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Comcast ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
Economic Score 6.90 /10 B Comcast - BDS-1000 727
Economic 6.90

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Supply Chain & Sourcing Relationships

No public evidence identified of Comcast purchasing Israeli agricultural products, using Israel-linked importers of record, procuring seasonal produce from Israel, or receiving Israeli-origin goods through distributor or white-label arrangements. 1, 2, 3

No public evidence identified of Comcast selling, sourcing from, or deriving revenue from settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights through the reviewed company materials and identified technology relationships. 1, 2, 4, 5-6

Comcast’s identified Israel-linked activity concerns technology relationships, acquisition history, venture activity, and an accelerator rather than physical-goods retail or consumer-product supply chains. 1, 2, 7, 5-6

The reviewed document-scoped checks found no Comcast mention in the cited 2023 OHCHR settlement-business database, 2025 OHCHR update, or UN Special Rapporteur report. 8, 9, 10

Those document-specific results do not establish Comcast’s absence from all settlement-related activity or live databases. 8-10, 11

Product Origin, Labeling & Regulatory Compliance

No public evidence identified of Comcast selling or labeling Israeli-origin or settlement-origin consumer goods. 1, 2, 3

No public evidence identified of a Comcast public policy addressing country-of-origin labeling, territorial labeling, customs enforcement, or regulatory findings concerning Israeli or settlement-origin goods. 1, 2, 3

Comcast describes itself as a global media and technology company whose primary businesses are Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences. 3

No public evidence identified of operations, sales, sourcing, services, or revenue in settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights by Comcast, AI21, DriveNets, LEVL, or Zoog in the reviewed sources. 1, 2, 7, 5-6

Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure

Startup Nation Central identifies LEVL Technologies as an Israeli wireless-device intelligence and cybersecurity company located in Rishon LeTsiyon, with company-registration number 515720191. 7

The same source records LEVL as acquired and inactive, states that it ceased operations, and estimates a $50 million exit value. 7

The available source does not establish LEVL acquisition consideration paid by Comcast, the purchaser legal entity, Comcast’s current ownership percentage, a continuing Israeli operating subsidiary, manufacturing in Israel, employee disposition, transferred assets, or post-acquisition asset disposition. 7

A 2023 Israeli innovation-sector report characterizes Comcast Ventures as having operated in Israel until 2020 and then ceased operating there as a corporate venture-capital investor. 12

That sector characterization does not establish the current status, value, ownership percentage, or continuation of any Comcast portfolio investment. 12

Comcast Ventures announced its investment in AI21 on 3 January 2024. 5

AI21’s 21 November 2023 funding announcement identifies Comcast Ventures, described as Comcast Corporation’s venture-capital arm, as a new investor in AI21’s $208 million Series C, which was valued at $1.4 billion. 13

The evidence supports Comcast Ventures’ participation in the Series C financing announced on 21 November 2023, while the 3 January 2024 item was Comcast Ventures’ subsequent public investment announcement. 5, 13, 14

The disclosed $208 million amount is the aggregate Series C financing, not Comcast Ventures’ individual contribution. 13

No public evidence identified of Comcast Ventures’ individual AI21 investment amount, instrument or security type, ownership stake, board seat, special governance rights, side letter, dilution history, valuation-mark treatment, write-off, transfer, or disposal. 5, 13, 15

As accessed on 22 September 2026, Comcast Ventures’ portfolio page listed AI21 Labs under its Active portfolio filter. 15

AI21’s current company materials also list Comcast Ventures among its named backers. 16

The active portfolio listing and AI21 investor listing are current public representations of a continuing portfolio relationship, but they do not establish legal ownership, ownership percentage, valuation, or the size of Comcast’s economic interest. 15, 16

No public evidence identified in the reviewed materials of a Comcast disposal, write-off, transfer, sale, or termination of its AI21 interest. 15, 16, 17

A 2026 CTech report stated that AI21 had laid off staff, reported that AI21 denied it had been sold, and described a commercial partnership with Nebius; this is secondary reporting on AI21’s status rather than primary evidence concerning Comcast’s holding. 17

BigID was reported in 2020 as a Comcast Ventures investment, and Comcast stated at that time that it would continue supporting its existing portfolio through investment and strategic partnership. 18

Comcast Ventures’ current portfolio page also lists BigID, but the reviewed materials do not disclose its investment amount, stake, holding entity, terms, or disposition history. 15, 18

No public evidence identified in this review establishing a current Comcast holding, disposal, ownership percentage, or operative relationship concerning SundaySky or Taboola. 19

Startup Nation Central’s Comcast Ventures investor profile lists SundaySky and Taboola in an Israeli portfolio context and records SundaySky as acquired by Clearhaven Partners, but this secondary database context does not establish Comcast-specific ownership, disposal, or current legal holdings. 19

No public evidence identified of Comcast holdings in Israeli sovereign debt, Israel Bonds, Israeli real estate, Israeli factories, Israeli data centres, Israeli tax or permanent-establishment status, or direct finance to settlement-listed or Israeli defence companies. 1, 3, 12

Operational Presence & Market Activity

On 24 March 2025, Comcast and DriveNets announced an expansion of Comcast’s Janus network-virtualization trial using DriveNets Network Cloud. 4

Comcast stated that the initial Janus trial began in Atlanta in September 2024 and that its expansion would support the Xfinity and Comcast Business network. 4

The joint announcement was datelined Philadelphia and Ra’anana, Israel, but it did not disclose contract value, term, equity investment, ownership stake, Israeli deployment, or operations in occupied territory. 4

In 2021, Tel Aviv-based Zoog participated in Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs, and Comcast reported discussions concerning possible use of NBCUniversal children’s content. 20

Comcast did not report that the Zoog discussions resulted in a pilot, executed agreement, investment, acquisition, or continuing relationship. 20

The documented records distinguish AI21’s publicly listed venture-portfolio relationship from DriveNets’ commercial technology relationship, LEVL’s historical acquisition of an inactive company, Zoog’s accelerator-and-discussion relationship, and BigID’s reported venture investment with undisclosed terms. 4-7, 5, 13, 15, 18

Comcast’s 2025 Form 10-K identifies Connectivity & Platforms markets in the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy, while identifying Content & Experiences operations in the United States and Asia. 3

Israel is not among the operating markets enumerated in that filing. 3

No public evidence identified in the reviewed records of Comcast-operated Israeli consumer sales offices, support centres, warehouses, retail sites, workforce size, tax registration, revenue attribution, or occupied-territory operations. 1, 2, 3, 20, 5-6

Corporate Structure & Foundational Ties

Comcast Corporation is a Pennsylvania-incorporated public company with its principal executive address at One Comcast Center in Philadelphia. 3

The company’s material consolidated entities include NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast Holdings Corporation, Sky, and Universal Beijing Resort. 3

The reviewed 2025 Exhibit 21 did not identify an Israeli-domiciled acquired operating subsidiary. 21

On 2 January 2026, Comcast completed the separation of Versant Media Group, Inc. into an independent public company through a distribution of all Versant common shares to eligible Comcast shareholders. 3

Brian L. Roberts is Comcast’s Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, and the 2026 proxy reports that his Class B shares represent a generally non-dilutable one-third of Comcast’s combined voting power. 22

Mike Cavanagh was promoted to Co-Chief Executive Officer in early 2026. 22

Comcast’s current board includes Kenneth J. Bacon, Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., Madeline S. Bell, Louise F. Brady, Edward D. Breen, Michael J. Cavanagh, Jeffrey A. Honickman, Wonya Y. Lucas, Asuka Nakahara, Brian L. Roberts, and Gordon Smith. 22

AI21 Labs Ltd.’s privacy policy identifies it as the data controller and states that its principal place of business is Tel Aviv, Israel. 23

The Global LEI record identifies AI21 Labs Ltd. as an active Israeli private company, created on 7 November 2017, with company number 515741320 and legal and headquarters addresses in Tel Aviv; the record is marked fully corroborated against the Israeli Corporations Authority. 24

The Israel Innovation Authority’s July 2024 report lists AI21 Labs among Israeli companies creating AI models, identifies it in the foundation-model category, records its 2017 founding year, and reports a $208 million last financing and $336.85 million in total capital raised. 6

Contemporaneous reporting in November 2023 characterized AI21 as an Israeli enterprise-generative-AI company with approximately 250–260 employees and reported plans to add approximately 100 employees in 2024; these are media-reported workforce figures rather than company filings. 14, 16

No public evidence identified of AI21’s Israeli tax status, state R&D grants, R&D payroll, facility scale, government procurement, defence or IDF relationship, operations in occupied territory, or a Comcast-controlled Israeli manufacturing facility through AI21. 5-6

No public evidence identified in the reviewed corporate records of Israeli headquarters, Israeli tax residency or permanent-establishment status, Israeli state ownership, state-appointed directors, Israeli controlling ownership, Israeli principal management, or an Israeli-domiciled acquired operating subsidiary of Comcast. 2, 3, 21

The supplied document-scoped review found no Comcast mention in the cited 2023 OHCHR settlement-activity database, the 2025 OHCHR database update, or the UN Special Rapporteur’s 2025 report. 8, 9, 10

Those document-specific results do not establish Comcast’s absence from all settlement-related activity or from live databases. 8, 9, 10, 11

Profit Repatriation & Economic Contribution

The reviewed sources do not quantify Comcast revenue, profits, taxes, payroll, procurement spend, dividends, or repatriated earnings attributable to Israel or occupied territory. 3, 7, 12, 5-6

No public evidence identified of Comcast revenue attribution, tax payments, economic contribution, or profit repatriation connected to Israel or occupied territory. 1, 2, 3

The Federal Election Commission identifies Comcast Corporation & NBCUniversal Political Action Committee - Federal as an active monthly corporate PAC and qualified or lobbyist-registrant PAC. 25

For 1 January 2025 through 31 August 2026, the FEC reports approximately $2.78 million in PAC receipts, approximately $2.52 million in disbursements, and $2.006 million in contributions to other committees. 25

The reviewed FEC summary does not itself identify an Israel-, Palestine-, settlement-, or military-specific recipient. 25

The Aileen K and Brian L. Roberts Foundation’s FY2024 filing identifies Aileen K. Roberts as President and Brian L. Roberts as Vice President, both reported as unpaid. 26

The reviewed FY2024 grant extraction includes $50,000 to The Jewish Federation of Philadelphia and $25,000 to Birthright Israel Foundation, each described as general operating-budget support; the filing does not identify spending in Israel, occupied territory, or political advocacy. 26

The accessible FY2023 filing confirms its fiscal year and filing date, but the available public viewer did not render Part XV grant-recipient detail. 27

No public evidence identified in the reviewed sources of personal or family-office investments in Israeli companies by Brian L. Roberts, Mike Cavanagh, or the other named officers and directors; the review was not an exhaustive individual-by-individual holdings investigation. 3, 22, 26, 27, 28

Footnotes

  1. https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-accelerates-virtualization-and-ai-technologies-using-drivenets-network-cloud ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  2. https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/eight-startups-pilots-agreements-2021-lift-labs-accelerator-techstars ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  3. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000162828026004994/cmcsa-20251231.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15

  4. https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-accelerates-virtualization-and-ai-technologies-using-drivenets-network-cloud ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  5. https://comcastventures.com/2024/01/03/our-investment-in-ai21/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  6. https://innovationisrael.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Generative_AI_company_overview-eng.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  7. https://finder.startupnationcentral.org/company_page/levl-technologies?section=lifecycle ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  8. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session53/advance-versions/A_HRC_53_24_AUV.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  9. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/un-human-rights-office-updates-database-businesses-involved-israeli ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  11. https://www.whoprofits.org/sections/view/3/en ↩ ↩2

  12. https://rise-il.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC-activity-in-Israel-_-SNPI.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  13. https://www.ai21.com/blog/ai21-completes-208-million-oversubscribed-series-c-round/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  14. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1vfmeqet ↩ ↩2

  15. https://comcastventures.com/portfolio/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  16. https://www.ai21.com/about/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  17. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/by34n00tjfl ↩ ↩2

  18. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3872870,00.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  19. https://finder.startupnationcentral.org/investor_page/comcast-ventures?section=exits ↩ ↩2

  20. https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/eight-startups-pilots-agreements-2021-lift-labs-accelerator-techstars ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  21. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000162828026004994/ex21-12312025.htm ↩ ↩2

  22. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000119312526177138/cmcsa-20260424.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  23. https://www.ai21.com/terms-policies/privacy-policy/ ↩

  24. https://lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/98450004B4667DCBF847 ↩

  25. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00248716/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  26. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/232787654/202511989349100751/full ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  27. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/232787654/202403109349101200/full ↩ ↩2

  28. https://corporate.comcast.com/company/people/leadership ↩