Think gears up for GCC expansion with $8 million pre-seed funding

Saudi Arabia-based AI infrastructure startup Think has raised more than $8 million in a pre-seed funding round, co-led by RAED Ventures and Wa'ed Ventures, with participation from Dhahran Techno Valley's Venture Capital arm and strategic angel investors. The company says it is the largest AI infrastructure and deeptech pre-seed round in MENA to date.

Founded in 2025 by Ahmed AlSharif and Ammar Enaya, Think develops an integrated AI infrastructure platform that combines hardware and orchestration software to maximise GPU utilisation, lower token costs and reduce the complexity of deploying AI workloads for enterprises.

The company will use the funding to expand its team, scale manufacturing, accelerate product development, and support deployments across Saudi Arabia, the GCC and selected international markets over the next 18 months.

Press release:

Think, the Saudi-based company building a new generation of intelligent, unified hardware and software infrastructure for artificial intelligence, today announced it has raised over $8 million in pre-seed funding, marking the largest AI infrastructure and deeptech pre-seed round in MENA to date.