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The Lebanese Co-Founders Behind an AI School Platform for Inclusive Learning
Educator Nancy Aoun and designer Magaly Abs built one AI school platform after a decade running a UAE tutoring center.
Most schools juggle a messaging app, a grading tool, a parent portal, and more, and the pieces rarely talk to each other. Weeklik, a UAE-based AI school management platform co-founded by Nancy Aoun and Magaly Abs, pulls the whole school week into one connected view. It is built from the start to support students with learning difficulties such as ADHD and dyslexia.
Rabih Bader Wants Every Lebanese Business to Run on AI Agents
The Jounieh startup To AI builds sales and support agents that work across websites, WhatsApp, and Instagram.
To AI is a Jounieh-based startup founded in 2023 that builds practical AI agents for businesses. Its AI Suite, led by the omnichannel Sales Aigent, helps companies handle conversations, bookings, and sales flows in one place. Co-founder and CTO Rabih Bader is betting that small and mid-sized firms across Lebanon and the Middle East can adopt AI without a large tech team.
A Lebanese Platform Built Only for Mental Health Clinics
Astral, from Beirut software house Lunarware, runs the full workflow of a psychiatry or therapy practice.
Astral is a cloud platform made for psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, and clinic administrators. Built by Lebanese software company Lunarware S.A.R.L. and registered in Lebanon and Cyprus, it handles patient intake, scheduling, consultations, medication tracking, and analytics in one place. Founder Nicolas Kik built it to replace the fragmented tools many mental health practices still rely on.
A French-Lebanese Bet on Fixing Wealth and Treasury Software
Anis Rahal built XFOLIO across Paris and Beirut to merge portfolio management and treasury into one platform.
XFOLIO is a French-Lebanese fintech founded by serial entrepreneur Anis Rahal in 2024. The platform pulls portfolio management and treasury automation into a single cloud system, handling everything from stocks and bonds to real estate, art, and collectibles. Built across Europe and the Middle East, it aims to give mid-sized wealth managers tools that used to be reserved for large institutions.
Cedrus Tracks a Gulf Investor's Full Net Worth in Real Time
The iPhone app covers crypto, stocks, real estate, gold, savings, and liabilities in AED or USD.
Cedrus is a new iPhone app that pulls a user's full net worth into one screen, built for users in the UAE and the wider GCC. It tracks crypto, stocks, real estate, gold, savings, and liabilities in AED or USD, with live prices and AI-powered portfolio insights. The app is free to download with a 30-day free trial.
Hala AI, the Lebanese WhatsApp Agent That Talks Back in Dialect
Co-founded by Daniel Madi and Ali Assi, Hala handles bookings, leads and support across WhatsApp, voice and chat.
Hala AI is a Lebanese voice and text conversational agent that handles bookings, lead qualification, order management and customer support across WhatsApp, websites and voice calls. Built by Meta Empires and co-founded by Daniel Madi and Ali Assi, the product replies in native English, Arabic and Arabic dialects including Lebanese and Saudi.
AirGuard Targets the 40% of ISP Outages Caused by RF Interference
The Lebanese startup uses edge AI and an 8-antenna array to keep MENA networks running.
AirGuard, a Lebanese deep-tech startup, has built a hardware-enabled SaaS platform that proactively detects and corrects RF interference on ISP networks. Founded by Ryan Kyrillos and Chris Kareh, the company is targeting paid pilots with MENA operators and a path into the Gulf market.
Freepik Becomes Magnific as Spanish AI Platform Hits $230M ARR
The Málaga-based company is unifying its AI image, video, audio, and 3D tools under a single brand.
Spanish AI creative platform Freepik has rebranded as Magnific. The bootstrapped, profitable company says it has reached $230 million in annual recurring revenue with more than one million paying subscribers.
OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.5 and Images 2.0 as AI Competition Intensifies
The upgrades expand ChatGPT’s capabilities across text and image generation, targeting enterprise adoption and creative workflows.
OpenAI has released GPT-5.5 and a new image generation system, Images 2.0, inside ChatGPT. The updates strengthen its position in enterprise AI, creative tools and productivity software as competition in generative AI accelerates.
Starlink Will Be Live in Lebanon by Mid-May, Here Is How to Apply
SpaceX's satellite internet service is confirmed to officially launch in Lebanon by mid-May 2026, starting with commercial subscribers.
Starlink is confirmed to begin operations in Lebanon in mid-May 2026, offering satellite internet exclusively to businesses at launch. The service comes after months of regulatory approvals, a two-year license decree, and legal pushback from local ISPs. Here is what Lebanese companies need to know, including how to apply.
Alphabet Pledges Up to $40 Billion to Anthropic in Cash and Compute
Google commits $10 billion now, with up to $30 billion more linked to performance and 5 gigawatts of cloud capacity.
Alphabet has agreed to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, combining a $10 billion cash payment at a $350 billion valuation with up to $30 billion more tied to performance milestones. The deal also commits Google Cloud to deliver 5 gigawatts of compute capacity to Anthropic over five years.
AUB's ABLE Summit Opens Monday With Focus on Digital Accessibility
The two-day conference at Bliss Street brings together accessibility leaders in higher education starting April 27.
The American University of Beirut hosts the ABLE Summit 2026 on April 27, with two days of talks and workshops focused on digital accessibility and inclusive innovation. Organizers describe it as the first event of its kind in Lebanon and the region for higher education accessibility.
