Arabic.AI has launched free Arabic-language coding courses in partnership with Replit, making Replit’s full learning experience available to Arabic-speaking learners across the MENA region.
The initiative marks the first full localisation of Replit’s educational content into Arabic, giving students, engineers, and aspiring developers access to hands-on, production-ready software development courses without language barriers. The courses are offered free of charge through Arabic.AI Academy.
The move targets a long-standing gap in technical education. Arabic is spoken by more than 400 million people globally, yet high-quality programming and software education in Arabic remains limited, particularly as demand for AI and engineering skills accelerates.
The partnership is led by Nour Al Hassan, founder and CEO of both Arabic.AI and Tarjama, a UAE-based AI company building Arabic-first language models, enterprise agents, and document intelligence systems for governments and large organisations.
Before launching Arabic.AI, Al Hassan spent more than 16 years building Tarjama from a bootstrapped translation business into a profitable, technology-led enterprise. That work resulted in a large proprietary Arabic-language data foundation, which later enabled Tarjama’s expansion into AI through its flagship large language model, Pronoia.
In May 2025, Tarjama raised a $15 million Series A round led by Global Ventures, with participation from Wamda Capital, TA Ventures, Phaze Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures, and Endeavor Catalyst. The company said Pronoia outperformed several global models on Arabic-language tasks, and has since been deployed by enterprise and government customers across more than 30 markets.
Arabic.AI builds on that foundation, focusing on Arabic-first AI education, agentic workflows, and applied tooling. The Academy’s approach emphasises learning by building, with structured paths that move learners from introductory coding concepts to real-world application using Replit’s development environment.
“Language should never be a barrier to opportunity,” said Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, adding that the partnership enables Arabic-speaking developers to access the same tools and learning resources as peers globally.
Alongside education, Arabic.AI is expanding its Agentic Studio, a no-code and low-code platform that allows developers and enterprises to design and deploy AI agents in both Arabic and English. The company is positioning the combination of education and tooling as a direct pipeline from reskilling to deployment.
