TMC Middle east
75 ARTICLES
A half a billion dollars for Property Finder
The classifieds portal adds two large investors and the Met Opera is coming to Saudi Arabia.
10 Sept 2025
Qatar’s sovereign fund bets on Anthropic and beyond
Despite the well-documented Builder.ai setback, QIA shows that it still has its head in the game of AI supremacy.
10 Sept 2025
Inside Ferns N Petals’s transformation to succeed in the Middle East
The three-decade-old gifting company has quietly built a substantial and profitable business in the Middle East. Its trajectory holds many lessons for consumer startups aspiring to set up shop in the region.
03 Sept 2025
A food poisoning incident and the end of Hamburgini
A much-loved food chain files for bankruptcy in Saudi Arabia, labour violations pile up in the Emirates and camels go for record prices.
03 Sept 2025
The rise and rise of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East aviation landscape
Sanjiv Kapoor, the aviation veteran who moved to the kingdom in 2023, speaks about the country’s ambition in aviation and how this could change the regional dynamics of a sector till now dominated by the UAE and Qatar.
27 Aug 2025
Saudi rolls out an Arabic AI chat app with Islamic values
The launch of Humain Chat, breaches in public Wi-Fis and an ancient Christian cross discovery.
27 Aug 2025
Big changes at Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund
From pulling back on international bets to writing down its domestic gigaproject portfolio, PIF’s moves are a reflection of the kingdom’s challenges.
20 Aug 2025
A (failed) jewel heist in Dubai
An eight-hour chase by Dubai Police to recover a rare diamond, a large Indian private lender enroute to the Emirates and other headlines from the week.
20 Aug 2025
Alaan investment signals Peak XV’s Middle East fintech ambition
A big Series A funding round in the Gulf, real estate’s luxury updates and other headlines from the week.
06 Aug 2025
The legal and not-so-legal takeover of the UAE by Chinese cars
Cheaper, high-tech cars from China have flooded the UAE auto market in the past few years—sometimes entering through the back door.
06 Aug 2025