Saudi’s Sawt raises $1 million pre-seed to automate name facilities with Arabic AI brokers 

Riyadh-based AI startup Sawt has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding spherical led by T2 and STV, the corporate introduced as we speak. It marks the primary funding from STV’s newly launched AI fund, which is backed by Google.

Based earlier this 12 months by Abdulmalik Al-Saeed, who was beforehand the Editor-in-Chief of main Saudi podcasting platform
Thmanyah, Sawt has developed an end-to-end voice name platform that allows companies to deal with buyer help, bookings, and gross sales by means of AI brokers. The AI platform operates 24/7 and goals to handle widespread customer support ache factors together with lengthy wait occasions and repetitive queries.

The startup has constructed what it claims are the area’s most superior Arabic voice AI fashions, developed completely in Saudi Arabia. This native strategy permits the corporate to supply enterprise-grade privateness and information safety to purchasers.

Inside two months of launch, Sawt has served dozens of companies and powered lots of of 1000’s of voice interactions, in keeping with the corporate.

Abdulmalik Al-Saeed, co-founder and CEO of Sawt, mentioned, “As we speak, Saudi Arabia is present process a large AI-driven transformation – with 66 of Imaginative and prescient 2030’s 96 objectives tied to information and AI. At Sawt, we’re proud to contribute to this motion by constructing Arabic voice expertise from the bottom up, proper right here within the Kingdom.”

“We’re equally proud to welcome STV and T2 as strategic companions on this journey. STV is the area’s first AI-focused VC fund and the most important tech fund within the Center East. Our unique partnership with T2, a number one infrastructure and tech supplier, offers us entry to a broad buyer base and unlocks new progress alternatives,” he added.

Abdulkarim Aljarba, CEO of T2, mentioned, “Sawt affords an AI voice calling platform, enabling us to develop on this market and assist our purchasers leverage its superior capabilities. This funding aligns with our growth technique to ship cutting-edge expertise options.”

Ahmad Al Naimi, Common Companion at STV, added: “Sawt exemplifies a brand new wave of Saudi AI-native ventures. With a robust tech edge and business momentum, they’re poised to steer the $800M-$1.2B GCC AI name middle automation market. We’re proud to again them as the primary funding from the STV AI Fund.”

The funding can be used to speed up growth of Arabic-native voice AI fashions and develop the platform’s customer support capabilities throughout the area. Sawt additionally plans to make use of it to develop its workforce and scale technical infrastructure. The corporate positions itself as a part of Saudi Arabia’s broader push to change into a regional AI hub.

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