Dubai, UAE – Tarjama, MENA’s leading language solutions technology company, has announced it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round.
The round was led by Global Ventures, MENA’s leading venture capital firm, with participation from Wamda Capital, TA Ventures, Phaze Capital, Golden Gate Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst.
The proceeds will accelerate the rollout of Tarjama’s Arabic.AI agentic ecosystem, designed to help organizations solve complex business processes with AI agents tailored for the region’s unique needs.
Headquartered in the UAE, Tarjama was founded in 2009 by Nour Al Hassan to break language barriers and connect global markets with innovative language solutions.
With a presence in over 30 markets, Tarjama has processed over two billion words in more than 50 languages and 22 Arabic dialects, and has developed proprietary datasets unmatched by any competitor.
Tarjama is profitable, and over the last three years, the company’s revenues have grown at a 20% CAGR.
Tarjama’s business now meets rapidly-growing demand for specialized Arabic AI, addressing the needs of MENA’s 400 million Arabic speakers within its fast-digitizing $3 trillion economy.
Its flagship platform, Arabic.AI, is built on Pronoia V2 – a state-of-the-art, Arabic-first Large Language Model (LLM) designed to fill the longstanding gap left by global generative AI tools.
For years, Arabic has been underserved by AI models. Pronoia is purpose-built to deliver contextual intelligence, cultural fluency, and task-specific performance — providing enterprises the tools needed to thrive in the agentic AI era.
Pronoia combines high-performance language processing with enterprise-grade security and efficiency, outperforming GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3, and Cohere on Arabic tasks.
Nour Al Hassan, Founder and CEO of Tarjama, said:
“We’re delighted to close this Series A funding round and thank Global Ventures and all our other investors for their support and sharing our forward-looking vision. There is a vast market opportunity before us; Arabic has been underserved by AI for too long. Our flagship product, Pronoia, changes that — it is far faster, more secure, and cost-effective.”
“We see enterprises struggle with Arabic, but Pronoia transforms day-long tasks into minutes — fundamentally changing how companies can operate in Arabic markets. It is a comprehensive AI ecosystem, and we look forward to the future with great confidence.”
Said Murad, Senior Partner at Global Ventures, added:
“We’re excited to lead Tarjama’s Series A fundraise and support Nour and her incredible team in transforming how Arabic business problems are solved by AI. Tarjama has multiple competitive advantages — both technically and culturally — and its state-of-the-art LLM, Pronoia, is purpose-built to dominate in a market where other AI tools have consistently fallen short.”
“We are confident Tarjama’s profitable growth trajectory will continue, and its enterprise-grade Arabic AI solution will have global appeal.”
Tarjama’s growth strategy includes doubling its R&D and engineering teams, expanding sovereign infrastructure with models and agents across industries, and launching an AI Academy to upskill hundreds of enterprise and government leaders in AI deployment over the next 18 months.
