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Saudi Arabia’s Zetta Technologies raises $12M to scale Device-as-a-Service platform

UAE proptech Holo raises $22M Series A to fuel Saudi and GCC expansion

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Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN launches ALLaM 34B and HUMAIN Chat app, its first Arabic foundation model

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