Over 40 Pakistani startups and more than 80 VCs are gathering in Riyadh for the Paklaunch Unconference to deepen Saudi–Pakistan tech and investment links, with major founders and investors participating.
Startup Weekend Lahore 2025, hosted by CeDAR at LUMS, brought together innovators, mentors, and investors to develop FutureTech solutions in Blockchain, Web3, Fintech, and AI, fostering Pakistan’s growing startup ecosystem.
OpenAI has introduced Grove, a five-week program in San Francisco designed to nurture AI talent at the pre-idea stage. Unlike traditional accelerators, Grove focuses on individuals, mentorship, and exploration before startup formation.
Invest2Innovate (i2i) is hosting a three-day AI Workshop Series from Sept 2–4 on Zoom, guiding founders and professionals to build and launch their first AI-powered app without coding.
Disrupt names Jonathan Doerr as its new SVP of Venture Building. With experience scaling Daraz to an Alibaba exit, co-founding Antler MENAP, and leading Jumia Group, Doerr will spearhead Disrupt’s AI-native venture engine.
Disrupt has appointed Dr. Jonathan Doerr as SVP of Venture Building, bringing his experience from Antler MENAP, Daraz, Jumia, and Smileneo to scale AI-native startups at speed.
Voice AI is reshaping industries in 2025. Meet the top 5 startups—Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Poly AI, VOLV, and Rasa—pioneering speech recognition, voice cloning, enterprise assistants, and conversational AI.
IU CORE and Innovista launch the Innovista Startup League at Iqra University, encouraging student founders to pitch ideas in AI, Fintech, HealthTech, and more.
hree Pakistani women at MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi are applying artificial intelligence to solve problems in healthcare diagnostics, multilingual communication, and science education access.
Over 40 Pakistani startups and more than 80 VCs are gathering in Riyadh for the Paklaunch Unconference to deepen Saudi–Pakistan tech and investment links, with major founders and investors participating.
Startup Weekend Lahore 2025, hosted by CeDAR at LUMS, brought together innovators, mentors, and investors to develop FutureTech solutions in Blockchain, Web3, Fintech, and AI, fostering Pakistan’s growing startup ecosystem.
HBL and Visa have launched ‘She’s Next Pakistan’, a programme offering a $10,000 grant to support and empower women entrepreneurs, driving inclusive economic growth and financial innovation across Pakistan.
Farmdar secures strategic investment from ADB Ventures to scale its AI and satellite-powered agriculture solutions across South and Southeast Asia, supporting farmers, agribusinesses, and financial institutions with high-accuracy crop insights.