Scale AI alum raises $9M for AI serving critical industries across MENA.
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Scale AI Alum Raises $9M For MENA AI Startup Scale AI Alum Raises $9M For AI Serving Critical Industries In MENA A new wave of AI innovation is sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa, led by former Scale AI engineer Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh . The founder recently raised $9 million to launch 1001 AI , a startup building advanced AI infrastructure for critical industries in the MENA region. Image Credits:1001.ai Backed by investors like CIV , General Catalyst , and Lux Capital , 1001 AI aims to reduce inefficiencies in vital sectors such as aviation, logistics, construction, and oil and gas. The company’s core mission is to develop an AI-native operating system that empowers data-driven decision-making for organizations across the region. From Silicon Valley To The Middle East After spending nearly a decade in the U.S., Abu-Ghazaleh relocated between London and Dubai to bring his global expertise home. His experience at Scale AI , one of Silicon Valley’s top machine learning infrastructure firms, provided the foundation for his new ventu…