October, 2025 | TechScoop

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Funding & VC

Jordan’s Engagesoft secures $3.5 million to power AI-Driven employee engagement

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 8, 2025
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2 min

Engagesoft, founded in Jordan by brothers Omar and Tareq Tahboub, has raised $3.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Silicon Badia to expand its AI-driven employee engagement platform across MENA.

Posted inin Technology

Meta updates it’s algorithm with more user control over reels

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 8, 2025
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2 min

Facebook has upgraded Reels with AI-powered recommendations, “friend bubbles,” and real-time search. With 200B daily views and 3B monthly users, Meta is turning short videos into the future of social connection — but MENA creators want more localization.

Posted inin AI
Technology

Google expands AI App Builder Opal to 15 Countries — but MENA still waiting

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 8, 2025
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1 min

Google has rolled out its no-code AI app builder Opal to 15 new countries, including Pakistan and India, introducing faster workflows and advanced debugging — but the Middle East and North Africa remain absent from the expansion list.

Posted inin Logistics
Press Release

Blackstone expands Middle East footprint with Lunate logistics alliance

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 6, 2025
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1 min

Blackstone and Lunate launch GLIDE, a $5 billion GCC logistics investment platform targeting warehouses and industrial assets.

Posted inin Events
Fintech

UAE’s fintech ambitions on display as Dubai Hosts Fintech Surge x Blockchain Summit

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 6, 2025
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2 min

Dubai hosts Fintech Surge x Future Blockchain Summit 2025 from Oct 12–15, drawing regulators, investors, and startups shaping fintech and Web3 innovation.

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PropTech

Saudi Developer ROSHN expands PropTech push with $350,000 hackathon for 2025

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 6, 2025
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3 min

Saudi Arabia’s PIF-backed developer ROSHN launches its third PropTech Hackathon for 2025, inviting innovators to reimagine real estate through AI, sustainability, and smart infrastructure. Here’s how to apply, what’s at stake, and why it matters for the Kingdom’s PropTech revolution.

Posted inin Technology

Charging for Memories? Snapchat’s new Move feels Personal

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 3, 2025
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2 min

For years, Snapchat Memories has been more than just a feature. It’s been a time capsule. A place where people could go back and...

Posted inin Technology

Microsoft refreshes word, excel, and powerPoint icons with an AI-Inspired design

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 3, 2025
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2 min

When you’ve been staring at the same set of app icons for nearly seven years, you stop noticing them. They blend into the background—part...

Posted inin Funding & VC
Incubators

13 startups from Saudi Arabia’s Garage 8th Cohort Demo Day catching investor attention

Posted byby James Whitemore
October 2, 2025
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4 min

Riyadh — On September 30, The Garage (الكــراج), Saudi Arabia’s flagship startup hub, unveiled its 8th cohort at a packed demo day. Eighteen early-stage...

Posted inin Fintech
Press Release

Saudi Cabinet Approves EZ Bank, a Digital Challenger Backed by Ajlan & QNB

Posted byby TS NewsRoom
October 1, 2025
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2 min

Breaking: Saudi Arabia has officially licensed EZ Bank, a fully digital bank backed by Ajlan & Bros Holding and Qatar National Bank (QNB), with...

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