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CairoScene
23-05-2025
- Business
- CairoScene
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 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.
Wamda
22-04-2025
- Business
- Wamda
Arabic.AI launches MENA's first B2B agentic AI platform
Tarjama's platform has emerged from stealth mode, unveiling what executives call the first truly agentic AI platform specifically engineered for the Arabic language. offers enterprises three solutions to leverage its powerful Pronoia engine and platform, tailored to meet different business needs. Founded in the UAE in 2008 by Nour Al Hassan, Tarjama has been committed to empowering Arabic-speaking markets through innovative language technology solutions, with offices spanning MENA, the U.S., and Europe. Pronoia, powered by Tarjama, is an advanced large language model (LLM) specifically designed for Arabic enterprise applications that provides unparalleled accuracy and contextual understanding in sectors including legal, medical, and business. Press release: emerged from stealth mode today, unveiling what executives call the first truly agentic AI platform specifically engineered for the Arabic language. The Dubai-based startup, with offices spanning MENA, the U.S., and Europe, enters the market with substantial technical advantages over global competitors. Founder's Vision: A Deeply Local, Globally Competitive Model Founded by serial entrepreneur Nour Al Hassan, recognised for building language technology provider Tarjama& has developed Pronoia, a proprietary large language model that benchmarks show outperforming GPT-4, Deepseek, Cohere and other leading systems on Arabic language tasks. "For too long, Arabic has remained an afterthought in the global AI landscape," Al Hassan told reporters during the launch event. "We've built something fundamentally different—an autonomous system that actually understands the nuances of Arabic across multiple dialects and contexts." The company's agentic platform allows AI systems to execute complex tasks independently, orchestrating multi-step workflows without continuous human guidance. Early enterprise adopters have deployed the technology across financial services, healthcare, legal, and media operations. Flexible Deployment: Platform, Engine, or Custom Solutions offers enterprises three distinct ways to leverage its powerful Pronoia engine and platform, tailored to meet different business needs: Licensing the Engine: Clients can license Pronoia—the underlying large language model—and embed it directly into their own software or infrastructure, without using full platform. Workflow Integration: Organisations can access the platform as a standalone solution or integrate it into existing systems, using it in applications such as chat interfaces, content generation, or document analysis. Custom AI Solutions: For enterprises with unique requirements, offers fully customised solutions. These may involve adapting Pronoia or incorporating additional AI models beyond the core platform to meet highly specialised use cases. This flexible model allows organisations across industries to tap into cutting-edge Arabic AI—whether through plug-and-play tools, enterprise integration, or fully tailored deployments. Autonomous Intelligence for Enterprise at Scale Several Fortune 500 companies are testing in production environments after participating in pilot programmes, according to company officials. The technology builds on a massive dataset compiled over 16 years, giving it contextual understanding that generic models lack when processing Arabic content. The company offers flexible deployment options, including cloud-based, on-premises, and API access. "What makes this significant is the autonomous capability," said AI Product lead, Andrii Klyiman, who orchestrated the launch. "Previous Arabic AI solutions required extensive human oversight. This represents a notable advancement in how enterprises can handle Arabic content at scale."
Arab News
22-04-2025
- Business
- Arab News
Tarjama launches Arabic.AI based on model that outperforms GPT-4o in Arabic
RIYADH: In a market saturated with English-first large language models, Tarjama is flipping the narrative. The UAE-based technology company today launched its platform, based on the Pronoia V2 Arabic-first large language model that it claims has outscored industry leaders ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Cohere on key Arabic benchmarks. Designed to process Arabic with near-human understanding, Pronoia touts itself as a tool for a range of uses including legal analysis, translation and proposal writing. 'It was a big surprise for us that this small model for specific niche tasks, can be better than (ChatGPT) 4o,' Andrii Klyman, senior AI product manager at Tarjama, told Arab News at a recent event in Riyadh. Founder Nour Al-Hassan in a statement: 'For too long, Arabic has remained an afterthought in the global AI landscape, 'We've built something fundamentally different—an autonomous system that actually understands the nuances of Arabic across multiple dialects and contexts.' In testing, Pronoia V2 achieved an average score of 76.8 percent across Arabic language benchmarks, outperforming GPT-4o by more than 18 percentage points. While the model can handle multilingual text, its strength lies in high-context Arabic. Tarjama has already developed several applications on top of it, including a spell-checker, legal contract analyzer, and its most recent interface, — a tool for business users. In one live demo, the system restructured an Arabic contract and highlighted risks based on local law. In another, a user uploaded a PowerPoint file, and the system not only translated the slides but reversed their direction — adapting layout and language simultaneously. A third version, Pronoia V3, is now in testing. Tarjama says it will deliver even stronger performance across Arabic dialects and achieve a COMET score above 94 — a key benchmark for translation quality. Tarjama's push to dominate Arabic AI is both technical and cultural. For years, the Arabic language has been underserved by leading AI tools, which often fail to understand its grammar, dialects, or even its script direction. Pronoia, by contrast, was purpose-built to fill that gap.
Zawya
22-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Arabic.AI launches first-ever agentic AI platform dedicated for regional business solutions
is a groundbreaking Arabic-first autonomous AI platform built for enterprise, powered by Pronoia, its proprietary Arabic LLM, outperforming global models and already partnering up with Fortune 500 businesses across finance, healthcare, legal, and media Dubai, UAE: emerged from stealth mode today, unveiling what executives call the first truly agentic AI platform specifically engineered for Arabic language. The Dubai-based startup, with offices spanning MENA, the U.S., and Europe, enters the market with substantial technical advantages over global competitors. Founder's Vision: A Deeply Local, Globally Competitive Model Founded by serial entrepreneur Nour Al Hassan, recognized for building language technology provider Tarjama, has developed Pronoia, a proprietary large language model that benchmarks show outperforming GPT-4, Deepseek and Cohere and other leading systems on Arabic language tasks. "For too long, Arabic has remained an afterthought in the global AI landscape," Al Hassan told reporters during the launch event. "We've built something fundamentally different—an autonomous system that actually understands the nuances of Arabic across multiple dialects and contexts." The company's agentic platform allows AI systems to execute complex tasks independently, orchestrating multi-step workflows without continuous human guidance. Early enterprise adopters have deployed the technology across financial services, healthcare, legal, and media operations. Flexible Deployment: Platform, Engine, or Custom Solutions offers enterprises three distinct ways to leverage its powerful Pronoia engine and platform, tailored to meet different business needs: Licensing the Engine: Clients can license Pronoia —the underlying large language model—and embed it directly into their own software or infrastructure, without using full platform. Workflow Integration: Organizations can access the platform as a standalone solution or integrate it into existing systems, using it in applications such as chat interfaces, content generation, or document analysis. Custom AI Solutions: For enterprises with unique requirements, offers fully customized solutions. These may involve adapting Pronoia or incorporating additional AI models beyond the core platform to meet highly specialized use cases. This flexible model allows organizations across industries to tap into cutting-edge Arabic AI—whether through plug-and-play tools, enterprise integration, or fully tailored deployments. Autonomous Intelligence for Enterprise at Scale Several Fortune 500 companies are testing in production environments after participating in pilot programs, according to company officials. The technology builds on a massive dataset compiled over 16 years, giving it contextual understanding that generic models lack when processing Arabic content. The company offers flexible deployment options including cloud-based, on-premises, and API access. "What makes this significant is the autonomous capability," said AI Product lead, Andrii Klyiman, who orchestrated the launch. "Previous Arabic AI solutions required extensive human oversight. This represents a notable advancement in how enterprises can handle Arabic content at scale." enters the market at a time when regional investment in AI infrastructure is accelerating, with MENA organizations increasingly seeking Arabic-specific business technology solutions rather than retrofitting Western systems. -Ends- About is the global leader in AI Arabic Business solutions, transforming communication and automation with high-accuracy, secure enterprise technology. Powered by Pronoia, the world's #1-ranked model, our technology is purpose-built for the Arabic language. By combining cutting-edge AI with human expertise, we create scalable solutions that drive efficiency, innovation, and growth. We help Fortune 500 companies, governments, and enterprises navigate Arabic-speaking markets while enabling regional businesses to expand globally. For media inquiries, please contact Lara at lgeadah@
