Among the companies drawing attention were Read AI and Lucidya, which presented tools focused on productivity insights and customer engagement automation.
The event highlighted how AI is becoming foundational to regional startup strategies rather than a peripheral experiment.
AI for Workplace Intelligence
Read AI specializes in meeting transcription and analytics.
By analyzing conversations across video conferencing platforms, the startup generates summaries, engagement metrics, and actionable insights.
As remote and hybrid work persists globally, demand for structured meeting intelligence tools remains strong.
Such products illustrate how generative AI can transform internal workflows — converting unstructured speech into structured organizational knowledge.
Customer Engagement and Arabic AI in Web Summit
Lucidya focuses on AI-driven customer experience analytics, particularly in Arabic-language markets.
The company’s tools monitor social media sentiment, customer feedback, and support interactions, helping enterprises understand audience behavior in real time.
Language localization is critical in the Middle East, where global AI models may not always perform optimally in regional dialects.
Startups building domain- and language-specific AI solutions can gain competitive advantage.
Regional Tech Momentum
Web Summit Qatar serves as a platform for startups across the Gulf and broader Middle East.
Governments in the region have invested heavily in digital transformation and AI infrastructure as part of economic diversification plans.
Showcasing AI companies at international events signals ambition to position the region as both a consumer and producer of advanced technology.
Enterprise Adoption as Growth Engine
Unlike early AI startups focused on consumer novelty, many companies highlighted at the summit emphasized enterprise contracts.
Customer support automation, analytics dashboards, and workflow intelligence tools align with corporate digitalization priorities.
For investors, enterprise AI in emerging markets offers opportunities tied to large public and private sector modernization initiatives.
A Broader Ecosystem Shift
The prominence of AI at Web Summit Qatar reflects global startup trends.
AI is no longer confined to Silicon Valley; it is shaping innovation narratives across regions.
Local startups integrating AI into culturally and linguistically relevant solutions demonstrate how the technology adapts to regional contexts.
As capital and talent continue to circulate internationally, events like Web Summit Qatar serve as nodes connecting emerging AI ecosystems with global networks.
The takeaway is clear: AI entrepreneurship is diffusing geographically — and the Middle East is actively positioning itself within that expansion.
