CEGA’s Karachi Frames 2026 gathered 500 plus attendees and 30 plus studio founders, with 120 plus submissions and PKR 125,000 awarded in two competitions.
Day 4 of NIC Karachi's Cohort 16 Incubation featured judges including Bechlo.pk CEO Ziana Sakhia, journalist Amber Shamsi, and OPEN Islamabad President Sidra Jalil evaluating startup pitches.
OPEN Silicon Valley is hosting a Founder Offsite in San Ramon, guiding young professionals through idea validation, AI powered building, and pitching as part of its global diaspora founder network.
OPEN Islamabad met with representatives from the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication and PSEB to connect Pakistan's entrepreneurial ecosystem with global opportunities.
OPEN Islamabad has launched its AI Special Interest Group with a first session on AI Governance and Cybersecurity on July 16, 2026, at COWORK24 Gulberg Greens Islamabad, featuring Dr Rafae Bhatti, CISO of Thunes Financial Services and Founder of ClaritasGRC.ai.
OPEN Islamabad has officially launched an AI Special Interest Group bringing together founders, developers, researchers, and tech leaders to drive collaborative innovation, mentorship, and ecosystem building around artificial intelligence and responsible tech policy.
OPEN Lahore, in collaboration with OPEN Islamabad and OPEN Karachi, is hosting a webinar on June 7, 2026, featuring California-based immigration attorney Erum Choudhry, covering the latest United States visa pathways and startup-focused immigration programmes for Pakistani founders.
Sidra U., Founder of InspireMill, has been elected President of OPEN Islamabad, bringing her experience in digital tools and rural entrepreneurship to Pakistan’s leading professional tech network.
CEGA’s Karachi Frames 2026 gathered 500 plus attendees and 30 plus studio founders, with 120 plus submissions and PKR 125,000 awarded in two competitions.
Khazra.ai, a NIC Lahore Cohort 3 startup, has signed a two year engagement with an Abu Dhabi government entity for AI carbon accounting, ESG reporting and decarbonization.
Arooba Tayyab, founder of Chainlytix and winner of SheXcelerate Pitch 2025, is building an AI powered supply chain platform that brings women owned suppliers into B2B trade.