NIC Islamabad hosted Simon Andrews, IFC Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and Sahar Etezaz, IFC Country Officer, for a dialogue on connecting Pakistani startups with global capital, investment, and strategic partnerships to accelerate ecosystem growth.
Revora, formerly known as MyAlice and co-founded by Shuvo Rahman and Daniyal Baig, has raised 2 million dollars in seed funding co-led by i2i Ventures and Oraseya Capital to build an AI operating platform for e-commerce merchants, with growth focused on Saudi Arabia.
Pakistani AI robotics startup Haprow has been selected for HASAN.VC Accelerator Cohort 4, a Singapore based startup accelerator focused on scaling emerging ventures and innovation.
RozeeGPT and NIC Islamabad jointly held a symposium on Agentic HR in Islamabad, bringing together over 80 HR professionals and senior CHROs to discuss artificial intelligence adoption in human resources across Pakistan's corporate sector.
TallyMarks Consulting is hosting AI Now, a free hands-on session at Aiwan-e-Iqbal Complex in Lahore on May 6, 2026, designed to help small and medium enterprise owners and teams start implementing artificial intelligence in real business functions.
Advisor to the Chief Minister on AI and Special Initiatives Ali Dar visited NICAT at NASTP, where early-stage startups pitched their artificial intelligence and deep tech ventures and sought his guidance on Pakistan's innovation direction
National Incubation Center Karachi has officially welcomed 37 startups to its Foundry 2026 program, covering artificial intelligence, climate technology, education technology, fintech, and several other sectors.
National Incubation Center Islamabad held its Cohort 5 Orientation Ceremony, bringing together founders, industry leaders, and partners to kick off a startup program centered on execution, scale, and global ambition.
Cursor, the AI code-generation startup co-founded by Karachi-born Sualeh Asif, has secured a $60 billion acquisition agreement with Elon Musk's SpaceX, marking a landmark moment for Pakistani talent in Silicon Valley.
Startup Muslim Global spotlights the growing role of AI agents in finance operations, as startups adopt automation to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
SpaceX has secured an option to acquire AI startup Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for a strategic partnership, as it expands its AI ambitions ahead of a potential IPO.
Jeff Bezos’ AI startup Project Prometheus is close to raising $10 billion in a funding round that could value the company at around $38 billion, according to Financial Times.
IBA CICT's Summer School returns for its fifth edition from June 4, offering young learners hands-on bootcamps in artificial intelligence filmmaking, cyber security, digital marketing, and data science over 40 hours across ten days.
Abbas Yousafzai, founder and chief executive of Conrad Labs, has launched Claura, an artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to challenge startup assumptions and score ideas against an expert evaluation system before founders go too far down the wrong path.
NIC Islamabad hosted Simon Andrews, IFC Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and Sahar Etezaz, IFC Country Officer, for a dialogue on connecting Pakistani startups with global capital, investment, and strategic partnerships to accelerate ecosystem growth.
Revora, formerly known as MyAlice and co-founded by Shuvo Rahman and Daniyal Baig, has raised 2 million dollars in seed funding co-led by i2i Ventures and Oraseya Capital to build an AI operating platform for e-commerce merchants, with growth focused on Saudi Arabia.
Maqsad, Pakistan's leading EdTech platform, has launched AI for Educators, a hands-on course taught by Abdul Haseeb starting June 29, 2026, teaching teachers and university faculty to use AI tools including Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and ElevenLabs to improve teaching quality and productivity.
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan is inviting inventors to apply for the WIPO Inventor Assistance Program, offering free legal support to file patents in Pakistan and internationally for those who lack the resources to protect their inventions. Apply at iap.wipo.int.