UAE's Tarjama Raises $15M to Scale Its Arabic-Focused AI Platform
Backed by Global Ventures and Wamda, Tarjama will expand its Arabic AI systems and launch an AI academy targeting enterprise use.
May 23, 2025
UAE-based language technology firm Tarjama has secured $15 million in a Series A funding round to grow Arabic.AI, its proprietary Arabic-first artificial intelligence platform. The round was led by Global Ventures with support from Wamda Capital, TA Ventures, Phaze Capital, Golden Gate Ventures, and Endeavor Catalyst.
Founded in 2009, Tarjama develops tools for machine translation, transcription, and content generation in over 50 languages, including 22 Arabic dialects. With the new capital, the company will scale its engineering team, upgrade its infrastructure, and launch an AI Academy to support talent development in the region.
At the core of Tarjama's push is Pronoia V2, a large language model designed to outperform existing global AI systems on Arabic-language tasks. Built for enterprise use, Pronoia V2 supports applications in legal, government, and media sectors, among others. Tarjama currently serves over 700 clients across more than 30 global markets.
This investment comes amid growing efforts in the Middle East to develop Arabic-native AI infrastructure. While global language models often underperform in Arabic due to data scarcity and linguistic complexity, regional startups like Tarjama are looking to bridge this gap with purpose-built models. Countries such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia have prioritised Arabic AI in their national tech strategies, with initiatives such as Falcon LLM and Noor LLM reflecting a broader push to ensure the language is meaningfully represented in the AI era.
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