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Gabster gets $500K to bring all customer channels into one AI inbox

Saudi AI startup Gabster has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding from Muqrin Al Rajhi Investment and T2. The platform unifies more than ten communication channels and uses AI agents to automate customer interactions and business operations.

Emily Carter1d ago2 min read

Artificial IntelligenceBioTech

Oman sovereign fund bets on Neuralink and the future of brain tech

Oman Investment Authority has invested in Neuralink as the brain-computer interface company accelerates human trials. By January 2026 the company had implanted devices in 21 patients with a target of 1000 procedures before year end.

Mira Sen1d ago2 min read

Oman sovereign fund bets on Neuralink and the future of brain tech

FintechEgypt & North Africa

Solvytix Venture Studio enters Egypt as a co-founding tech partner

Solvytix has launched a venture studio in Egypt to co-found and build technology startups from the ground up. The studio embeds as an operating partner rather than a service provider taking shared responsibility for execution from day one.

Arin Sol3d ago2 min read

Solvytix Venture Studio enters Egypt as a co-founding tech partner

Venture CapitalDigital Transformation

Intel Capital backs QuantWare with $178 million for quantum processors

QuantWare raised $178 million in the largest ever private round by a dedicated quantum processor company. Intel Capital led the round as the Dutch startup moves to build industrial-scale quantum chips and a dedicated chip factory.

Emily Carter3d ago2 min read

Intel Capital backs QuantWare with $178 million for quantum processors

Saudi ArabiaCloud & Infrastructure

Anthropic commits $200 billion to Google Cloud over five years

Anthropic has committed to spending $200 billion with Google Cloud over five years. The deal accounts for more than 40% of the $462 billion backlog Google disclosed to investors last week.

Arin Sol4d ago2 min read

Anthropic commits $200 billion to Google Cloud over five years

Digital TransformationGulf Region

Meta Hatch and an Instagram shopping agent are coming in 2026

Meta is building an AI agent called Hatch and a separate AI shopping tool for Instagram. Both are expected before Q4 2026 as Zuckerberg pushes his AI investments toward real revenue.

Emily Carter4d ago2 min read

Venture CapitalHealthTech

Metafare raises $1 million to scale VR wellness in Saudi Arabia

Saudi healthtech Metafare has raised $1 million to scale virtual reality wellness sessions powered by AI. The company is targeting both individual users and corporate clients with personalised fifteen-minute health experiences.

Mira Sen5d ago2 min read

Metafare raises $1 million to scale VR wellness in Saudi Arabia

Startup EcosystemVenture Capital

Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1B to build a superlearner AI

A months-old British AI lab with no product and no revenue just raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation. Ineffable Intelligence is betting reinforcement learning will reach super-intelligence first.

Emily Carter6d ago2 min read

Digital TransformationSaaS & Enterprise

Apple's new App Store subscription model lets you pay monthly for a year

Apple introduced a new App Store subscription model that lets users pay monthly while committing to a full year. It is not a price cut but a restructuring of how annual costs land.

IrfanApr 292 min read

Apple's new App Store subscription model lets you pay monthly for a year

Artificial IntelligenceCloud & Infrastructure

Google bets on agentic coding to outpace rivals in 2026

Google has been quietly, then very loudly, reorganizing its engineering efforts around one clear priority: getting better at code. What started as an internal experiment has turned into a full-scale push to build AI tools that write, fix, and evolve software.

Jace RynApr 192 min read

Google bets on agentic coding to outpace rivals in 2026

Digital TransformationGulf Region

What Tesla's Texas robotaxi expansion actually looks like on the ground

Tesla's push to build a nationwide robotaxi network took another step forward on April 18, 2026, when the company announced it was rolling out its driverless service in Dallas and Houston, bringing its total US city count to three, all of them in Texas.

Jace RynApr 192 min read

What Tesla's Texas robotaxi expansion actually looks like on the ground

Artificial IntelligenceDigital Transformation

Anthropic launches Claude Design to take on Figma and Canva

Anthropic just made its most direct move yet into the software application layer. On April 17, 2026, the company launched Claude Design, turning conversational prompts into prototypes, slide decks, and UI mockups, without opening a design tool.

IrfanApr 182 min read

Anthropic launches Claude Design to take on Figma and Canva

Gaming & EntertainmentDigital Transformation

The subscription AI boom that changed how mobile makes money

Something quietly historic happened in the mobile app economy in 2025. For the first time, consumers globally spent more on non-gaming apps than on games. The catalyst, more than any single trend, was generative artificial intelligence.

Emily CarterApr 182 min read

The subscription AI boom that changed how mobile makes money

SaaS & EnterpriseVenture Capital

Anthropic fields $800 billion investor offers as revenue surges

Anthropic has attracted multiple investor offers valuing the company at $800 billion or more. The offers would more than double the $380 billion valuation it received just weeks ago when it closed a $30 billion Series G round.

Jace RynApr 162 min read

Anthropic fields $800 billion investor offers as revenue surges

Global ExpansionVenture Capital

Airwallex launches POS to take on Stripe and Square globally

Airwallex, the Australian fintech that spent a decade building global payments infrastructure, is moving into in-person commerce. The company is launching a point-of-sale product it says rivals like Stripe and Square cannot yet match across borders.

James WhitemoreApr 162 min read

Airwallex launches POS to take on Stripe and Square globally

Egypt & North AfricaVenture Capital

How Gizmo turned gamified learning into a $22M Series A

Gizmo, a London-based AI learning platform founded in 2021, has hit 13 million users across more than 120 countries and closed a $22 million Series A funding round. The growth figures mark a dramatic leap for the startup.

Arin SolApr 162 min read

How Gizmo turned gamified learning into a $22M Series A

Startup EcosystemArtificial Intelligence

Hightouch's brand-aware AI push drives it to $100M milestone

Hightouch, a San Francisco-based startup, has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue. The company launched an AI-powered service in late 2024 that lets marketers create custom content for brands like Domino's and Spotify without design teams.

Emily CarterApr 162 min read

Digital TransformationGulf Region

Fluidstack eyes $18B valuation in new $1B funding round

Fluidstack, the AI data center startup spun out of Oxford University, is reportedly in talks to raise one billion dollars at a valuation of eighteen billion dollars, according to Bloomberg. The round is said to be potentially co-led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, the AGI-focused investment fund started by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, with Morgan Stanley advising on the transaction. If the deal closes at those terms, it would represent a remarkable acceleration for a company that was valued at just 7.5 billion dollars only a few months ago.

Arin SolApr 152 min read

Fluidstack eyes $18B valuation in new $1B funding round

Mobility & TransportData & Analytics

Tesla's new FSD app tracks streaks to keep drivers subscribed

Tesla's Spring 2026 update introduces a streak tracker for its Full Self-Driving app, gamifying daily usage as competition from BYD and Xpeng intensifies in the UAE and broader MENA market.

Mira SenApr 152 min read

Tesla's new FSD app tracks streaks to keep drivers subscribed

FintechDigital Transformation

How to actually define an MVP before you write a single line of code

Most founders misread MVP as an excuse to ship something rough. It's not. It's a discipline of focus, cutting everything that isn't essential and doing the core thing well. This piece breaks down how to define your MVP properly, how long it should realistically take to build, and why the feature graveyard exists in the first place.

IrfanApr 142 min read

How to actually define an MVP before you write a single line of code

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