Yozo.ai

Yozo.ai is a UAE-based startup whose AI agent runs retention and conversion campaigns across email, WhatsApp and SMS for e-commerce merchants. It raised a USD 1.7 million pre-seed round in January 2026.

Industry: E-commerce growth marketing automation | Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Founded: 2025 | Total Funding: USD 1.7M

About Yozo.ai

Yozo.ai is a UAE-based company that builds an artificial intelligence agent for e-commerce growth marketing. Wamda describes the product as an AI-native revenue engine that runs retention and conversion campaigns for online merchants across email, WhatsApp and SMS. Merchants connect their sales channels and approve campaigns, and the agent then executes, tests and optimises the workflows. The company's target customers are e-commerce merchants, including those without large growth teams or complex marketing tools.

Wamda reported that Yozo.ai was founded in early 2025 by Salma AlBarkouky, Abdallah Moheb El-Din, Taha Salah, Hossam Ali and Zeiad Haridy. Enterprise reported that Hossam Ali and Abdallah Moheb El-Din previously built Fatura, an Egyptian business-to-business e-commerce marketplace, which they sold to Tanmeyah, the EFG Hermes platform. Ali is identified as the company's founder in the funding coverage, and the sources read do not give titles for the other four. CairoScene places the company's headquarters in Abu Dhabi, while the company's profile on TechScoop has listed Dubai.

In January 2026 Yozo.ai announced a pre-seed round of USD 1.7 million. Access Bridge Ventures, based in Abu Dhabi, and Disruptech Ventures, based in Egypt, co-led the round. Other participants were Arzan VC, Oraseya Capital, Plus VC, Suhail Ventures, Glint Ventures and M-Empire Angels.

According to Wamda, the funding is intended for product development, strengthening the engineering team and international expansion. Enterprise reported that the company would build a go-to-market team and invest in distribution channels for merchant acquisition, with the United States as the first target for expansion. Ali said in the announcement that e-commerce operators in the United States face some of the highest acquisition costs and operational complexity in the world.

Yozo.ai's own website could not be read in full because its pages returned only a page title. No customer names, user numbers or revenue figures have been published in the coverage read.

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