AVELIN AI closes $3.7 million pre-seed to expand sovereign AI platform

UAE-based sovereign AI platform AVELIN AI has raised $3.7 million in a pre-seed funding round from unnamed angel investors.

Founded in 2026 by Yury Akinin, AVELIN develops a sovereign AI platform that enables enterprises and governments to deploy AI while maintaining full ownership of their data, infrastructure, and compliance.

The company will use the funding to expand across the Middle East, Europe, and North America, scale its GPU infrastructure, and further develop its proprietary Cross-Model Fusion technology.

Press release:

AVELIN AI, a sovereign AI platform built for enterprises and governments in regulated industries, has closed a $3.7 million pre-seed funding round from angel investors.