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Riyadh-based Intella closed an oversubscribed $12.5M Series A led by Prosus, bringing total funding to $16.9M. Their proprietary speech-to-text models hit 95.73% accuracy across 25+ Arabic dialects, outperforming Google Cloud, Azure, and IBM Watson. Revenue doubled in 2024 with 7x growth targeted for 2025.
QIA joined global investors including BlackRock and Goldman Sachs in Anthropic's $13B Series F, valuing the AI firm at $183B — nearly tripling from $61.5B six months ago. Notably absent was UAE's MGX. Anthropic's revenue surged from $1B to over $5B in under a year, with Claude Code alone hitting $500M run-rate.
Saudi vacation rental platform Gathern raised $72M in a Series B led by Sanabil Investments (PIF), reaching a $266M+ valuation — the highest for a woman-led venture in MENA. With 72K+ properties, 5M+ users, and 44% market share in Saudi alternative hospitality, the company is preparing for an IPO on Tadawul.
GitProtect's 2026 DevOps Threats Report reveals that AI assistants in DevOps platforms are expanding the attack surface with 68 AI-related incidents identified in 2025. Threats include malicious prompt injections, remote code execution, and credential leaks. The report urges Zero Trust toward AI tools and short-lived secrets.
GitHub made Copilot session remote control generally available across github.com and GitHub Mobile. Developers can now start AI agent sessions in VS Code or CLI and monitor/continue them from any device. The feature supports multi-surface workflows across CLI, VS Code, web, and mobile — a shift toward truly portable AI-assisted development.