Cloud & Infrastructure

NeuBird AI raises $19.3 million to scale agentic AI across enterprise production operations

Production environments break at the worst possible times, and the engineers responsible for fixing them are drowning in alerts, noise, and complexity that grows faster than any team can scale. NeuBird AI has raised 19.3 million dollars to change that — building an always-on agentic AI platform that correlates telemetry, identifies root causes, and resolves incidents in minutes without waiting for a human to intervene. With backing from Xora Innovation, Mayfield, M12, and others, the company is making a serious bid to become the AI infrastructure layer that keeps enterprise production systems running.

AWS Middle East outage causes Banking and Fintech platforms to go offline

Mantas raises $1.77M as it emerges from stealth mode

Mantas has emerged from stealth after raising $1.77 million to scale its platform focused on detecting, managing, and mitigating cloud service outages for enterprises.

MilkStraw AI raises $2m seed funding to expand cloud optimisation platform

UAE based MilkStraw AI has secured $2 million in seed funding led by VentureSouq, with participation from Ibtikar Fund and M Capital, to expand its AI-driven cloud cost optimisation platform across MENA and global markets.

CloudKitchens pulls back on Mideast IPO

Travis Kalanick’s CloudKitchens has delayed plans to list its Middle East unit despite earlier underwriting talks with major Saudi groups, sources tell TechScoop.

Nawah Scientific closes $23M series A round

Egypt based Nawah Scientific raises $23 million in a Series A round to expand its cloud laboratory infrastructure and scale life sciences research across new markets.

Mastiska Secures $10M to build UAE’s first sovereign AI Chips

UAE-based semiconductor startup Mastiska has raised USD 10 million in seed funding from GCC sovereign wealth funds to develop data centre class AI inference accelerators and launch a fabless chip venture focused on regional AI autonomy.

Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN and Blackstone’s AirTrunk form US$3 B data-centre alliance

HUMAIN, the AI company owned by Saudi Arabia’s PIF, and AirTrunk, backed by Blackstone and CPP Investments, have entered a strategic US$3 billion partnership to develop a hyperscale data-centre campus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, marking AirTrunk’s entry into the Middle East and supporting the country’s AI-driven economy ambitions.

1001 AI raises $9 million to expand AI infrastructure across the GCC

London and Dubai-based startup 1001 AI raised $9 million in seed funding led by CIV Capital, General Catalyst, and Lux Capital to expand its AI infrastructure platform across the GCC.

Saudi startup Foodics partners with AWS to scale AI-driven restaurant solutions

Saudi-based Foodics signs a US$10 million agreement with AWS to boost AI innovation and cloud expansion across its restaurant management platform in the Middle East.

Oman’s ITHCA invests $20M in U.S. chipmaker Movandi

Oman’s ITHCA Group leads a $40M round with a $20M investment in U.S. chipmaker Movandi, aiming to establish Muscat as a regional hub for 5G and semiconductor innovation.