The Archive
14 Dispatches
Every founder story, from the first dispatch to today. Sorted by conviction, not chronology.
Featured · AI
The Goldman Banker Who Taught Machines to Read the Fine Print
Arya Bolurfrushan left Wall Street, took an oil company public in Oslo, then moved to Abu Dhabi to build the AI platform that automates the most compliance-heavy industries on earth.
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AI
The Goldman Banker Who Taught Machines to Read the Fine Print
March 27, 2026
Proptech
The Swiss Outsider Who Built the Gulf's Real Estate Operating System
March 26, 2026
Proptech
The Man Who Became Dubai's Mortgage
March 25, 2026
Fintech
Chris Hutchinson Wants Your Dollars to Move Like Your Messages.
March 21, 2026
Climate
Hamza Iraqui Is Betting $17 Million That You'll Never Buy a New Phone Again
March 17, 2026
AI
Alexander Epure Is Replacing the Hiring Stack With a Single AI
March 16, 2026
Mobility
Mudassir Sheikha Built a $3 Billion Super App for a Region the World Forgot to Map
March 16, 2026
Logistics
Idriss Al Rifai Solved the Middle East's Oldest Logistics Problem With the Phone in Your Pocket
March 15, 2026
Healthtech
Raouf Khalil Built America's Largest Home Healthcare Network. Then He Did It Again in Dubai.
March 15, 2026
Finance
Mark Chahwan Is Making the MENA Middle Class Rich. One Automated Portfolio at a Time
March 13, 2026
Proptech
Rami Tabbara Made Dubai Real Estate a $136 Bet
March 13, 2026
Fintech
Amer Yasso Turned the UAE's HR Bureaucracy Into a Product. And Businesses Can't Stop Buying It
March 11, 2026
Finance
Anthony Abou-Haydar Is Fixing the Payment Rail That Breaks Every UAE Business
March 9, 2026
Finance
Omar Onsi Turned Open Banking From a Regulation Into the Most Important Infrastructure Play in MENA
March 7, 2026
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