Yakub Abdulrasheed

Hi, welcome to Tech This Evening, an After-Work Tech Newsletter from Techparley Africa. Sure, there is a lot to unpack right now. Sit back, while I walk you through.

Building a startup is often portrayed as an exciting journey filled with innovation, ambition, and the possibility of creating the next billion-dollar company. Behind the headlines celebrating successful founders, however, lies a less glamorous reality, long working hours, financial uncertainty, relentless pressure, and the emotional weight of making countless decisions every day.

Saudi Arabia-based AI infrastructure startup, Think, has secured more than US$8 million in a pre-seed funding round. This marks one of the region’s notable early-stage investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The funding reflects a growing shift in investor interest from companies building AI applications and large language models to startups developing the critical infrastructure that enables those technologies to operate efficiently.