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AI Goes mainstream as MENA SMEs join the race

An article by Ahmed Mahmoud, CEO, DXwand Artificial intelligence was once the preserve of large enterprises with deep pockets and...

smes AI Artificial intelligence

Egypt

Intella bags $12.5 million in oversubscribed Series A

Saudi Arabia-headquartered AI startup Intella has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round led by Prosus, with participation from...

Intella AI Wa'ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Sawt raises $1 million to transform voice-based customer service

Saudi Arabia-based voice AI startup Sawt has closed a $1 million pre-seed round led by T2 and STV’s newly launched AI...

Sawt AI STV

Saudi Arabia

Wittify.ai secures $1.5 million pre‑seed to upscale Arabic conversational AI

Saudi Arabia-based conversational AI startup Wittify.ai has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round from a syndicate of prominent Saudi...

Wittify.ai AI

Saudi Arabia

Google joins forces with STV to boost AI innovation across MENA

Saudi-based venture capital firm STV has announced that Google is backing its newly launched AI Fund, a dedicated vehicle aimed at...

Google STV AI

Saudi Arabia

Wyld VC launches $50 million AI-native fund

Wyld VC, a Saudi-based early-stage venture capital firm, has launched its inaugural $50 million fund, marking the first AI-native VC...

Wyld VC AI

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia unveils groundbreaking AI venture, Humain, prior to Trump’s Visit

Saudi Arabia has launched Humain, a state-backed AI company under the Public Investment Fund (PIF), signalling a strategic move to become a...

AI Humain

U.A.E

Lakeba invests $10 million in AqlanX to localise enterprise AI solutions

UAE-based AI company AqlanX has secured a $10 million investment from Lakeba Group via its AI venture DoxAI, facilitated through the...

AqlanX AI DoxAI

Global

Meta AI App goes live in MENA

Press release: US social media conglomerate Meta has announced the rollout of the Meta AI app, a dedicated place to keep track and...

Meta AI AI

Saudi Arabia

STUCK? closes six-figure pre-seed to advance Arabic content solutions

Saudi Arabia-based AI-powered language intelligence platform "STUCK?" has closed a six-figure pre-seed...

STUCK? AI Arabic Content

U.A.E

Tarjama's latest edition of Pronoia outperforms global players

Tarjama, an Arabic language technology company based in the UAE, has launched Pronoia V2, a state-of-the-art Large Language Model (LLM)...

Tarjama Pronoia AI

U.A.E

Lumi AI secures $3.7 million in a seed round

UAE-based AI startup Lumi AI has closed a $3.7 million seed funding round, led by AgFunder, with participation from Forum Ventures, Abu...

Lumi Forum Ventures AI

U.A.E

Disrupt.com pledges $100 million investment in next-generation AI startups

UAE-based venture builder Disrupt.com has pledged a $100 million commitment to build and back AI-first technology ventures...

Disrupt.com venture builder AI

Saudi Arabia

Falak, Bayan Platform jointly launch AI investment in KSA report

In a move that underscores a steadfast commitment to fostering an innovation-driven investment landscape in Saudi Arabia, Falak Investment...

AI Falak investment hub Bayan Platform

Saudi Arabia

Salesforce pledges $500 million investments in Saudi Arabia

US-based AI and SaaS provider Salesforce has announced plans to invest $500 million in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, building on its...

Salesforce SAAS AI

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AI startup vminds.ai secures six-figure pre-Seed

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup vminds.ai has closed a six-figure pre-Seed investment round from undisclosed angel investors. Founded by...

vminds.ai AI

U.A.E

Wamda Capital participates in qeen.ai’s $10 million Seed round

UAE-based AI startup qeen.ai has secured a $10 million Seed funding round, in one of the largest seed investments in the MENA region to...

AI qeen.ai Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Uktob.ai rebrands to Teammates.ai following successful funding round

UAE-based AI solutions provider Teammates.ai has raised an undisclosed funding round from Hustle Fund, Access Bridge Ventures, Oraseya...

Teammates.ai Hustle Fund AI

U.A.E

MilkStraw AI raises $600,000 pre-Seed to propel MENA expansion plans

UAE-HQ AI startup MilkStraw AI has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding, led by Flat6Labs, with participation from Angel Spark, Beyond...

MilkStraw AI AI Flat6Labs

Saudi Arabia

OmniOps raises $8 million to expand AI infrastructure offerings

Saudi Arabia-based AI infrastructure technology provider OmniOps has raised an $8 million funding round from GMS Capital...

OmniOps AI GMS Capital Ventures

U.A.E

YC-backed CozmoX AI launches voice AI employees platform

Press release: CozmoX AI, a Y Combinator graduate, today announced the launch of the first enterprise-ready AI Employee platform in the...

CozmoX AI AI Y Combinator

United States

USA's PLATMA expands to MENA after raising $2.2 million pre-Seed

USA-based AI business automation platform PLATMA is planning to enter the MENA market after securing a $2.2 million pre-Seed funding...

PLATMA AI

U.A.E

Popcorn AI closes $500,000 pre-seed

UAE-based conversational commerce platform Popcorn AI has raised a $500,000 pre-seed funding round, with participation from Spring...

Popcorn AI AI E-commerce

U.A.E

Brands.io secures Seed financing to drive expansion

UAE-based AI startup Brands.io has secured a Seed funding round for an undisclosed value from unidentified investors. Founded in 2024...

Brands.io AI

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