Saudi-based Think has raised over $8 million in pre-seed funding, marking the largest AI infrastructure and deeptech pre-seed round in MENA to date.
The round is being co-led by RAED Ventures and Wa’ed Ventures, with participation from Dhahran Techno Valley’s Venture Capital arm and strategic angel investors.
The capital will support team expansion, manufacturing scale-up, product development, and international growth initiatives as Think rapidly accelerates deployments across Saudi Arabia and expands its presence across the GCC and selected global markets.
Think is focused on solving the next major challenge in AI adoption by reducing the cost and complexity of AI infrastructure while dramatically improving efficiency. Its technology combines high-density, liquid-cooled multi-GPU compute nodes with proprietary bare-metal orchestration software, enabling companies of any size to deploy AI models more efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively while maximizing all available compute capacity.
Think was founded by Ahmed AlSharif, a technology leader whose career includes senior roles at Meta, Sony PlayStation Europe, and EA Games, alongside enterprise technology veteran Ammar Enaya, whose career spans leadership positions at Cisco, HPE Aruba, and Vectra AI.
Think’s Vision for Smarter AI Infrastructure
Ahmed AlSharif, CEO of Think, said that, “As the industry moves beyond the race for bigger models and larger data centers, a new age of efficiency is beginning. AI infrastructure today is expensive, inefficient, and increasingly difficult to scale. Think exists to help organizations do more with the compute they already have, offering an alternative to the industry’s current obsession with bigger, faster, and more expensive.”
Wael Nafee, General Partner at RAED Ventures, said that, “The next generation of AI leaders will be defined not only by the models they build, but by the infrastructure that makes AI practical, affordable, and sovereign. Think is tackling one of AI’s biggest challenges with technology that improves efficiency while giving organizations greater control over their AI capabilities. We believe the team is building a category-defining company from Saudi Arabia with global potential.”
“Saudi Arabia has a unique opportunity not only to adopt AI, but to build the infrastructure that powers it. Think is resolving one of the industry’s biggest challenges by making AI deployment more efficient, scalable, and sovereign, and we’re proud to support its next stage of growth,” noted Eng. Anas Algahtani, CEO of Wa’ed Ventures.
