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AI is eating legal work, so why aren't MENA startups queuing up?

Harvey is worth $8 billion, and Anthropic just sent LexisNexis to its worst day since 1988. Legal AI is the hottest vertical in tech, and the GCC is almost entirely absent from it. We spoke to the founders of the region's only funded legal AI startup to understand the structural reasons why, what they're building in response, and whether there's a path through.

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WEEKLY ROUND-UP

Speedinvest launches new fund, Replit becomes Endeavor's 100th unicorn

LATEST EPISODE

The Future of Hiring in a Post-AI World

LATEST STORY

Ramp, the $32B fintech co-founded by Lebanese entrepreneur Karim Atiyeh, acquires Billhop to expand into UK and Europe

AI is eating legal work, so why aren't MENA startups queuing up?

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Speedinvest launches dedicated Africa fund with €40m EIB anchor for fintech and mobile-first startups

STV deploys its callable equity instrument in Africa for the first time, backing Kenyan smartphone platform MoPhones

Endeavor Jordan selects Replit founders Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh, marking the network's 100th unicorn globally

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AI is eating legal work, so why aren't MENA startups queuing up?

Inside the AWS outage that took down UAE fintechs

How GCC Founders and Investors Are Navigating The Strikes

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AI is eating legal work, so why aren't MENA startups queuing up?

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Exclusive: Kudwa closes $1.1M for AI-powered finance platform with backing from MENA, US and UK investors

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STV deploys its callable equity instrument in Africa for the first time, backing Kenyan smartphone platform MoPhones

Brookfield acquires Wa'ed Ventures-backed Ori Industries, folds company into $100B AI infrastructure play

Saudi insuretech Rasan posts $174M in FY 2025, as net profit more than doubles

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