Technology news and insights in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
Technology News and insights in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
Wittify.ai raised $1.5 million from Saudi angel investors to develop AI agents with advanced Arabic speech recognition and text-to-speech across 25 dialects. The startup aims to empower businesses in MENA with no-code AI tools, advancing regional expansion and product innovation.
The UAE launched Falcon Arabic, a native Arabic AI model built on a high-quality dataset, matching the performance of larger models while reducing computational demands. Supported by U.S. cooperation, this effort strengthens the Gulf’s position in AI innovation alongside Saudi Arabia’s emerging AI ambitions.