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When concrete starts healing itself
How bacteria, AI and IoT are turning infrastructure into responsive systems
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The return of hard problems
After years of software-led growth, tech is shifting toward semiconductors, energy systems, robotics and advanced materials. We’re talking about why hard problems are back, and how ecosystems like LEAP will help solve them.
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LEAP Impact: From first investment to unicorn booth
From NTDP grant to unicorn booth at LEAP 2026, discover how Saudi Arabia proptech startup Ejari scaled through visibility, persistence and ecosystem support.
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Why would we take you stargazing?
Sometimes the best tech conversations happen under the darkest skies
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KAFD: A district designed for the future
Learn why King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) is where capital, culture and connectivity converge in Riyadh – and join us for a LEAP Nights tour.
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The return of hard problems
After years of software-led growth, tech is shifting toward semiconductors, energy systems, robotics and advanced materials. We’re talking about why hard problems are back, and how ecosystems like LEAP will help solve them.
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KAFD: A district designed for the future
Learn why King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) is where capital, culture and connectivity converge in Riyadh – and join us for a LEAP Nights tour.
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Trust happens after 7pm
How LEAP Nights gives you the opportunity to have deep conversations and build trust with the right people.
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Five years of LEAP: from idea to world-changing platform
As LEAP approaches its fifth edition, this is a moment to recognise the people and partnerships that turned an idea into a platform – and to look ahead to what comes next.
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LEAP Impact: Groq’s path to global scale
Find out how Groq scaled AI inference from the LEAP stage to global relevance, with Saudi partnerships, rapid deployment, and a strategic NVIDIA licensing deal.
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Why the future of global sports tech is being prototyped in Saudi Arabia
Why Saudi Arabia is emerging as a testbed for global sports tech – from smart venues and esports to system-level innovation at LEAP 2026.
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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How to pitch so investors will listen
More and more founders are seeking investment to grow their startups – and as a 2023 recession looms around the globe, investors are preparing to reign in their spending. Hamad Al Fahad (Managing Partner at Tajawoz) joined us on the LEAP:IN podcast to explain what many founders get wrong when
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Investing in sports tech? Choose your people wisely
Unsurprisingly, tech investments (and tech startups seeking investment) often focus on…well, tech. A founder will talk endlessly about their innovation, assuming that investors will get excited about its world-changing possibilities; and investors will seek out the tech with the most potential to disrupt the status quo of established markets.
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Food from thin air
#LEAP22 left us inspired to change the world – and we want you to feel the same. Here’s our weekly pick of keynote quotes: dive in and discover innovations to get excited about. subscribe This week we’re quoting… Mohammed Ashour (Founder and CEO at Aspire) What Ashour said: “If
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Entrepreneur inspiration: Identify your emotional runway
If you’re an entrepreneur, you can’t neglect your emotions. How much energy do you have for your idea or startup? Do you have the drive to push your idea from fledgling flight to scalable business? Laurie Fuller (Venture Partner at Raiven Capital) is one of four renowned experts
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From measuring energy to managing energy
“Technology makes it possible, for the first time in history, for companies to be more profitable through becoming more sustainable. For countries to thrive through the same technologies that will decarbonise our planet.” This was how Will Thompson (Chief Strategy Officer at Forbes Ignite) opened a panel discussion at #LEAP22,
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Resist or embrace?
Knowledge, insights, and predictions for the future. Discover our weekly pick of quotes from speakers at #LEAP22 – you’ll click out of this email feeling just a little wiser. subscribe This week we’re quoting… Ziad Al Yousef (Deputy Governor for Development and Technology at Saudi Central Bank) What Al
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Creators, brands, and tech: the evolution of content and advertising
Advertising has always changed with the times. But never has it existed in as complex a landscape as today. Instead of mainstream media channels that provide brands with a clear, professional strategy for getting their message in front of consumers, we’re now living in a far more fragmented world.
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Internet for all: is accessibility in conflict with business sense?
Making connectivity accessible for everyone was an important theme at #LEAP22. Keynote speakers discussed how to make the internet accessible in geographical regions that have typically been left behind by tech; how to change the gender imbalance in the tech industry, and what that will mean for equality in the