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Real funding rounds, each dated and linked to its source - UAE and MENA companies beside the global mega-rounds.

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Last checked 24 September 2026

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  • $1B+
  • $10B+
    1. 1001United Arab Emirates$30MSeries ALatest
    2. Core42United Arab Emirates$310MDebt financing
    3. HarveyUnited States$200Mat $11B valuationGrowth / late-stage
    4. Core42United Arab Emirates$240MDebt financing
    1. Mistral AIFrance$2Bat $13.7B valuationSeries C
    2. AnthropicUnited States$13Bat $183B valuationSeries F
    3. DatabricksUnited States$1Bat $100B valuationSeries K
    4. LucidyaSaudi Arabia$30MSeries B
    5. Scale AIUnited States$14.3Bat $29B valuationStrategic investment
    6. AppliedAIUnited Arab Emirates$55Mat $300M valuationSeries A
    7. ElevenLabsUnited Kingdom$180Mat $3.3B valuationSeries C
    1. xAIUnited States$6Bat $50B valuationSeries C
    2. Perplexity AIUnited States$500Mat $9B valuationGrowth / late-stage
    3. OpenAIUnited States$6.6Bat $157B valuationGrowth / late-stage
    4. G42United Arab Emirates$1.5BStrategic investment

  4. No rounds tracked

    2023

    1. MoznSaudi Arabia$10MSeries A
    2. LucidyaSaudi Arabia$6MSeries A
    1. G42United Arab Emirates$800MStrategic investment

Every round on record

Each row opens the full record and the sources it was checked against.

18 of 18 rounds$46.8B disclosed

  1. Needs review

    1001

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Series A

    Investors: Led by Lux Capital + 3 more

    $30M

  2. Core42

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Structured trade finance facility

    Debt financing

    Investors: Led by HSBC

    $310M

  3. Harvey

    San Francisco, United States

    Funding round

    Growth / late-stage

    Investors: Undisclosed

    $200M

    $11B valuation

  4. Core42

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Structured trade finance facility

    Debt financing

    Investors: Led by HSBC

    $240M

  5. Mistral AI

    Paris, France

    Series C

    Investors: Led by ASML + 7 more

    $2B

    $13.7B valuation

  6. Anthropic

    San Francisco, United States

    Series F

    Investors: Led by ICONIQ, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Lightspeed Venture Partners + 3 more

    $13B

    $183B valuation

  7. Databricks

    San Francisco, United States

    Series K

    Growth / late-stage

    Investors: Existing investor syndicate

    $1B

    $100B valuation

  8. Lucidya

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Series B

    Investors: Led by Impact46 + 4 more

    $30M

  9. Scale AI

    San Francisco, United States

    Strategic investment (49% non-voting stake)

    Strategic investment

    Investors: Led by Meta

    $14.3B

    $29B valuation

  10. AppliedAI

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Series A

    Investors: Led by G42 + 4 more

    $55M

    $300M valuation

  11. ElevenLabs

    London, United Kingdom

    Series C

    Investors: Led by a16z, ICONIQ Growth + 4 more

    $180M

    $3.3B valuation

  12. xAI

    San Francisco, United States

    Series C

    Investors: Undisclosed group of investors

    $6B

    $50B valuation

  13. Perplexity AI

    San Francisco, United States

    Funding round

    Growth / late-stage

    Investors: Led by Institutional Venture Partners

    $500M

    $9B valuation

  14. OpenAI

    San Francisco, United States

    Funding round

    Growth / late-stage

    Investors: Led by Thrive Capital + 7 more

    $6.6B

    $157B valuation

  15. G42

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    $1.5B strategic investment

    Strategic investment

    Investors: Led by Microsoft

    $1.5B

  16. Mozn

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Series A

    Investors: Led by Raed Ventures + 3 more

    $10M

  17. Needs review

    Lucidya

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Series A

    Investors: Led by Rua Growth Fund + 2 more

    $6M

  18. G42

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    $800M minority investment

    Strategic investment

    Investors: Led by Silver Lake

    $800M

How this page works

  • No invented amounts. A figure comes from the announcement, or the row says Undisclosed.

  • No invented precision. If only the month is confirmed, we show the month.

  • Open questions written down. Anything we could not confirm is noted on the round.

Where the money went

Disclosed amounts only, drawn to scale. A round in two sectors counts in both.

By sector

  1. Foundation models & LLMs$27.6B4 rounds
  2. Data & model infrastructure$15.3B2 rounds
  3. AI infrastructure & cloud$3.9B5 rounds
  4. AI search & consumer AI$500M1 round
  5. Legal AI$200M1 round
  6. Voice & audio AI$180M1 round
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  1. Healthcare AI$55M1 round
  2. Enterprise & vertical AI$55M1 round
  3. Arabic NLP & customer experience AI$46M3 rounds
  4. Industrial & critical-infrastructure AI$30M1 round
  5. Sovereign AI & data compliance$10M1 round

By country

CountryRoundsDisclosed
United States7 rounds$41.6B
United Arab Emirates6 rounds$2.9B
Saudi Arabia3 rounds$46M
France1 round$2B
United Kingdom1 round$180M

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