A founder's guide to Vision 2030 as an economic program, not a slogan: the Public Investment Fund's role, what giga-projects like NEOM actually buy a startup, SDAIA's AI targets, NTDP funding, and Saudization hiring rules.
A practical, sourced comparison of nine UAE free zones for tech founders: activity coverage, visa allocation per license, office and flexi-desk requirements, and banking reputation, zone by zone.
A structural comparison of Y Combinator's published deal terms, batch structure and demo day against how Flat6Labs, Sanabil 500 MENA, Hub71's Techstars track, AstroLabs and in5 actually operate.
A founder's guide to building in Egypt: GAFI company registration, foreign ownership rules, EGP currency risk, the local funding landscape, and talent costs, sourced for 2026.
A founder's side-by-side comparison of incorporating in the UAE versus Saudi Arabia: mainland vs free zone, MISA registration, foreign ownership, capital, visas, banking and tax, sourced for 2026.
A category-by-category map of who actually writes seed checks for MENA startups: angels, family offices, government-linked funds, accelerators and regional VCs, with sourced 2025 data.