Cairo-based artificial intelligence startup Nanovate has successfully raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round, just nine months after its inception. The company specializes in building Arabic-native voice and chat AI systems to automate customer engagement and internal workflows for businesses.

• Nanovate supports 22 Arabic dialects, positioning it as a key developer of end-to-end Arabic AI models in the region.
• The startup was founded by Nancy Madbouly and Ahmed Gamal, with initial backing from MINT Incubator by EG Bank and Raya FutureTECH Accelerator.
• The new investment will fuel Nanovate's expansion into Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as scale its platform and grow its technical and R&D teams.