Saudi-Based Think Raises Over US$8 Million in MENA’s Largest Deeptech Pre-Seed Round

Think, a Saudi Arabia-based artificial intelligence infrastructure company, has raised more than US$8 million in a pre-seed funding round to support the expansion of its hardware and software platform for AI deployment. The funding round was co-led by RAED Ventures and Wa’ed Ventures, with participation from Dhahran Techno Valley‘s venture capital arm and a group of strategic angel investors.

The round is said to be the largest pre-seed investment in AI infrastructure and deep technology in the MENA region to date.

The company said the investment will be used to expand its team, increase manufacturing capacity, accelerate product development, and support expansion across Saudi Arabia, the GCC, and selected international markets.

Think develops AI infrastructure designed to reduce the cost and complexity of deploying artificial intelligence systems. Its platform combines liquid-cooled multi-GPU hardware with proprietary orchestration software intended to improve computing efficiency and resource utilization.

The company was founded by Ahmed AlSharif, whose previous experience includes roles at Meta, Sony PlayStation Europe, and EA Games, together with Ammar Enaya, who has held leadership positions at Cisco, HPE Aruba, and Vectra AI.

“As the industry moves beyond the race for bigger models and larger data centres, a new age of efficiency is beginning,” AlSharif said. “AI infrastructure today is expensive, inefficient, and increasingly difficult to scale. Think exists to help organisations do more with the compute they already have, offering an alternative to the industry’s current obsession with bigger, faster and more expensive.”

According to the company, its platform combines proprietary AI Node hardware with its ILM software orchestration layer to improve GPU utilization, reduce deployment costs, and increase computing efficiency. Think said benchmark testing showed sustained GPU utilization exceeding 90%, compared with industry averages of between 30% and 50%.

The company added that its platform operates using commercially available GPUs and is being developed to support mixed-vendor hardware for both AI inference and training.

Think said it is currently involved in several proof-of-concept projects, production deployments, and strategic partnerships in Saudi Arabia, including participation in the Kingdom’s AI ecosystem alongside initiatives such as HUMAIN.

Ammar Enaya, Co-Founder of Think, said: “Our customers want the benefits of AI without the spiralling costs, security concerns, and dependence associated with hyperscale cloud providers. We’re seeing strong demand from enterprises, startups and government organisations looking for infrastructure that delivers the performance they need, with an approach that gives them total control and ownership.”

“The next generation of AI leaders will be defined not only by the models they build, but by the infrastructure that makes AI practical, affordable and sovereign,” Wael Nafee, General Partner at RAED Ventures, said. “Think is tackling one of AI’s biggest challenges with technology that improves efficiency while giving organisations greater control over their AI capabilities. We believe the team is building a category-defining company from Saudi Arabia with global potential.”

On his part, Eng. Anas Algahtani, CEO of Wa’ed Ventures, said: “Saudi Arabia has a unique opportunity not only to adopt AI, but to build the infrastructure that powers it. Think is resolving one of the industry’s biggest challenges by making AI deployment more efficient, scalable and sovereign, and we’re proud to support its next stage of growth.”

“Sovereign and efficient AI infrastructure is foundational to every country’s AI ambitions. Think is tackling one of the sector’s most pressing challenges by helping organisations deploy and scale AI while maintaining control over cost, security and data,” Faizan Baig, Chief Investment Officer at Dhahran Techno Valley (DTV), said.

With the funding secured, Think said it plans to expand commercial deployments across Saudi Arabia, grow its presence across the GCC over the next 18 months, and continue developing ILM as a standalone software platform.

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