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3 Reasons your startup won’t fail this year
Flip the failure script for 2026 – starting with business models, not tech.
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From pilots to scale: why GTM execution wins in 2026
Why 2026 is the year startups have to move beyond pilots. New research shows go-to-market execution, not demos, is the real growth advantage.
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Why we need AI that says ‘I don’t know’
Uncertainty, safety and a smarter kind of confidence
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Tech startups: 3 tips for success in 2026
Three practical, expert lessons on why startups fail – and how business models, regulation and adoption unlock real tech value.
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What do semiconductors and Saudi Arabia have in common?
Innovation emerges – but the groundwork was laid over time
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The end of ‘busy tech’: why 2026 will reward fewer (but better) moves
After years of acceleration, tech is entering a more selective phase. In 2026, progress won’t be measured by how much you do – but by how clearly you choose.
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From pilots to scale: why GTM execution wins in 2026
Why 2026 is the year startups have to move beyond pilots. New research shows go-to-market execution, not demos, is the real growth advantage.
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Tech startups: 3 tips for success in 2026
Three practical, expert lessons on why startups fail – and how business models, regulation and adoption unlock real tech value.
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The end of ‘busy tech’: why 2026 will reward fewer (but better) moves
After years of acceleration, tech is entering a more selective phase. In 2026, progress won’t be measured by how much you do – but by how clearly you choose.
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Your second-order year: what January builds, June inherits
January tech decisions create consequences. Why second-order effects will shape tech outcomes in 2026.
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Are tech strategy timelines getting shorter?
Are tech strategy timelines getting shorter? Research from EY and McKinsey shows why rigid roadmaps are failing, and how teams are planning differently.
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What makes a creative studio future-ready?
What defines a future-ready creative studio? Territory Studio’s founder explains how multidisciplinary teams, worldbuilding, and tech fluency builds digital worlds.
Find the right pass for LEAP 2026
LEAP’s fifth edition takes place from 13–16 April 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 want to
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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 in
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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 the web3
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Saudi Arabia: A hotspot for the digital generation
From working in Parliament in Austria to pushing the boundaries of digital tech in Riyadh, LEAP 2024 speaker Margarete Schramboek (Board Member at Aramco Digital; Former Minister of Economy and Digital, Austria) has a passion for the potential of digitisation to transform our world. We asked her what entrepreneurs should
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How do you find a co-founder?
Welcome to the 7,107 new techies who have joined us since #LEAP24. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Dr. Wyatt McDonnell (CEO and Founding Scientist
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People are afraid to talk about AI
Angela to DeepFest 2024 to share her experience and drive forward the conversation about how AI will intersect with equality, equity and peace. And we caught up with her for a quick exploration of her key issues in the current discourse around AI.
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What if your market doesn’t really exist yet?
Welcome to the 2,442 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Fabien ‘Neo’ Devide (Co-Founder and CEO
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Will fintech create new inequalities in finance?
Last year on the blog, Dr. Ritesh Jain (Founder of Infynit) explained why payments are the lifeblood of the financial services industry. This week, we caught up with him again to dig a little deeper into his perspective on payments, fintech, and financial inclusion. Crucially, we wanted to find out
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The Role of Hydrogen in Asia-Pacific's Energy Mix
follow us on spotify Asia has recently witnessed a series of developments that highlights the strategic push by oil producers globally to have an early mover advantage in the hydrogen sector in Asia. In this podcast, we are thrilled to be joined by Tan Wooi Leong, Senior Executive Director (Energy,
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Disability and Human-Centered AI and Policy: How Assistive and Algorithmic Pretext can Serve Everyone?
follow us on spotify Yonah Welker is a serial technologist, entrepreneur/boardholder, public expert and voice for the algorithmic spectrum - algorithms and policies addressing nations, society, human capacity, designated groups and spectrums (inc. cognitive and neurodisabilities etc) such as social and human-centered AI, robotics, emerging learning, work, health and
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The Future of Saudi’s Technology Investment Ecosystem
follow us on spotify In this podcast, Somi Arian (Founder and CEO of InPeak) will discuss her latest documentary, “From Silicon Valley to Riyadh: Pioneering the 3.0 Technology Hub.” She'll explore how the West missed the rapid rise of China's tech scene and the critical