AI
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Dec 9, 2025
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Qatar sets up Qai as state backed AI firm, joining UAE and Saudi in regional AI push
The Qatar Investment Authority has set up a new AI company to invest in infrastructure, evaluate frontier models and build trusted systems, joining the UAE and Saudi Arabia in pushing for sovereign control over next-generation computing.
Jordan
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Nov 26, 2025
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Propeller launches $50M Fund III to back AI infrastructure and AI-native software across US and MENA
Founded in 2017 by Zaid Farekh and Tambi Jalouqa, Propeller operates across Amman, Riyadh, Boston, and Silicon Valley, positioning itself as a bridge between MENA AI builders and US growth markets.
Startups
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Oct 29, 2025
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HUMAIN accelerates Saudi AI play with data-centre pact, OS launch, Aramco equity move & Qualcomm tie-up
The firm, founded earlier this year by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced that Saudi Aramco will acquire a significant minority stake in the company while PIF retains majority ownership.
Startups
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Oct 21, 2025
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1001 AI raises $9M to automate Gulf infrastructure with AI-native operating system
Founded by Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh, 1001 AI is developing an AI-native operating system designed to automate operational decision-making in aviation, logistics, construction, and oil & gas.
Startups
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Oct 17, 2025
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2 min read
Tabby deploys NVIDIA HGX to build sovereign AI infrastructure in GCC
The fund will focus on sectors including consumer, healthcare, logistics, and business services. It targets established companies with scale and maturity, with a clear path to IPOs or strategic exits within three to five years.
News
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Oct 10, 2025
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Cerebras withdraws IPO filing after $1B raise amid G42 scrutiny
G42 accounted for 87% of the company’s revenue in the first half of 2024, a customer concentration flagged as a material risk in its IPO filings.
News
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Oct 10, 2025
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3 min read
US clears billions in NVIDIA chip exports to UAE under Trump AI pact
The deal is tied to a landmark AI agreement signed in May that pairs US chip shipments with reciprocal Emirati investment.
Startups
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Oct 1, 2025
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2 min read
Rebellions raises $250M at $1.4B valuation, expands AI chip push into Saudi Arabia
The raise comes just over a year after Saudi Arabia’s Wa’ed Ventures, the VC arm of Aramco, led a $15 million Series B extension in July 2024.
Startups
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Sep 25, 2025
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2 min read
Cairo-born Instabug rebrands as Luciq, bets big on agentic mobile observability
The new positioning reflects the company’s ambition to build AI systems that can move engineering teams from reactive debugging to predictive and autonomous issue resolution.
Startups
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Sep 23, 2025
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Presight and Shorooq launch $100M global AI fund to accelerate innovation
The vehicle will target AI and analytics startups across multiple stages, with an investment focus spanning smart cities, energy, fintech, AI/ML, AR/VR, gaming, Industry 4.0, and deep tech.
Startups
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Sep 17, 2025
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2 min read
Agentic AI startup Clarity raises $12M to expand CX platform globally
Founded by Abed Kasaji and Pavel Kochetkov, both part of the “Careem mafia”, Clarity rebranded this year from its former name Anecdote.
Jordan
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Sep 11, 2025
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Jordanian founder Amjad Masad’s Replit raises $250M at $3B valuation, launches Agent 3
Replit was founded in 2016 by Amjad Masad, a Jordanian-born engineer, alongside Faris Masad and Haya Odeh, and has now raised around $478 million to date.
SWFs
+5
Sep 3, 2025
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3 min read
Qatar’s QIA backs Anthropic’s record $13B round at $183B valuation
The raise, led by Iconiq Capital with co-leads Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, nearly triples Anthropic’s valuation from just six months ago.
Startups
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Sep 2, 2025
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2 min read
Tunisia’s Addvocate.AI raises strategic investment from 216 Capital to scale AI sales platform
Founded in 2024 by Ridha Mami and Sofyan Chekir, the Franco-Tunisian company is building what it calls a “Sales Performance OS” – an AI-native platform that consolidates sales data, delivers behavioural nudges, and generates actionable insights to prepare teams for client meetings and unblock stalled deals.
Startups
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Sep 2, 2025
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Saudi AI startup Intella raises $12.5M Series A to scale Arabic speech intelligence
Founded in Egypt in 2021 by Nour Taher (CEO) and Omar Mansour (CTO), Intella develops AI models designed for Arabic dialects, offering enterprise transcription, analytics, and customer engagement tools across more than 25 dialects.
SWFs
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Aug 28, 2025
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3 min read
Mistral eyes $1B raise as Gulf ties deepen with Sanabil, Damac, and potential backing from Mubadala, MGX, and PIF
The startup’s current Gulf investors include Saudi Arabia’s Sanabil and UAE’s Damac, with reported talks underway with Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s new AI investment vehicle MGX, and potentially Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).
