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Every item from all 26 sources, deduplicated across outlets. Use “GCC only” to narrow to the region.
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| –– | The Sweet Science: Why The AI Era Belongs To Middleweights The biggest long-term gains from AI will not flow to heavyweight incumbents or many AI-native startups but to scrappy middle-market technology companies, the middleweights, argues Brad Bernstein, managing partner at FTV Capital. In this guest column he shares the five traits the best middleweight technology companies share. globalcrunchbase-news · 7d | — — | crunchbase-news | 7d |
| –– | As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model, Pangram 4, and an AI image detection model in research preview. fundingglobaltechcrunch-fundraising · 7d | — — | techcrunch-fundraising | 7d |
| –– | How to give your elevator pitch to a king globalsifted · 7d | — — | sifted | 7d |
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| –– | Oman to witness intense meteor shower tomorrow Oman's night skies are set to light up as the annual Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | Khalifa Fund & Hub71 Back Emirati Founders With Up to USD 27.2K at MZN Hub71 Demo Day The inaugural MZN Hub71 Demo Day underscores Abu Dhabi’s strategy to strengthen its startup ecosystem by investing in Emirati founders before they reach traditional accelerator programs. Abu Dhabi is investing earlier in its next generation of entrepreneurs. Khalifa Fund for... Read More The post Khalifa Fund & Hub71 Back Emirati Founders With Up to USD 27.2K at MZN Hub71 Demo Day appeared first on WAYA . GCCwaya · 8d | — — | waya | 8d |
| –– | Freehand Raises $75M Series B To Automate Fortune 500 Supply Chain Spend Freehand has raised $75 million in Series B funding to scale autonomous AI agents that manage supply chain spend and back-office operations for enterprises. fundingglobalcrunchbase-news · 8d | — — | crunchbase-news | 8d |
| –– | Inside du’s plan to become much more than a telecom company CEO Fahad Al Hassawi explains why AI, cloud and digital infrastructure will define the UAE operator's next phase of growth GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | Are your crypto gains tax-free in the UAE? New rules change the game The UAE has signed on to the global crypto tax reporting framework that will come into effect in 2027. GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | BMW to cut almost 10,000 jobs in major blow to German car manufacturer BMW opened discussions with employee representatives after revising its 2026 financial outlook arabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | Sharjah Art Foundation Makes a Meeting Point for Parallel Practices The latest works of Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar come together in the new exhibition, ‘Body Quotidian’. arabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | A covert digital spy network is quietly breaching key targets across the Middle East New Kaspersky research reveals sophisticated cyber-espionage operations targeting government, telecoms, aviation and finance across the Middle East and Africa GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | ADNOC Distribution launches UAE’s first retail media network ADNOC Distribution with Engage can connect campaigns with service station visits, convenience store activity and recorded transactions. GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | UAE residents gain visa-free access to Montenegro UAE-based travellers eyeing a European getaway have a new visa-free option this summer GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | ‘Don’t sell football’s soul!’ FIFA plan to auction World Cup stake sparks fury UEFA has blasted FIFA over their plans to create a new $20bn subsidiary that would run and manage future World Cup competitions. arabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | Emaar and ADCB join forces to slash mortgage costs for Dubai homebuyers ADCB will offer interest or profit rates starting from 3.49 per cent annually, fixed for three years GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | Netanyahu hails ‘strongest’ talks yet with Trump as both focus on Iran threat US President holds separate White House talks with Israeli Prime Minister and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | Elon Musk’s X launches X Money with a high 6% yield – but there’s a catch Elon Musk’s X has launched X Money in the US, combining deposit accounts, payments and a Visa debit card arabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | Bangladeshi embassy breaks silence as expats face unexpected visa cancellations The Embassy of Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi has urged expats outside the UAE not to spread rumours over visa cancellations GCCarabian-business · 8d | — — | arabian-business | 8d |
| –– | 13 early-stage deeptech startups Tier 1 VCs backed in H1 2026 fundingglobalsifted · 8d | — — | sifted | 8d |