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How Daleela grew to 400,000 users after Rocket Fue
Discover how LEAP Rocket Fuel winner Daleela grew to 400,000 users, completed 8,000 consultations and expanded women's healthcare across the region.
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AI creativity, and why we might be asking the wrong question
A new benchmark challenges how we measure creativity.
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A year after Rocket Fuel: Lisan’s growth story
Discover how Rocket Fuel winner Lisan grew to $2.6 million ARR, secured government customers and scaled Arabic enterprise AI one year after LEAP 2025.
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Is tech changing how we remember?
Exploring what happens when our devices remember more than we do.
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The biggest space revolution fits inside a shoebox
Discover how CubeSats are transforming space technology. From NASA's climate mission to maritime monitoring, these tiny satellites are making a big impact on science and innovation.
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What happens when AI becomes part of the team?
How AI agents, automation and hybrid workforces are changing enterprise teams in Saudi Arabia.
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Why Saudi Arabia doesn’t need to be first
Why Saudi Arabia’s ‘fast-follower’ approach to AI and technology may be its biggest competitive advantage.
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How technology blurred the boundaries of travel (and life)
Discover how technology is transforming travel in 2026, blurring the boundaries between movement, work, identity and everyday life.
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Three incredible things tech has achieved in 2026
Explore three major tech breakthroughs of 2026, from fusion energy advances to space robotics and humanoid surgical systems.
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The rise of water intelligence platforms
Find out how water intelligence platforms are transforming infrastructure through smart meters, IoT sensors, cloud systems, and real-time analytics across global cities.
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The startup opportunity inside ageing water systems
Ageing water infrastructure is creating new opportunities for startups in predictive maintenance, smart metering, infrastructure analytics, and water technology platforms.
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LEAP’s fifth edition takes place from 31 August – 3 September 2026 in Riyadh. Explore the available passes and choose the option that best matches how you want to take part.
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A Surgical LEAP, Shaping the Future of Surgery
Step into the theatre as we explore the future of surgical technology and how innovative discoveries are reshaping the way surgeons operate and train the next generation. Join some of the worlds most renowned surgeons as they look to the future of health tech and how technology can change lives
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Investors and NFTs: Is It Worth The Investment?
Today, it seems as if you cannot avoid NFTs. The news, social media, business moguls, venture capitalists, and teenagers alike are all buzzing about them. From mid-2021, we have started to see venture capital investment in NFT marketplaces, along with some exclusive NFT-directed funds being established. Now we
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Women In Tech, Inspiring Future Generations
To celebrate International Women’s Day and the theme #Breakingthebias, we will be looking at exciting projects that are being led by women and how tech is opening opportunities for female leaders. Get first-hand experience from female leaders in the tech industry, including 2019’s Woman of the Year
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Industry 5.0: How, What, Where and When?
Industry 5.0 is said to already be on the horizon but what is the actual difference between Industry 4.0 vs Industry 5.0? What technologies are at the cusp of the fifth industrial revolution? And what will real personalisation look like in Industry 5.0? Find out from
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The Unlimited Potential of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse
Web 1.0 was static, decentralised, mostly read-only home pages. Web 2.0 is about blogging, social media and e-commerce centralised and owned by tech giants. Web 3.0 is about whatever we want it to become. According to Chris Dixon: “We are now at the beginning of
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Using AI to enable inclusive education
We explore how artificial intelligence can make education more inclusive for students of all abilities and backgrounds – with collaborative, adaptive, and personalised learning.
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3 Retail technology funding rounds to watch
Discover recent investments in cloud technology, AI and automation, and robotics – key growth areas in retail tech.
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Don’t be thoughtless: Use tech in music for a reason
Perspective from a music/tech pioneer
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Reimagining the future: Technologies and innovations that inspire the new world
A look at what the future might look like from the perspective of one of the world’s leading telecom companies. Ericsson invites partners and customers to explore new frontiers where innovation meets opportunity. In this podcast, we spoke with Patrick Johansson, Ericsson’s President of Middle East and Africa
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Transforming the future of finance: The path to digital adoption - Julian Sawyer, CEO, Zodia Custody
In this episode, we’ll explore the traditional finance and digital asset landscape of today with Julian Sawyer, CEO, Zodia Custody, examining their commonalities that connect them, how they are converging and what needs to happen to accelerate the pace of adoption. We’ll discuss the continuous development of innovative
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Celebrating Wafa Al Obaidat, Founder & CEO of Playbook: a NextGen Leadership Network
Winner of the Aviatrix prize at Leap 2024, Wafa Al Obaidat is one of the most active and successful experts in accelerating career progression for women and supporting entrepreneurship in the Middle East. The Playbook platform offers a comprehensive cinematic library of masterclasses, executive speaker sessions, workshops, and mentorship opportunities.
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AI for Drug Discovery: Revolutionizing Health
A look at how AI is reshaping the landscape of drug discovery, allowing researchers to approach complex diseases with newfound precision. Thras Karydis, Chief Technology Officer at DeepCure, will explain DeepCure’s technology, the role of AI in modern pharmaceuticals, and the company’s mission to tackle unmet medical needs
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Achieving Quantum Resilience: Areiel Wolanow, Managing Director, Finserv Experts
They call it Q-Day: the day when quantum computing becomes commercially viable. No one knows when Q-Day will come – the best estimates are 3-5 years out – but when it does arrive, most of the current industry-standard encryption methods will become trivial to crack, and most of