UAE’s Algebra AI Raises $7 Million To Expand AI Operation Across The GCC

UAE-based Algebra AI has officially launched after securing $7 million in financing, entering the market with a managed artificial intelligence model aimed at mid-sized businesses across the Gulf.

The company emerged from stealth with backing from Infinity Constellation, BECO Capital, Silicon Badia and Waseel Investments.

Algebra AI said it is already working with clients across financial services, food and beverage, manufacturing and distribution, sectors where business processes often remain fragmented across legacy systems, spreadsheets, approvals and manual follow-ups.

Building AI Around Business Operations

Algebra AI is positioning itself differently from traditional software vendors. Rather than selling a standard platform and leaving clients to implement it internally, the company says it designs, builds and continues to operate AI-enabled workflows for businesses as a managed service.

Algebra AI describes its work as building and managing AI agents that automate critical workflows, surface business insights and help teams make faster decisions. Its public materials point to use cases in sectors including manufacturing, financial services, construction and other operationally heavy industries.

Many mid-market firms want the efficiency gains associated with AI, but they may not have the engineering teams, data infrastructure or change-management capacity of a large enterprise. Algebra AI is targeting that gap by taking responsibility not only for deployment, but also for ongoing monitoring and improvement.

The Opportunity in Mid-Market AI

The launch comes as Gulf economies continue to invest heavily in artificial intelligence and digital transformation. The UAE has been among the region’s most visible AI adopters, with its National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031 setting out a long-term ambition to make the country a global AI leader.

At the company level, however, AI adoption remains uneven. Large corporations often have the budget to build internal teams or hire major consultancies, while smaller firms can rely on generic software tools. Mid-market companies frequently sit between those two options: large enough to have complex operations, but not always large enough to support costly enterprise AI programs.

Algebra AI’s launch announcement argues that this is the opening it wants to address. The company says there are more than 30,000 mid-market businesses in the GCC and that many need AI systems built around how they actually operate, rather than tools that require them to redesign their businesses around software.

From Deliveroo Middle East to Algebra AI

Algebra AI is led by co-founder and CEO Anis Harb, who previously built and scaled Deliveroo’s Middle East business. The launch release says Harb grew Deliveroo’s regional operation from launch to more than $1 billion in gross transaction value.

Harb has framed Algebra AI around a practical operating problem: as companies grow, higher volumes often bring more process, more employees and more coordination work. AI, in Algebra AI’s view, can change that equation if it is embedded into the workflows where decisions and handoffs actually happen.

Anis Harb said: “There are more than 30,000 mid-market businesses in the GCC, but while these businesses that form the backbone of this economy have been told AI is for them, the market has not produced a model that works for how they actually operate.”

He added that Algebra AI is “distinct from a typical SaaS provider,” saying the company studies how a business works, builds AI systems around it and stays accountable for the outcome.

Funding Support for GCC Expansion

BECO Capital said Algebra AI is the first company it has co-founded and incubated from inception. The investor framed the launch as a response to a widening AI adoption gap, where large enterprises are moving quickly while many mid-market companies remain underserved.

The funding group also includes Silicon Badia, Waseel Investments and Infinity Constellation. Francis Pedraza, co-founder of Infinity Constellation and founder of Invisible Technologies, said: “My teams have spent a decade figuring out what it takes to make AI work inside real businesses - doing the messy work inside the business, not as a demo, but as a system that runs every day.”

Algebra AI plans to use the financing to expand its client base across the GCC and grow its operations and AI engineering team. The company said it will continue deepening its managed service capabilities across multiple sectors.

Turning AI Pilots into Daily Workflows

The broader significance of Algebra AI’s launch is not only the size of the round, but the type of AI demand it reflects. In the first phase of generative AI adoption, many companies experimented with chatbots, content tools and productivity assistants. The next phase is more operational: using AI to help manage internal workflows, reduce manual coordination and improve decision-making in everyday business processes.

That shift is especially relevant in the Gulf, where governments and large companies are pushing digital transformation while private-sector businesses look for measurable returns from AI investment. Mid-market firms are not usually asking whether AI is interesting; the harder question is whether it can be implemented without adding more complexity than it removes.

Algebra AI is positioning its answer around managed, workflow-specific systems rather than one-size-fits-all software. Its early test will be whether it can prove that model across industries where operations are messy, exceptions are frequent and accountability matters after the first deployment.

The company’s launch gives the GCC’s AI services market another closely watched entrant, one focused less on hype around autonomous agents and more on the unglamorous operational work of making those systems useful inside real businesses.