Startups
Maison Safqa raises $620,000 in pre-seed round
Maison Safqa, a Saudi-based flash-sale platform for premium and luxury brands, has raised $620,000 in a pre-seed funding round with participation from 500 Global through the Sanabil MENA 500 Accelerat...
Via Separations raises $36M from Aramco and others
Via Separations announced $36 million in new funding with significant participation from new investors, including Climate Investment, Aramco Ventures, and Marathon Petroleum Corporation, alongside par...
Ex-Sandsoft CTO announces new AI startup, Think
After spending several months in stealth mode, games industry veteran Ahmed AlSharif today unveiled his new AI start-up, Think. The new company is focused on building a new generation of intelligent, ...
Presight strikes a strategic partnership with NodeShift
Presight and NodeShift, a sovereign AI company which was part of Presight’s inaugural AI Accelerator Program, have announced a strategic partnership that includes joint go-to-market collaboration and ...
Presight First AI Fund invests in six AI startups
Presight has unveiled the first six AI companies selected to receive investment through its AI Innovation Ecosystem, strengthening the pipeline of technologies designed to power next-generation intell...
Google completes $32 billion acquisition of Wiz
Google announced the completion of its $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, a leading cloud and AI security platform headquartered in New York. Wiz will join Google Cloud and maintain its brand and commitm...
Armadin raises $189.9 million led by Accel
Armadin has raised an industry record $189.9 million in Seed and Series A funding. Led by Accel, with participation from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and follow-on inves...
OpenAI to acquire AI security startup Promptfoo
OpenAI has announced its plans to acquire Promptfoo, an established AI security platform widely used by enterprises to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in AI systems during development. The comp...
Reclaim Security raises $26M led by Acrew Capital
Reclaim Security, a preemptive exposure-remediation platform, announced $26 million in total funding, including a recent $20 million Series A round led by Acrew Capital, with participation from QP Ven...