Wittify.ai Raises $1.5M to Advance Arabic-First Conversational AI
Jul 16, 2025
Wittify.ai, a Saudi-based conversational AI startup, has secured $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from a group of angel investors and business leaders in the Kingdom. Founded in 2024, the company is developing an Arabic-first voice and text AI platform with a strong focus on natural speech, regional dialects, and enterprise-grade integrations.
Now live in beta, Wittify's platform allows businesses to create multimodal AI agents - text, voice or both - that can be embedded into websites, social media platforms, CRM systems and call centres. The platform's emphasis on cultural fluency and linguistic accuracy is tailored to the specific demands of Arabic-speaking users, while remaining scalable for global application.
Beyond conversational logic, Wittify is investing in core Arabic-native speech technologies, including automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS), capable of handling more than 25 regional dialects. The aim is to deliver natural, human-like interactions that are locally intuitive yet powered by advanced AI models.
The startup is currently supported by three accelerator programmes and positions itself as an AI-native venture building for long-term regional impact.
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