{"id":103917,"date":"2025-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/tarjama-secures-usd-15-mn-in-series-a-round-to-expand-arabic-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:00:00","slug":"tarjama-secures-usd-15-mn-in-series-a-round-to-expand-arabic-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/05\/22\/tarjama-secures-usd-15-mn-in-series-a-round-to-expand-arabic-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarjama& secures USD 15 mn in Series A round to expand Arabic.AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tarjama<\/strong>&<\/strong> raises USD 15 mn to scale <\/strong>Arabi<\/a><\/strong>c<\/strong>.AI<\/a><\/strong>: <\/strong>UAE-based AI language and translation solutions firm Tarjama&<\/a> has secured USD 15 mn in a Series A round to support the rollout of its Arabic.AI<\/a> agentic suite, according to a press release (pdf)<\/a>. MENA venture capital giant Global Ventures led the round, with participation from Wamda Capital, TA Ventures, Phaze Capital, Golden Gate Ventures, and Endeavor Catalyst.<\/p>\n

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Where is the money going? <\/strong>The funding will be used to expand Tarjama&\u2019s proprietary Arabic-first AI platform Arabic.AI, which includes Pronoia V2, a large language model (LLM) purpose-built for Arabic and MENA-specific enterprise-use. The capital will also go toward doubling its research and engineering teams, expanding its sovereign infrastructure, and launching an AI academy to train enterprise and government leaders in agentic AI technologies. <\/p>\n

About Tarjama&: <\/strong>Founded in 2009 by Nour Al Hassan (LinkedIn<\/a>), Tarjama has scaled profitably across more than 30 markets, processed over 2 bn words in more than 50 languages and 22 Arabic dialects, and built deep data and tech moats, including proprietary datasets critical to LLM training. We <\/strong>interviewed<\/a><\/strong> Nour for our My Morning Routine column last year<\/strong>, where she talked to us about her goals for Arabic-focused language services and the startup\u2019s LLM plans.<\/p>\n

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SC <\/strong>Ventures<\/strong> and DIFC Innovation Hub launch National Venture Studio: <\/strong>SC Ventures<\/a>, the ventures and fintech investment arm of Standard Chartered<\/a>, has partnered with the DIFC Innovation Hub to establish the National Venture Studio, a platform aimed at supporting venture creation across the region, according to a press release<\/a>. SC Ventures will bring its venture building as a service model to the table, with target clients including individuals, corporates, and public sector bodies seeking tech-enabled solutions to local and global issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MENA venture capital giant Global Ventures led the round<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1548],"tags":[610,794,7,945,78,147,1838],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-103917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-watch","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-dubai-international-financial-center","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-standard-chartered","tag-startup-watch","tag-startups","tag-tarjama","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"d0ddeebf-2ef4-4c70-98e2-58cf812365e9","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/5\/1849.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Tarjama& secures USD 15 mn in Series A round to expand Arabic.AI","related_issue":[103903],"teaser":"MENA venture capital giant Global Ventures led the round","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/5\/.2edb7a3d-d0fc-4fb7-9e92-0e1eeb8d5780.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nTarjama& secures USD 15 mn in Series A round to expand Arabic.AI - 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