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Al Etihad
24-06-2025
- Business
- Al Etihad
Presight announces inaugural cohort of global startups joining its AI Accelerator programme
24 June 2025 18:52 ABU DHABI (WAM)Presight today announced the 10 startups who have won their place as part of the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator, a strategic launchpad designed to propel AI startups to scale with speed, impact, and commercial announcement follows an evaluation and selection process that attracted 120 applications from AI startups across 17 countries, spanning diverse sectors such as Smart Cities, Fintech, Energy, AI Governance, and Sovereign shortlisted pool of 15 global finalists was selected to participate in the final pitch days, held on 2–3 June. The event featured in-person pitches in Abu Dhabi at Presight's office and virtual presentations from international startups. Finalists had already raised over US$150 million collectively, backed by leading global accelerators like Microsoft, Google, Alchemist, and Techstars, underscoring the exceptional calibre of Pramotedham, Chief Executive Officer of Presight, said, 'The Presight AI-Startup Accelerator is more than a program—it's a strategic growth engine for both visionary startups and Presight itself. We launched this initiative to identify and scale the most promising AI innovations globally, integrate them into our ecosystem, and drive transformative impact across industries. In providing the 10 AI startups with access to infrastructure, mentorship, and market reach, we're accelerating their growth and our own innovation pipeline. This approach allows us to build a portfolio of world-class AI solutions faster and more effectively than traditional R&D or acquisitions.'Through the evaluation process, we prioritised rigor, readiness to scale, and strategic alignment with Presight's business focus. These 10 startups represent the strongest potential for impact within Presight's ecosystem. The selection process was among the most competitive in the region, and we thank all 15 finalists for their impressive vision and energy.'The ten winning startups selected to join the accelerator include: Derq (UAE, USA): A leading provider of patented AI-powered intelligent transportation systems (ITS) helping cities prevent crashes, solve complex road safety challenges, and improve traffic (Singapore): AI-driven Energy Efficiency and Sustainability solution for the Built Environment. Resync's cutting edge technology provides HVAC optimisation, iFM and Energy Savings for commercial and industrial buildings across Southeast Asia and Middle (Singapore): Provides data, analytics and tools to navigate climate risk and invest in adaptation and (UAE/Tajikistan): Zypl generates synthetic outliers from its proprietary zGAN model to optimize the performance of AI agents — especially under edge cases and black swans. Focused on financial services use cases, zypl's enterprise AI platform enables banks to reduce defaults, improve fraud detection and increase repayment (Indonesia / Singapore): Provides native AI-powered education and training solutions with adaptive learning pathways for schools, enterprises, and government (Azerbaijan): Solves the challenge of limited insights and low accuracy in seismic data interpretation. Using advanced AI algorithms, it enhances image quality, reduces subsurface uncertainty, and accelerates exploration and drilling decisions in the energy (UAE): Offers GenAI security, safety, & compliance tools, from assessment through protection. Trusted by leading organizations in the high-tech & public sectors, Vulcan is the GenAI-specific solution to ensure safety, security and operational (UAE, USA): A sovereign AI cloud platform that lets users run LLMs, image, and speech models in one click — securely, on cloud or Century (USA): Developer of a proprietary data science platform designed to help fundamental and systematic investors harness the power of both internal and external data resources to generate powerful investment (UAE, USA): Offers an AI-powered business intelligence platform designed to enhance customer engagement and product optimisation.A distinguished jury panel evaluated each 10-minute pitch before selecting the final Cohort winners. Members of the judging panel included: Kareem Okeili, Senior Partner Development Manager, Microsoft; Sultan Al Hajji, Senior Adviser to the President of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligent (MBZUAI); and Darsh Singh Mann, Head of Business Development and Partnerships, StartX by Stanford University. They were joined by a selection of senior management from Presight. The selected startups will now join the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator Bootcamp in Abu Dhabi. This immersion programme includes technical mentoring, strategic market access to scale with potential commercial proof-of-concepts and contracts, product refinement, and investment readiness for the venture capital funding during demo day.
Channel Post MEA
24-06-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Presight Announces Its Inaugural Cohort of its AI Accelerator Program
Presight today announced the 10 startups that have won their place as part of the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator, a strategic launchpad designed to propel AI startups to scale with speed, impact, and commercial intent. The announcement follows an evaluation and selection process that attracted 120 applications from AI startups across 17 countries, spanning diverse sectors such as Smart Cities, Fintech, Energy, AI Governance, and Sovereign AI. The shortlisted pool of 15 global finalists was selected to participate in the final pitch days, held on 2–3 June. The event featured in-person pitches in Abu Dhabi at Presight's office and virtual presentations from international startups. Finalists had already raised over USD $150 million collectively, backed by leading global accelerators like Microsoft, Google, Alchemist, and Techstars—underscoring the exceptional calibre of applicants. Thomas Pramotedham, Chief Executive Officer of Presight, said: 'The Presight AI-Startup Accelerator is more than a program—it's a strategic growth engine for both visionary startups and Presight itself. We launched this initiative to identify and scale the most promising AI innovations globally, integrate them into our ecosystem, and drive transformative impact across industries. In providing the 10 AI startups with access to infrastructure, mentorship, and market reach, we're accelerating their growth and our own innovation pipeline. This approach allows us to build a portfolio of world-class AI solutions faster and more effectively than traditional R&D or acquisitions. 'Through the evaluation process, we prioritized rigor, readiness to scale, and strategic alignment with Presight's business focus. These 10 startups represent the strongest potential for impact within Presight's ecosystem. The selection process was among the most competitive in the region, and we thank all 15 finalists for their impressive vision and energy.' Meet the 10 Winners: Derq (UAE, USA): A leading provider of patented AI-powered intelligent transportation systems (ITS) helping cities prevent crashes, solve complex road safety challenges, and improve traffic flow. A leading provider of patented AI-powered intelligent transportation systems (ITS) helping cities prevent crashes, solve complex road safety challenges, and improve traffic flow. Resync (Singapore): AI-driven Energy Efficiency and Sustainability solution for the Built Environment. Resync's cutting edge technology provides HVAC optimisation, iFM and Energy Savings for commercial and industrial buildings across Southeast Asia and Middle East. AI-driven Energy Efficiency and Sustainability solution for the Built Environment. Resync's cutting edge technology provides HVAC optimisation, iFM and Energy Savings for commercial and industrial buildings across Southeast Asia and Middle East. AlphaGeo (Singapore): Provides data, analytics and tools to navigate climate risk and invest in adaptation and resilience. Provides data, analytics and tools to navigate climate risk and invest in adaptation and resilience. ai (UAE/Tajikistan): Zypl generates synthetic outliers from its proprietary zGAN model to optimize the performance of AI agents — especially under edge cases and black swans. Focused on financial services use cases, zypl's enterprise AI platform enables banks to reduce defaults, improve fraud detection and increase repayment rates. Zypl generates synthetic outliers from its proprietary zGAN model to optimize the performance of AI agents — especially under edge cases and black swans. Focused on financial services use cases, zypl's enterprise AI platform enables banks to reduce defaults, improve fraud detection and increase repayment rates. ai (Indonesia / Singapore): Provides native AI-powered education and training solutions with adaptive learning pathways for schools, enterprises, and government institutions. Provides native AI-powered education and training solutions with adaptive learning pathways for schools, enterprises, and government institutions. Waverity (Azerbaijan): Solves the challenge of limited insights and low accuracy in seismic data interpretation. Using advanced AI algorithms, it enhances image quality, reduces subsurface uncertainty, and accelerates exploration and drilling decisions in the energy sector. Solves the challenge of limited insights and low accuracy in seismic data interpretation. Using advanced AI algorithms, it enhances image quality, reduces subsurface uncertainty, and accelerates exploration and drilling decisions in the energy sector. Vulcan (UAE): Offers GenAI security, safety, & compliance tools, from assessment through protection. Trusted by leading organizations in the high-tech & public sectors, Vulcan is the GenAI-specific solution to ensure safety, security and operational integrity. Offers GenAI security, safety, & compliance tools, from assessment through protection. Trusted by leading organizations in the high-tech & public sectors, Vulcan is the GenAI-specific solution to ensure safety, security and operational integrity. NodeShift (UAE, USA): A sovereign AI cloud platform that lets users run LLMs, image, and speech models in one click — securely, on cloud or on-premises. No DevOps required. A sovereign AI cloud platform that lets users run LLMs, image, and speech models in one click — securely, on cloud or on-premises. No DevOps required. Maiden Century (USA): Developer of a proprietary data science platform designed to help fundamental and systematic investors harness the power of both internal and external data resources to generate powerful investment insights. Developer of a proprietary data science platform designed to help fundamental and systematic investors harness the power of both internal and external data resources to generate powerful investment insights. Cobi (UAE, USA): Offers an AI-powered business intelligence platform designed to enhance customer engagement and product optimization. A distinguished jury panel evaluated each 10-minute pitch before selecting the final Cohort winners. Members of the judging panel included: Kareem Okeili, Senior Partner Development Manager, Microsoft; Sultan Al Hajji, Senior Adviser to the President of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligent (MBZUAI); and Darsh Singh Mann, Head of Business Development and Partnerships, StartX by Stanford University. They were joined by a selection of senior management from Presight. Amr Kamel, General Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa at Microsoft – a strategic partner of the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator, said: 'We are excited about the calibre and vision demonstrated by the AI Startups participating in the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator. Through our collaboration with Presight, Microsoft is committed to equipping these startups with advanced AI tools and cloud infrastructure, helping them develop innovative solutions and accelerate their growth. We look forward to seeing how they leverage these resources to make meaningful contributions across various industries.' Sultan Al Hajji, Senior Adviser to the President of MBZUAI, said: 'While evaluating the finalists, we had a clear window into the bold thinking that's driving the UAE's AI startup ecosystem. As a strategic partner of the Presight AI Startup Accelerator, MBZUAI, through our Incubation and Entrepreneurship Center, is committed to empowering founders by providing cutting-edge AI expertise and mentorship. Together, we aim to accelerate the UAE's leadership in AI innovation by supporting the development of transformative AI ideas.' Next Stop: Accelerator Bootcamp The selected startups will now join the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator Bootcamp in Abu Dhabi. This immersion program includes technical mentoring, strategic market access to scale with potential commercial proof-of-concepts and contracts, product refinement, and investment readiness for the venture capital funding during demo day. Presight's Vision for Applied Intelligence The Presight AI-Startup Accelerator offers startups access to Presight's cutting-edge AI infrastructure, the UAE and G42's partner ecosystem, and industry-leading mentorship. The program is designed as a launchpad for market-ready startups to scale exponentially across public services, finance, energy, education, and more. The Accelerator helps startups refine their AI-powered products, optimize go-to-market strategies, gain access to distribution channels, and integrate with Presight's product pipeline—providing unmatched cross-selling, networking, and promotional opportunities.
TECHx
24-06-2025
- Business
- TECHx
Presight AI-Startup Accelerator Reveals 10 Winning Startups
Home » Startups » Presight AI-Startup Accelerator Reveals 10 Winning Startups Presight, a global AI and big data analytics company, has announced the 10 startups selected for its Presight AI-Startup Accelerator. This launchpad aims to help AI startups scale rapidly with impact and commercial focus. The selection followed a rigorous evaluation process. A total of 120 applications were received from startups across 17 countries. These spanned key sectors such as Smart Cities, Fintech, Energy, AI Governance, and Sovereign AI. From these, 15 global finalists were chosen to pitch during the final round on June 2–3. The event was held both in-person at Presight's Abu Dhabi office and virtually. The finalists had already raised over USD 150 million in funding. Many were backed by top accelerators including Microsoft, Google, Alchemist, and Techstars. Presight CEO Thomas Pramotedham said the accelerator is more than a program it is a strategic growth engine. He stated that the initiative allows Presight to integrate innovative AI solutions into its ecosystem, accelerating both the startups' development and Presight's own innovation pipeline. He emphasized that the selection criteria prioritized scalability, strategic alignment, and potential for impact. The 10 winners are expected to significantly contribute to Presight's broader AI ecosystem. The selected startups are: Derq (UAE, USA): Offers AI-based intelligent transportation systems to reduce crashes and optimize traffic. Offers AI-based intelligent transportation systems to reduce crashes and optimize traffic. Resync (Singapore): Delivers AI-driven energy efficiency solutions for buildings across Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Delivers AI-driven energy efficiency solutions for buildings across Southeast Asia and the Middle East. AlphaGeo (Singapore): Specializes in climate risk analytics and adaptation tools. Specializes in climate risk analytics and adaptation tools. (UAE/Tajikistan): Provides synthetic data solutions for financial services to improve fraud detection and reduce defaults. Provides synthetic data solutions for financial services to improve fraud detection and reduce defaults. (Indonesia/Singapore): Develops adaptive AI-based education platforms for schools, enterprises, and governments. Develops adaptive AI-based education platforms for schools, enterprises, and governments. Waverity (Azerbaijan): Enhances seismic data interpretation in the energy sector using advanced AI. Enhances seismic data interpretation in the energy sector using advanced AI. Vulcan (UAE): Focuses on GenAI security, compliance, and operational integrity. Focuses on GenAI security, compliance, and operational integrity. NodeShift (UAE, USA): Provides a sovereign AI cloud for running large models with ease and security. Provides a sovereign AI cloud for running large models with ease and security. Maiden Century (USA): Offers a data science platform for investment insight generation. Offers a data science platform for investment insight generation. Cobi (UAE, USA): Powers AI-based business intelligence to boost customer engagement and product performance. A panel of judges evaluated the pitches. The jury included Kareem Okeili from Microsoft, Sultan Al Hajji from MBZUAI, and Darsh Singh Mann from StartX by Stanford University. Senior Presight executives also participated in the final selection. Amr Kamel, General Manager at Microsoft for CEE, MEA, expressed enthusiasm about the program. He noted that Microsoft would support the startups with advanced AI tools and cloud infrastructure. Sultan Al Hajji added that the accelerator reflects the bold thinking driving the UAE's AI ecosystem. He highlighted MBZUAI's role in mentoring and supporting founders through its Incubation and Entrepreneurship Center. The 10 selected startups will now take part in the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator Bootcamp in Abu Dhabi. The program will include technical mentorship, product refinement, and access to market opportunities. Startups will also prepare for venture capital investment on demo day. Presight revealed that its AI-Startup Accelerator is built to offer startups access to AI infrastructure, mentorship, and strategic partnerships across the UAE and G42 ecosystem. The goal is to help AI startups scale across industries such as public services, energy, education, and finance. Through the program, Presight will integrate AI innovations into its product pipeline, expand distribution channels, and accelerate time-to-market.
Broadcast Pro
17-04-2025
- Business
- Broadcast Pro
Presight and MBZUAI join forces to build AI startup ecosystem
This collaboration is set to empower the next-gen of AI entrepreneurs by combining Presights Applied AI expertise and infrastructure with MBZUAIs academic and research capabilities. Presight, a global leader in AI-powered big data analytics, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) to support the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator. The collaboration aims to nurture a new generation of AI entrepreneurs by combining Presights applied AI capabilities with MBZUAIs academic excellence and research expertise. This strategic partnership is focused on creating a vibrant AI innovation ecosystem, with both parties working together on key initiatives such as startup sourcing, technical mentorship, talent development and event collaboration. MBZUAI will introduce AI-driven startups from its network to the accelerator and take part in the candidate selection process. In return, participating startups will gain access to technical guidance from MBZUAIs top researchers in areas like natural language processing, large language models, and computer vision. The agreement also opens pathways for MBZUAI students to gain internships and job opportunities within the Presight ecosystem, while enabling startups to tap into the universitys highly skilled talent pool. Additionally, the partnership includes plans to co-host events and workshops that promote AI innovation and entrepreneurship, with MBZUAI providing expert speakers and mentors for various accelerator activities. Together, Presight and MBZUAI aim to strengthen the regional AI landscape by supporting startups and advancing technological innovation. Thomas Pramotedham, CEO of Presight, said: 'This partnership brings together two of Abu Dhabis flagship AI institutions to build a high-impact engine for innovation, entrepreneurship, and talent development. By combining our real-world AI deployment capabilities with MBZUAIs cutting-edge research and academic depth, were creating a multiplier effect that will accelerate the growth of startups and catalyse the UAEs broader AI ambitions. This is more than collaboration, its a fusion of expertise that strengthens Abu Dhabis position as a global epicentre for applied AI.' Sultan Al Hajji, Senior Adviser to MBZUAI President, commented: 'Were delighted to partner with Presight to further contribute to the UAEs dynamic AI startup ecosystem. By combining the expertise and network of MBZUAI and our Incubation and Entrepreneurship Centre (IEC) with Presights accelerator platform, were building a pipeline of AI-first startups that can transform industries and support the UAEs long-term technological ambition. This collaboration provides technical advisory and talent access to drive real-world impact. It also offers students and researchers exciting opportunities to engage directly with the regions most promising ventures, creating pathways for shared learning and growth.' This MoU builds on Presights recently launched collaboration with Microsoft, a key technology partner in the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator. Microsoft brings cloud capabilities, infrastructure, and go-to-market support that are critical for startup scaling, helping to enhance the accelerators overall impact and technical capacity. This partnership reflects the UAEs ongoing commitment to becoming a global hub for artificial intelligence, as outlined in the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031.
Zawya
17-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Presight and MBZUAI join forces to build a thriving AI startup ecosystem
Abu Dhabi, UAE: Presight, a leading global big data analytics company powered by AI, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) to support the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator. This strategic collaboration is set to empower the next generation of AI entrepreneurs by combining Presight's Applied AI expertise and infrastructure with MBZUAI's world-class academic and research capabilities. The partnership aims to create a thriving AI innovation ecosystem through joint efforts in startup sourcing, technical advisory, talent access, marketing, and co-hosted events. The collaboration touches on the following key pillars: Startup sourcing and support: MBZUAI will introduce AI-focused startups from its network to the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator, while Presight will invite the university to participate in the selection process for relevant startup candidates. Technical advisory: Startups will gain access to MBZUAI's leading technical advisory resources, including faculty and researchers with expertise in areas such as natural language processing, LLMs, computer vision, and more. Presight will also facilitate connections between high-potential startups and MBZUAI researchers for potential advisory roles. Talent access: MBZUAI students will benefit from internship and job opportunities within the Presight startup ecosystem, while Presight will also facilitate access for startups to MBZUAI's top-tier student talent pool. Events and workshops: The two parties will explore opportunities to co-host events and workshops focused on AI innovation, entrepreneurship, and knowledge transfer. MBZUAI will contribute subject matter experts and mentors to the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator's programs and activities. Thomas Pramotedham, CEO of Presight, commented: 'This partnership brings together two of Abu Dhabi's flagship AI institutions to build a high-impact engine for innovation, entrepreneurship, and talent development. By combining our real-world AI deployment capabilities with MBZUAI's cutting-edge research and academic depth, we're creating a multiplier effect that will accelerate the growth of startups and catalyze the UAE's broader AI ambitions. This is more than collaboration, it's a fusion of expertise that strengthens Abu Dhabi's position as a global epicenter for applied AI.' Sultan Al Hajji, Senior Adviser to MBZUAI President, commented: 'We're delighted to partner with Presight to further contribute to the UAE's dynamic AI startup ecosystem. By combining the expertise and network of MBZUAI and our Incubation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) with Presight's accelerator platform, we're building a pipeline of AI-first startups that can transform industries and support the UAE's long-term technological ambition. This collaboration provides technical advisory and talent access to drive real-world impact. It also offers students and researchers exciting opportunities to engage directly with the region's most promising ventures, creating pathways for shared learning and growth.' This MoU builds on Presight's recently launched collaboration with Microsoft, a key technology partner in the Presight AI-Startup Accelerator. Microsoft brings cloud capabilities, infrastructure, and go-to-market support that are critical for startup scaling, helping to enhance the accelerator's overall impact and technical capacity. This partnership reflects the UAE's ongoing commitment to becoming a global hub for artificial intelligence, as outlined in the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031. By bridging academia and industry, the Presight-MBZUAI collaboration contributes to a future-ready ecosystem and positions Abu Dhabi and the UAE at the forefront of global innovation. About Presight Presight is an ADX-listed public company with Abu Dhabi based G42 as its majority shareholder and is a leading global big data analytics company powered by AI. It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. Presight excels at all-source data interpretation to support insight-driven decision-making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies. Today, through its range of AI-driven products and solutions, Presight is bringing Applied Intelligence to the private and public sector, enabling them to realize their AI strategy and ambitions faster. For further information, please contact Presight@ or media@
