Prosus N.V., the internet group chaired by South African billionaire Koos Bekker, has led a 12.5 million Series A funding round in Intella, an Arabic speech intelligence startup. The round also drew backing from 500 Global, Waed Ventures, Hala Ventures, Idrisi Ventures, and HearstLab.
This highlights growing demand for artificial intelligence tools built for languages and regions that have often been left out of mainstream technology development. Intella specializes in Arabic-first AI, offering enterprises transcription, analytics, and customer engagement products capable of handling more than 25 dialects across the Middle East and North Africa.
Prosus portfolio grows with Intella investment