Khaled Jabasini

Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 adds 13 startups to AI portfolio in 2025! Abu Dhabi global technology ecosystem Hub71 attracted 13 new AI-focused startups in the first half of 2025, bringing its total AI company portfolio to 52. The ecosystem now has a dedicated programme for AI startups called 𝗛𝘂𝗯𝟳𝟭+ 𝗔𝗜, to scale AI ventures with global potential. These are the startups that joined this year: 🚀 Aurem (wealth management platform) 🚀 CambioML (YC S23) (GenAI tools for R&D) 🚀 Fundbot Technologies (money flow platform) 🚀 Mithryl (industrial data intelligence) 🚀 New Path Bio (sustainable protein production) 🚀 NodeShift (sovereign AI agent platform) 🚀 OnLoop (team management platform) 🚀 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 (smart city solutions) 🚀 Simpleem (AI emotional intelligence) 🚀 Skipr (sovereign communications platform) 🚀 Vivan Therapeutics (cancer therapeutics) 🚀 xMap (geospatial data intelligence) 🚀 𝗧𝗮𝘅𝗼 (automate medical billing) 🡆 🡆 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 the full story on 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 https://lnkd.in/dF__v-W8 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘓𝘓 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴? 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 🔔 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦. Subscribe to the weekly 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 email news digest: https://lnkd.in/dfkbFeVz Subscribe to the weekly 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗔𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 email news digest: https://lnkd.in/dfkbFeVz Subscribe to my monthly 𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 marketing newsletter: https://lnkd.in/daxbKnJh #MiddleEastAINews [ 𝖳𝖾𝗑𝗍 50% AI Created 50% 𝖧𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖢𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 | Image: ADGM]

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The surge was largely fuelled by a wave of mega-deals from Saudi fintechs, led by Tamara’s $2.4 billion debt facility, Hala’s $157 million Series B, Lendo’s $50 million debt, and Erad’s $33 million debt financing. Saudi Arabia once again topped the regional charts, with 25 startups raising a combined $2.7 billion. Much of this momentum stemmed from Money20/20, the fintech sector’s headline event, where 15 deals were announced.

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UAE is building something the world has never seen before An entire island dedicated to longevity. Launching in 2027 on AlJurf a private island between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. SHA Island is being billed as the first island community dedicated to healthy living, preventative care, and lifespan extension. Developed by IMKAN Properties and operated by SHA Wellness (the integrative-medicine brand behind award-winning clinics in Spain and Mexico), with Knight Frank MENA leading residence sales. The blueprint: Residences: 51 sustainable apartments, 19 Garden Villas, 67 Beach/Shoreline Villas. First handovers targeted for 2027, guide prices reported from AED 9M–130M. A SHA Resort & Clinic: -> delivering integrative medicine, diagnostics, and personalised programmes, wrapped by dedicated pavilions: - Mind & Body - Movement - Hydrotherapy - Healthy Nutrition. This is design for health: -> Advanced air-purification -> dynamic circadian lighting -> natural materials -> wellness-first architecture across homes and public spaces. The island will be surrounded by mangroves and coastline, with marinas and a heliport. It will be easily accessible from both Dubai and Abu Dhabi with future Etihad Rail connections also planned. This isn’t a resort or a hospital. It’s an ecosystem: homes + clinic + daily rituals, designed to make preventative care the default. It also signals the UAE’s push to lead wellness real estate and longevity tourism as part of the fast-growing global wellness economy. Do you think longevity tourism is hype or the future? 👉 What’s the one wellness feature that would actually make you want to stay here?

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Yesterday, an entrepreneur told me something simple but devastating: “We didn't fail because it was a bad product. We had to shut down because we weren't paid on time.” And the numbers back him up. In the UAE, 58% of B2B invoice value is overdue - and SMEs, already operating on the thinnest margins, feel it most. Cash flow dries up. Energy shifts from building to chasing. Growth stalls before it even begins. This isn’t just an inconvenience. It’s a systemic drag on innovation, jobs, and national competitiveness. In the UK, where SMEs face a similar challenge, policymakers have just unveiled the toughest crackdown on late payments in 25 years: - Maximum payment terms of 60 days, reducing to 45 - Audit committees legally required to scrutinize payment practices - Fines worth millions for repeat late-payers - Mandatory interest charges on late payments Why? Because late payments cost the UK economy £11 billion a year and shut down 38 businesses every day. Now imagine the scale of impact in the UAE, where SMEs make up 94% of businesses and over half of non-oil GDP. Yes - invoice factoring, AI-powered receivables, and fintech solutions can help. But at its heart, this is about fairness and trust. When an SME delivers on time, they deserve to be paid on time. It’s time for us to follow suit: - Embed transparency into payment practices - Hold large firms and public entities accountable - Build a culture where “on-time payment” is as sacred as “on-time delivery” Because the real test of how much we value small businesses isn’t in speeches or strategies. It’s in whether we pay them what we owe, when we owe it. #UAE #SME #Payments

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