A Year-over-year comparison of MENA's top sectors in Q1 2025 📊

AI agents in your browser 💻. @AnthropicAI has launched @claudeai as a Chrome extension. - The extension will help with tasks like reading and filling out forms, automatically navigating websites, and handling actions such as booking appointments and shopping. - This move

All the MENA funding rounds you've missed last week 👇

HE The Vice Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture Eng. Mansour Al Mushaiti launches the Entrepreneurship Community initiative from Boston 🔴

Saudi-based @StarvaniaStudio closes a $1.1M investment round. Investors:. With participation from @Impact_46 and @MerakCapital. - Starvania develops PC and console games. - They previously released Bahamut and the Waqwaq Tree, inspired by Arabian mythology. - Founded in 2022 by

FBNI @fbni_ksa: A Saudi startup that recycles textiles 🇸🇦. One of the startups participating at Sedrah Accelerator 2 tour in Boston:

What are the goals of the Sedrah Accelerator 2 tour in Boston?. Here’s a brief overview by Abdullah Alonaideel @ALONAIDEEL_A:

Highlights of the “Sedrah in Boston” event, part of the Sedrah Accelerator 2 tour. The tour aims to connect Saudi Arabia’s environmental ecosystem with Boston’s entrepreneurship ecosystem

How does the Sedrah Accelerator 2 tour in Boston empowers entrepreneurs? . Here's a quick overview from Yazeed Alshammari:

HUMAIN @HUMAINAI Launches ALLaM AI Model to the Public at the End of August. - ALLaM, developed entirely in Saudi Arabia, will be available for free to users via the HUMAIN Chat application. - It is considered the largest Arabic AI model, capable of understanding various local

UAE-based Coraly ai Closes $2M Pre-Seed Round. Investors:. Led by @OryxFund, with participation from EQ2 Ventures and angel investors. - Coraly ai has developed an AI-powered platform to help real estate agents and brokers market and sell properties. - The investment will be

🔴 Happening Now. Sedrah Accelerator 2 entrepreneurship tour in Boston. With the attendance of H.E. Eng. Mansour Al Mushaiti, Vice Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, along with representatives from Saudi's environmental and investment ecosystem

🔴 The Entrepreneurial Tour kicks off today in Boston with Sedrah Accelerator 2. Here's a quick overview of it's goals:

Zero to One in Boston 🇸🇦🇺🇸. Stay tuned as we cover a major entrepreneurial event this week

All the MENA funding rounds you've missed last week 👇

Saudi Arabia's @Impact_46 invests SAR +25M ($6.7M ) in 5 Gaming Studios. - The studios include @FahyStudios, @NjdStudio, Game Cooks, Starvania, and Alpaka. - The investments come through the company’s SAR 150 million Gaming Fund, launched in March 2024. - Earlier this year, the

Where VC money went in MENA this July:

🔴 New GPT model. @OpenAI has launched GPT-5 for all ChatGPT users. What’s new?. - Major upgrade in coding, creative writing, and reducing factual errors compared with earlier versions. - Less sycophantic, offering more useful and direct responses. - Handles text, images, and

Saudi's @buok_sa Secures $400K Pre-Seed Round. Investors:. Angel investors. - Buok's app offers users access to discounts at selected coffee shops through a single monthly subscription. - The investment will support app development and expansion from Medina into Riyadh, Jeddah,

Iraq-based Boxy Closes $1.5M Pre-Seed Round. Investors:. By EQIQ. - Boxy develops a last-mile logistics platform that enables merchants to access instant shipping services. - Developed an AI engine that connects orders with the best available delivery providers. - The funding

UAE-based @Try_Alaan Raises $48M in a Series A Round. Investors:. Led by @peakxvpartners, with participation from @ycombinator, 468 Capital, Pioneer Fund, and angel investors including Hosam Arab (Tabby) and Mudassir Sheikha (Careem). - Alaan offers a corporate spend management