business risks by generating information from online and offline data, using a business name and address as inputs.³

Independent reporting published by CTech on 11 March 2019 identified Planck as a Tel Aviv-based startup and described the relationship as a collaboration to develop digital underwriting capabilities.⁴

Act record - GUARD–Planck: Acting entity: Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies; technology provider: Planck Resolution Ltd.; intended beneficiaries: GUARD’s commercial insurance underwriting operations and customers; channel: public announcement on guard.com, independently reported by calcalistech.com; earliest confirmed observation: 7 March 2019; latest independently dated observation: 11 March 2019; duration of public communication: the original announcement remained retrievable during the October 2026 research; contractual status after the original announcement: unknown.^{3, 4}

The sources establish an announced technology relationship in 2019 but do not identify the number of underwriting decisions processed, total contract expenditure, deployment architecture or location of customer-data processing.^{3, 4}

Enterprise Security and Software Procurement

No public evidence identified establishing that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. directly procured Check Point, CyberArk, Wiz, SentinelOne, NICE, Verint, Claroty or other named Israeli-origin enterprise-security products for group-wide deployment.^{1, 2}

CyberArk’s 2025 regulatory filing identifies CyberArk Software Ltd. as a company organized under Israeli law; this corporate-origin evidence does not independently establish a customer relationship with Berkshire.⁵

Palo Alto Networks’ July 2025 SEC filing documents its proposed acquisition of CyberArk through an Israeli merger subsidiary; the transaction does not establish Berkshire as a customer of either company.⁶

A February 2026 transaction document confirms that CyberArk became a wholly owned Palo Alto Networks subsidiary on 11 February 2026; no corresponding Berkshire procurement relationship was established from the reviewed records.⁷

Systems Integrators and Technology Transformation

Reporting published on 4 May 2026 describes Berkshire CEO Gregory Abel discussing the use of technology specialists and internal management oversight in artificial-intelligence implementation across Berkshire businesses.⁸

No public evidence identified that a named systems integrator deployed Israeli-origin cybersecurity or surveillance technology for Berkshire’s centralized enterprise infrastructure.^{1, 8}

Electronics Distribution

Berkshire’s 2025 annual disclosure describes TTI as a distributor serving telecommunications, computing, medical, industrial, automotive and military/aerospace electronics markets, with Mouser supporting internet-based distribution of electronic components.¹

The 2025 subsidiary register identifies TTI, Inc. as a Berkshire subsidiary.²

Act record - TTI: Acting entity: TTI, Inc.; beneficiaries: customers in the industries identified in Berkshire’s annual disclosure; channel: SEC filing on sec.gov; observation: financial year 2025; continuing status: the business is presented as operating in the 2025 annual report; specific Israeli military or surveillance customer: not established.^{1, 2}

No public evidence identified of a specific TTI or Mouser digital-technology delivery to an Israeli military, intelligence or settlement institution in the reviewed company disclosures.^{1, 2}

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

Facial Recognition and Biometric Systems

No public evidence identified of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. or a named subsidiary deploying facial recognition, gait analysis or biometric identification systems supplied by Trigo, BriefCam, AnyVision/Oosto or Trax in the reviewed disclosures.^{1, 2}

The reviewed GUARD announcement concerns commercial insurance underwriting using data analysis and does not identify facial recognition or biometric identification as the application.³

Predictive Analytics

GUARD’s announced Planck application uses artificial intelligence to derive commercial underwriting information from data sources and business identifiers, rather than the biometric identification of individual retail customers.³

Act record - commercial analytics: Acting entity: Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies; provider: Planck Resolution Ltd.; beneficiaries: commercial insurance underwriters and policy applicants; channel: guard.com; dated observation: 7 March 2019; subsequent operational status: unknown.³

Predictive Policing and Workforce Surveillance

No public evidence identified linking Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to Israeli-origin predictive policing, social-media surveillance, workforce monitoring or intelligence-targeting software in the reviewed corporate disclosures.^{1, 2}

Third-Party Deployment

The GUARD–Planck announcement establishes an intended third-party technology integration in commercial insurance underwriting.³

No public evidence identified that the same Planck technology was embedded in a broader Berkshire group platform or deployed across unrelated subsidiaries.^{1, 3}

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

Data Centre Operations

Berkshire’s 2025 annual report describes extensive operating businesses but does not establish a Berkshire-operated Israeli sovereign-cloud platform or a group-level Israeli public-cloud service.¹

No public evidence identified of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. operating or leasing a data centre in Israel specifically for public cloud computing or government data residency.^{1, 2}

Data-Exposure Investigation

The 2019 GUARD announcement states that Planck’s technology can derive commercial insurance information using a business name and address and information obtained from online and offline sources.³

Planck’s identification as a Tel Aviv-based company establishes the provider’s Israeli business connection, but the available announcement does not identify the processing location, hosting jurisdiction or legal access arrangements for GUARD customer data.^{3, 4}

Act record - underwriting data: Acting entity: Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies; technology provider: Planck Resolution Ltd.; data subjects and beneficiaries: businesses undergoing commercial insurance underwriting and GUARD’s underwriting operations; channel: guard.com; confirmed announcement date: 7 March 2019; latest confirmed contract status: unknown; Israeli processing location: not established.^{3, 4}

Government Cloud Contracts

No public evidence identified establishing direct Berkshire Hathaway Inc. participation in Project Nimbus or a comparable Israeli government sovereign-cloud procurement programme.^{1, 2}

The 2025 annual report does not identify Berkshire as a primary contractor supplying Israeli government cloud infrastructure.¹

Data Sovereignty Services

No public evidence identified of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. marketing a digital data-sovereignty or cloud-resilience service specifically to Israeli military or intelligence institutions.^{1, 2}

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

Military and Intelligence Contracts

The Berkshire annual report identifies TTI as a distributor serving military/aerospace markets, among other industries.¹

That business description does not identify any specific Israeli Ministry of Defence, Israel Defense Forces or intelligence-agency technology contract.¹

No public evidence identified of a named Berkshire subsidiary supplying an Israeli defence or intelligence institution with a specified surveillance software platform, cyber-intelligence system or government data-hosting service.^{1, 2}

Dual-Use Technology

Berkshire’s industrial manufacturing subsidiary IMC produces precision metal-cutting equipment used across industrial markets, with manufacturing facilities including Israel.¹

ISCAR’s own corporate description identifies its manufacturing and technological development operations in the Tefen Industrial Zone in Israel.⁹

Act record - ISCAR industrial activity: Acting entity: ISCAR Ltd.; parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. through IMC; beneficiaries: industrial cutting-tool customers; channels: iscar.co.il and Berkshire’s SEC disclosures; historical ownership observation: July 2006; current operational observation: Berkshire’s 2025 annual reporting; status: continuing group ownership and Israeli industrial operations; specific digital military beneficiary: not established.^{1, 9, 10}

The verified industrial activity does not itself establish deployment of Israeli military surveillance, intelligence analytics or offensive cyber capabilities.^{1, 9}

Offensive Cyber Technology

No public evidence identified of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. or the examined subsidiaries developing, licensing or maintaining offensive cyber-exploitation technology for Israeli state actors.^{1, 2}

Relevant Technology-Sector Corporate Records

CyberArk’s 2025 filing identifies the company’s business and Israeli incorporation, while Palo Alto Networks’ regulatory disclosures document a separate acquisition transaction involving CyberArk.^{5, 6}

No public evidence identified connecting Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to the development or procurement of an offensive cyber system through that transaction.^{1, 5, 6}

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

Commercial AI Applications

The 2019 GUARD–Planck partnership is a verified example of a Berkshire subsidiary announcing the adoption of Israeli-origin artificial-intelligence technology for a commercial application.^{3, 4}

GUARD identified the intended application as improving the speed and efficiency of commercial insurance underwriting.³

Act record - AI underwriting: Acting entity: Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies; provider: Planck Resolution Ltd.; beneficiaries: GUARD’s underwriting operations and commercial insurance customers; publication channel: guard.com; first dated observation: 7 March 2019; independent observation: 11 March 2019; current contractual status: unknown.^{3, 4}

Berkshire AI Governance

Berkshire’s 2026 proxy identifies Gregory E. Abel as the company’s chief executive officer from 1 January 2026, succeeding Warren E. Buffett.¹¹

In reporting dated 4 May 2026, Abel discussed Berkshire’s approach to AI implementation, including management participation and checks intended to assess consistency of AI-generated outputs.⁸

Act record - corporate AI communication: Speaker: Gregory E. Abel; beneficiary and audience: Berkshire shareholders and readers of reporting on the company’s technology strategy; publication channel: carriermanagement.com; dated observation: 4 May 2026; persistence: publicly retrievable during October 2026 research; relevance to an Israeli technology provider: no named provider established in the report.⁸

AI Provision to Israeli State Bodies

No public evidence identified of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. or GUARD providing AI underwriting technology to Israeli government, intelligence or military institutions.^{1, 3}

Training Data and Surveillance-Derived Datasets

The GUARD announcement describes online and offline sources for commercial underwriting but does not identify intercepted communications, intelligence datasets or occupied-territory surveillance records as training inputs.³

No public evidence identified of a Berkshire-controlled AI platform using such datasets for Israeli state surveillance applications.^{1, 3}

Autonomous Systems

No public evidence identified of a Berkshire digital platform supplying autonomous threat detection, intelligence tracking or military decision-support software to Israeli authorities.^{1, 2}

No public evidence identified of purpose-built kinetic targeting software developed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the examined company disclosures.^{1, 2}

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

Israeli Corporate and Engineering Presence

Berkshire Hathaway announced the completed acquisition of 80% of the Iscar Metalworking Companies on 5 July 2006, valuing the business at approximately US$5 billion and identifying Tefen, Israel, as its headquarters.¹⁰

ISCAR’s corporate description identifies an Israeli manufacturing and engineering base and describes the company’s international expansion.⁹

Berkshire’s 2023 subsidiary exhibit identifies ISCAR Ltd. as an Israeli-domiciled subsidiary.¹²

Its 2024 subsidiary exhibit continues to include ISCAR and related IMC businesses in the Berkshire corporate structure.¹³

The 2025 subsidiary exhibit likewise records the Berkshire group structure, including ISCAR and IMC entities.²

Act record - acquisition: Acquirer: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; acquired enterprise: IMC International Metalworking Companies; beneficiaries: Berkshire’s industrial manufacturing portfolio and IMC’s former shareholders; channel: Berkshire’s corporate announcement; earliest dated acquisition observation: 5 July 2006 [pre-2020]; subsequent ownership observations: SEC subsidiary records for 2023, 2024 and 2025; status: continuing Berkshire ownership in the latest reviewed annual disclosure.^{2, 10, 12, 13}

Technology Development

ISCAR describes its development of innovative cutting tools for turning, milling, drilling and other metalworking applications, with its principal Israeli presence in the Tefen Industrial Zone.⁹

Berkshire’s 2025 annual report describes IMC as maintaining scientists and engineers who develop products for industrial users.¹

These disclosures establish an Israeli industrial engineering footprint within the Berkshire group but do not identify a separately contracted Israeli military AI, surveillance or cyber-intelligence research programme.^{1, 9}

Acquisitions and Investments

The acquisition of IMC represents a verified Berkshire investment in an Israel-headquartered industrial technology and manufacturing enterprise.¹⁰

Berkshire’s SEC Form 13F filing dated 14 November 2025 covers its publicly reportable securities holdings at 30 September 2025.¹⁴

The subsequent 13F filed on 17 February 2026 covers holdings at 31 December 2025.¹⁵

The 15 May 2026 filing covers holdings at 31 March 2026, and the 14 August 2026 filing covers holdings at 30 June 2026.^{16, 17}

These periodic securities filings provide a source for checking publicly reportable equity investments; an equity holding alone does not establish the acquisition of technology services or their deployment by Berkshire subsidiaries.^{14, 15, 16, 17}

Controlling Principals and Named Entities

Berkshire’s 2026 proxy identifies Warren E. Buffett as chairman and controlling shareholder, with approximately 30.0% of voting power and 13.7% of economic ownership.¹¹

The same proxy identifies Gregory E. Abel as chief executive officer from January 2026 and Susan L. Decker as lead independent director.¹¹

The following named-person screening uses the 2026 proxy’s governance disclosures as its entity baseline; a statement that no evidence was identified refers to the reviewed material and searches, not a definitive finding about every private investment.¹¹

• Warren E. Buffett: Chairman, founder-era controlling principal and controlling shareholder; searched for Israeli cybersecurity, surveillance, AI and military-technology investments; the verified Israeli group investment identified was Berkshire’s IMC acquisition; no separate personal surveillance-technology investment established.^{10, 11}
• Gregory E. Abel: Chief executive officer; searched for Israeli technology procurement, AI partnerships and cybersecurity investments; corporate AI governance statements identified, with no named Israeli military technology provider.^{8, 11}
• Ajit Jain: Vice Chairman, Insurance Operations; searched for Israeli insurance analytics, cybersecurity and state-security technology relationships; no directly attributable Israeli technology investment established in the reviewed disclosures.^{11, 18}
• Howard G. Buffett: Director; searched for Israeli defence technology, settlement-related organizations and personal investment vehicles; no attributable digital technology contract established.¹¹
• Susan A. Buffett: Director; searched for technology investments and Israel-related philanthropic technology activities; no attributable digital technology contract established.¹¹
• Stephen B. Burke: Director; searched for Israeli cybersecurity, AI and military-industry affiliations; no attributable Berkshire technology contract established.¹¹
• Kenneth I. Chenault: Director; searched for Israeli fintech, cybersecurity and digital infrastructure relationships; no attributable Berkshire technology contract established.¹¹
• Christopher C. Davis: Director; searched for Israeli technology investment vehicles and surveillance companies; no attributable Berkshire technology contract established.¹¹
• Susan L. Decker: Director and lead independent director; searched for Israeli technology-company directorships and digital-platform investments; no attributable Berkshire procurement relationship established.¹¹
• Charlotte Guyman: Director; searched for Israeli software and technology-sector investments; no attributable Berkshire procurement relationship established.¹¹
• Thomas S. Murphy, Jr.: Director; searched for Israeli digital media, communications and military technology relationships; no attributable Berkshire technology contract established.¹¹
• Wallace R. Weitz: Director; searched for Israeli cybersecurity and software investment relationships; no attributable Berkshire technology contract established.¹¹
• Meryl B. Witmer: Director; searched for Israeli technology investment vehicles; no attributable Berkshire technology contract established.¹¹

As of 28 October 2026, Warren E. Buffett held the positions of Chairman Emeritus and Director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., while Howard G. Buffett served as Chairman of the Board. Berkshire’s official announcement dated 18 September 2026 confirmed that Warren Buffett’s appointment as Chairman Emeritus took effect immediately on that date, with his directorship continuing. The Board simultaneously elected Howard Buffett, a director since 1993, to succeed him as Chairman. The announcement did not specify a separate future effective date for Howard’s appointment. This governance change supersedes the March 2026 proxy statement’s identification of Warren Buffett as Chairman and Howard Buffett solely as Director. It therefore corrects the existing audit’s statements identifying Warren Buffett as the current Chairman under this heading, including his named-person entry, and updates Howard Buffett’s named-person entry from Director to Chairman. The existing description of Warren Buffett as controlling shareholder is supported by the March 2026 proxy and is not contradicted by the September announcement. Gregory E. Abel remained Chief Executive Officer, a position he assumed on 1 January 2026, and Susan L. Decker continued as Lead Independent Director. These changes concern corporate governance and do not independently establish any additional digital-technology relationships.^{19, 11}

Named Group Entities

• Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: Parent holding company; searched for Israeli cloud, cybersecurity, surveillance, government procurement and AI relationships; verified IMC ownership, while no parent-level Israeli cloud contract was established.^{1, 10}
• Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies: Insurance subsidiary; searched for Israeli software partnerships; verified 2019 Planck digital underwriting partnership.^{3, 4}
• National Indemnity Company: Berkshire insurance subsidiary; searched for Israeli software procurement and group insurance technology relationships; no separately identified Israeli technology contract established.^{1, 2}
• Government Employees Insurance Company: Berkshire-owned insurance business within the GEICO group; searched for Israeli-origin analytics, cybersecurity and customer-data platforms; no named Israeli vendor contract established.^{2, 20}
• IMC International Metalworking Companies: Berkshire industrial group; searched for Israeli technology development, military software and local operations; verified Israeli manufacturing and engineering presence.^{1, 10}
• ISCAR Ltd.: Israel-domiciled Berkshire industrial subsidiary; searched for digital systems, R&D, defence software and Israeli government technology procurement; verified Tefen manufacturing and engineering operations, without a documented military digital-services contract.^{9, 12}
• TTI, Inc.: Berkshire electronic-component distributor; searched for Israeli semiconductor suppliers, military procurement and surveillance technologies; military/aerospace customer-sector exposure is documented generally, but an Israeli state end-user contract was not established.^{1, 2}
• Mouser Electronics: TTI-related electronic-component distributor; searched for Israeli components, military customers and government procurement; no specific Israeli military digital-system transaction established.¹
• TaeguTec Ltd.: IMC-related manufacturing business identified in Berkshire disclosures; searched for Israeli technology development and military digital systems; no separate Israeli digital-security contract established.^{1, 2}
• Tungaloy Corporation: IMC-related manufacturing business identified in Berkshire disclosures; searched for Israeli software and defence technology collaborations; no separate digital-security contract established.^{1, 2}

Technology Patents and Academic Partnerships

No public evidence identified establishing a significant Berkshire-specific surveillance, cybersecurity or AI patent licensing agreement with Technion, Hebrew University or the Weizmann Institute in the reviewed corporate disclosures.^{1, 2}

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

UN and NGO Investigations

No public evidence identified in the successfully retrieved Berkshire company disclosures establishing a specific subsidiary’s involvement in Israeli settlement surveillance, biometric identification or military cloud contracts.^{1, 2}

The reviewed evidence independently documents a direct Israeli-origin AI underwriting partnership and an Israel-based industrial subsidiary; neither source identifies a settlement digital-surveillance deployment.^{3, 9}

Boycott and Divestment Campaigns

No public evidence identified in the reviewed disclosures of a campaign specifically alleging that Berkshire Hathaway GUARD’s Planck underwriting partnership supplied digital surveillance services to Israeli state institutions.^{3, 4}

No public evidence identified in the reviewed records of a formally documented Berkshire response to an organized boycott campaign specifically concerning Israeli-origin digital technology provision.^{1, 2}

Regulatory and Legal Actions

No public evidence identified in Berkshire’s reviewed corporate disclosures of a regulatory enforcement action specifically alleging that its Israeli-origin technology procurement violated surveillance, technology-export or sanctions regulations.^{1, 2}

Temporal Record and Constructive Notice

The GUARD–Planck relationship was publicly announced in March 2019 [pre-2020], and the retrieved sources do not establish whether the agreement continued after 19 July 2024 or after November 2024.^{3, 4}

Berkshire’s Israeli industrial presence is documented in the 2006 acquisition announcement [pre-2020] and in subsequent annual disclosures through financial year 2025.^{1, 10, 12, 13}

The 2025 annual filing provides evidence of continuing industrial operations, but no verified Israeli military or settlement digital-services contract was identified in that filing.¹

Settlement Nexus

No public evidence identified establishing that Berkshire Hathaway GUARD supplied Planck underwriting technology to an Israeli settlement authority or to an Israeli military customer.^{3, 4}

No public evidence identified in the reviewed primary corporate records linking a Berkshire-operated cloud, surveillance, biometric or cyber-intelligence platform to a named settlement institution.^{1, 2}