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Racing in the sky: Airspeeder’s mission to advance eVTOL tech

It’s not every day that you land on your next big idea while you’re trekking on horseback through Mongolia. But that’s exactly what happened for Jack Withinshaw (Founder and CEO at Airspeeder).  Together with co-founder Matthew Pearson, Withinshaw is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in

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How the tech behind the FIFA World Cup will shape the future of Qatar

Oscar Barranco Liébana (Integrated Operations Platform Director, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022) undertook an immense technological challenge in 2022 – enabling the smooth running of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar through integrated technology systems that covered everything from entertainment and accommodation to transport, sustainability, and much more.  The Integrated Operations

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Data, AI and Robotics: How e-commerce brands can stay ahead

Hot on the heels of a rapid global transition to digital, e-commerce is a highly competitive space – with companies competing to solve problems using the most efficient technologies. And LEAP offers the ideal place for brands to gain access to key technologies and new research that can elevate their business.

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An investment portfolio built on game-changing ideas

An early-stage tech investor with a keen eye for market opportunities, Salomon Aiach (Co-Founder at Origins Fund) invests mostly in B2C and B2B2C companies, so the end-user is the consumer.  From Facebook to Goldman Sachs, his career history is littered with high-profile (and high-pressure) roles, and when it comes to

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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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From politics to AVs, and serving LEAP with driverless shuttles

From 2014 to 2016, Taavi Rõivas (Chairman at Auve Tech) was the Prime Minister of Estonia. Now he’s deeply involved in bringing autonomous vehicles (AVs) to the roads and making them available for commercial use – here in Saudi Arabia, and in other countries around the world.  We caught up

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Accelerating innovation: An open-source autonomous driving platform

According to data from Next Move Strategy Consulting, the global autonomous vehicle market reached nearly 17,000 units in 2022. By 2030, it’s projected there will be 127,000 autonomous vehicles on the roads worldwide.  This week we interviewed LEAP 2024 speaker Helen Pan (General Manager at Baidu’s

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How tech platforms are democratising creative industries

We’ve written before about the way that connectivity and access to digital tools can enable people from a wide variety of backgrounds to exercise their entrepreneurial spirit. With low-cost, high quality technological tools, almost anyone can start a business in minutes.  And the same goes for people working in

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Racing in the sky: Airspeeder’s mission to advance eVTOL tech

It’s not every day that you land on your next big idea while you’re trekking on horseback through Mongolia. But that’s exactly what happened for Jack Withinshaw (Founder and CEO at Airspeeder).  Together with co-founder Matthew Pearson, Withinshaw is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in

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How the tech behind the FIFA World Cup will shape the future of Qatar

Oscar Barranco Liébana (Integrated Operations Platform Director, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022) undertook an immense technological challenge in 2022 – enabling the smooth running of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar through integrated technology systems that covered everything from entertainment and accommodation to transport, sustainability, and much more.  The Integrated Operations

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Data, AI and Robotics: How e-commerce brands can stay ahead

Hot on the heels of a rapid global transition to digital, e-commerce is a highly competitive space – with companies competing to solve problems using the most efficient technologies. And LEAP offers the ideal place for brands to gain access to key technologies and new research that can elevate their business.

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An investment portfolio built on game-changing ideas

An early-stage tech investor with a keen eye for market opportunities, Salomon Aiach (Co-Founder at Origins Fund) invests mostly in B2C and B2B2C companies, so the end-user is the consumer.  From Facebook to Goldman Sachs, his career history is littered with high-profile (and high-pressure) roles, and when it comes to

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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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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 evolution of esports with Fabien Devide

Last year, esports club Team Vitality celebrated a decade in the industry – and over that time it has been part of seismic changes in the popularity and scope of the esports market. Back in 2013, the esports market was just beginning to find its place, carving out a space at

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How long do you want to live?

Imagine if you could maintain your biological age at 25, and mitigate the impact of age-related illness?  What if you could look into the future and know that it’s possible to live to an old age while still feeling healthy, vibrant, and energised?  The manipulation of gene expression in