MENA Tech Scene

Dive into the heart of the Middle East & North Africa’s digital revolution with your essential guide to the dynamic and rapidly expanding MENA Technology Scene. From the bustling innovation hubs of Dubai and Riyadh to the emerging startup ecosystems in Cairo and Tunis, we cover the breakthroughs, trends, and trailblazers shaping the future of Technology in the region.
Explore in-depth analysis on venture capital funding, track the journey of the next unicorns, and gain insights into key sectors like FinTech, AI, e-commerce, and HealthTech. Whether you’re an investor, an entrepreneur, or simply a tech enthusiast, stay ahead of the curve with our expert coverage of the people, products, and policies driving one of the world’s most exciting digital transformations.

Istanbul’s Grand Games raises $70M Series B as Balderton backs Turkey’s puzzle games

Grand Games Oyun ve Yazılım, the studio behind hit puzzle titles "Magic Sort" and "Car Match", has raised a $70…

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How to Disable Gemini AI in Chrome

Google's Chrome browser automatically downloaded a Gemini Nano AI model for desktop users in 2024, occupying approximately 4 GB of…

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Fake Claude AI site infects Windows with new Beagle malware

A fraudulent website at "claude-pro[.]com" impersonates the official Claude AI platform to distribute a malicious installer disguised as "Claude-Pro Relay,"…

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Why Your Doctor Never Returns Your Calls

Basata, founded by Kaled Alhanafi and Chetan Patel, uses AI to automate the administrative bottleneck between primary care referrals and…

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Sony PS5 sales drop as price hikes and memory shortage bite

Sony's PS5 sales dropped 46% year-over-year to 1.5 million units in its latest fourth fiscal quarter, following two price increases…

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MuddyWater uses Chaos ransomware as decoy in attacks

Iranian state-sponsored MuddyWater hackers posed as a Chaos ransomware operation, using Microsoft Teams social engineering to steal credentials and access…

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UAE firm G42 leases 20MW in former Minneapolis office for AI data hub

Core42, the cloud and AI arm of Abu Dhabi's G42 Group, leased 20 megawatts of capacity in a converted Minneapolis…

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Real-estate dev startup Davis raises $5.5M to shrink timelines from months to days

Davis, an AI-native startup co-founded by two Entrepreneurs First alumni, secured $5.5 million in pre-seed funding from Heartcore and Balderton…

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Google DeepMind Staff Votes to Unionize Over Military AI Contracts

Google DeepMind employees in London have voted to unionize, seeking formal recognition of the Communication Workers Union and Unite the…

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Dubai gives private sector AI deadline as governments race for strategy

Dubai has mandated its entire private sector to transition toward agentic AI, making it a binding requirement rather than a…

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Cerebras, OpenAI’s close partner, eyes blockbuster IPO

Cerebras Systems plans to go public by offering 28 million shares priced between $115 and $125 each, potentially raising $3.5…

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Amazon faces months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers

Amazon Web Services confirmed full recovery from Iranian drone strikes on its UAE and Bahrain data centers will take several…

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Synaps raises $3.6M for AI-powered design canvas

Synaps, an Austrian-Albanian AI design platform, has raised a $3.6 million pre-seed funding round led by Plug and Play, reaching…

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BioticsAI Founder on FDA Approval, Fundraising, and Healthcare Realities

BioticsAI built a functional AI copilot for ultrasound under $100,000, won the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in 2023, and secured FDA…

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Sharing a Screenshot Could Land You in Jail in the UAE

The UAE's cybercrime laws, particularly Article 52, impose severe penalties for spreading false news or misinformation online, with minimum sentences…

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Canva apologizes after AI tool erases ‘Palestine’ from designs

Canva's AI-powered Magic Layers tool was found automatically replacing the word "Palestine" with "Ukraine" in user designs, specifically targeting "Palestine"…

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Denis Brovarnyy closes the AI skills gap with hands-on training

Denis Brovarnyy founded AIT Technology School to bridge the gap between traditional education and real-world job readiness, focusing on training…

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Rilian secures $17.5M for agentic AI in defence

Rilian, a Virginia-based startup, raised $17.5 million in seed funding for its Caspian platform, which deploys pre-trained AI agents into…

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AI Era Distribution: The DIRHAM Framework

The DIRHAM framework was created to address the reality that three non-human gatekeepers (AI summarization systems, social feed algorithms, and…

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Crypto scam tricks ships into Strait of Hormuz with false safe passage

Crypto scammers are posing as Iranian officials and sending messages to shipping companies near the Strait of Hormuz, demanding "transit…

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