Presight has announced the first six AI companies selected for investment under its AI Innovation Ecosystem, reinforcing its ambition to build next-generation intelligent systems at both national and enterprise scale.
The investments are part of the Presight–Shorooq Fund I (PSFI), a $100 million global early-stage fund launched in partnership with Shorooq. The selected companies span the United States and the UAE, covering areas such as sovereign AI infrastructure, vertical intelligence platforms, and edge-native AI systems.
In the domain of advanced AI architectures, Presight invested in AMI – Advanced Machine Intelligence. Founded by Turing Award winner and former Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, the company is developing world model AI systems that enable machines to understand and interact with the physical world. These systems aim to move beyond traditional predictive AI by incorporating reasoning, planning, and cause-and-effect learning. AMI is targeting enterprise use cases across manufacturing, aerospace, robotics, and biomedical sectors.
For sovereign AI infrastructure, Presight backed NodeShift, which provides secure, on-premises AI platforms allowing enterprises to deploy models while keeping data within their own environments. NodeShift, previously part of Presight’s AI Accelerator Programme, has also entered a strategic commercial agreement with Presight to scale its solutions and pursue joint go-to-market initiatives.
In vertical intelligence, the fund invested in Hebbia, Candid Intelligence, and Crunched. Hebbia focuses on enhancing institutional research and financial workflows in regulated capital markets. Candid Intelligence applies AI to optimise procurement and bidding processes across infrastructure and public-sector sectors. Crunched delivers advanced financial intelligence by transforming complex company and market data into actionable insights for investors and operators.
For edge-native AI systems, Presight invested in Blue, which develops voice-action model layers enabling voice agents to perform multi-step tasks directly on devices without relying on APIs, reducing integration complexity.
Presight’s AI Innovation Ecosystem is designed as a growth engine to identify, invest in, and scale breakthrough AI technologies. The focus is on ensuring that emerging AI solutions are built with real-world deployment, governance, and integration into complex systems in mind from the outset.
Magzhan Kenesbai, Chief Growth Officer of Presight, stated that AI delivers value only when it operates within real systems, noting that these investments reflect a focus on secure infrastructure, applied intelligence, and scalable deployment in regulated environments.
Dr. Bilal Baloch, Partner at Shorooq, added that the fund aims to connect global AI innovators with capital, regulatory support, and market access from the region. He highlighted that selecting six companies from over 1,000 evaluated within 120 days demonstrates strong momentum toward that vision.
Presight’s move signals a strategic push to position itself at the center of applied AI development, bridging early-stage innovation with enterprise-grade deployment across industries.
