intella, an AI data-tech company based in Saudi Arabia, has secured $12.5 million in a Series A round led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from 500 MENA, Wa’ed Ventures, HALA Ventures, Idrisi Ventures, and HearstLab.

More to Know:

• Intella is a dialectal Arabic speech intelligence platform.
• Its solutions include speech transcription, analytics, and customer interaction tools.
• Stated that it has developed speech-to-text models with 95.73% accuracy, covering over 25 Arabic dialects.
• The funding will be used to expand operations across the MENA region, boost R&D, and scale hiring in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
• Intella was founded in Egypt and recently relocated its headquarters to Saudi Arabia.
• Founded by Nour Taher and Omar Mansour in 2021.