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Every AI in Oman story in reverse order of publication — reporting for founders, investors, and public-sector teams on artificial intelligence, startups, digital policy, jobs, and the revenue moving through Oman's Vision 2040 economy.
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How Hatim Moosa Al Abri and Almuhannad Al Balushi turned five years as Omantel colleagues into ZabonEx, a food-waste forecasting SaaS that raised $100,000 and is eyeing the GCC.
By Samir Al-Balushi
Four brothers from Nizwa turned a lockdown-era messaging habit into SafaQat, an Omani procurement SaaS now backed by the Future Fund of Oman with nearly 2,500 users and regional expansion plans.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
Oman's state-backed bus maker Karwa Motors has signed an MoU with local IoT startup eMushrif to bring AI-powered tracking, safety and fleet management to national bus fleets.
By Editorial Team
Oman's Fawtara e-invoicing mandate takes effect for large taxpayers in August 2026, with SMEs required to comply by 2027. We compare five accounting platforms, from Zoho Books and Tally to a Gulf-built alternative, on how ready each one really is.
By Samir Al-Balushi
July is here and Oman's tech calendar is in motion. From the national AI competition entering its prototype phase to the Sultanate's flagship cybersecurity conference on July 15, here is your confirmed guide to what is happening in Muscat this month.
By Editorial Team
National Bank of Oman wrapped up its second Fintech Accelerator cohort on June 25, graduating six startups — from AI-driven credit decisioning to Sharia-compliant wealth management — that together secured up to $1.8 million in investment.
By Dr. Khalid Al-Rashdi
From Oman's Royal Decree establishing a 104,000 sqm AI Special Zone to Google's billion-user AI Search and Anthropic's dynamic workflows, May 2026 was a month of structural change. Here's what every Omani business and developer needs to know.
By Surah Al-Balushi
The Central Bank of Oman will waive all local digital transfer fees for retail customers and SMEs from July 1, 2026 — a direct cost cut for every business and individual banking in the Sultanate.
By Editorial Team
Mohammed bin Ali Al Zubair served as Oman's inaugural Minister of Commerce and Industry, then spent five decades building a private conglomerate of over 60 subsidiaries, Oman's first private museum, and an SME development centre that has supported thousands of Omani entrepreneurs.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
July is quiet in the UAE, but the autumn tech calendar is stacked. Here is every event Oman-based professionals should register for now, from AI Everything Abu Dhabi to GITEX Global.
By Surah Al-Balushi
Majid Al Amri left a decade in oil and gas to build Thawani Pay, now Oman's only Forbes Fintech 50 company and the first Omani fintech to hold a Visa credit card license.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
Oman's first cohort of 30 national cybersecurity leaders graduated this week, as new market data confirms the sultanate's security sector is on track to hit $214 million by 2031.
By Editorial Team
July is quiet at Oman's major venues as the summer heat arrives, but EDUTEX opens at OCEC on the 22nd, AI research conferences fill early July, and the autumn calendar brings COMEX, CYSEC, and the Enterprise AI Expo in rapid succession.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
From the Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator's August deadline to the newly launched MTCIT tech grant worth up to RO 1 million, here are seven startup support programs every Omani founder should act on this July.
By Omar Al-Riyami
From a Techstars Startup Weekend at NUST to a free global AI conference online, here is every confirmed event happening in and around Oman's campuses this July and August 2026.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
Founded in Muscat in 2021, Fascano has built a cloud platform powering 2,000+ restaurants and cafés across 6 countries and processing 70 million orders. Its $10 million April 2026 round, backed by the Oman Investment Authority, marks its third funding milestone and signals a major push into the wider MENA market.
By Surah Al-Balushi
From free government bootcamps to UK-accredited master's degrees on Muscat campuses, here is every AI and data science program currently open for enrollment in Oman.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
From PhazeRo's triple hiring push to Canonical's open-source roles in Muscat, here are 11 active AI and tech positions in Oman you can apply for today.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
On 2 June 2026, MTCIT launched Sas for Excellence, offering qualifying Omani tech companies up to RO 1 million in financing, wage subsidies for 40 staff, and priority access to government contracts, with a focus on AI and cybersecurity.
By Surah Al-Balushi
From Microsoft Dynamics 365 to Focus Softnet, we compare the five most-used ERP platforms in Oman to help founders and SME owners choose the right system for their next growth phase.
By Fatma Al-Zahra
From an open data forum at UTAS to MTCIT's agentic AI competition launch, here is your guide to the tech and innovation events still to come in Oman this June 2026.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
Seven autonomous XCMG machines are laying asphalt on a major Dhofar highway — marking Oman's debut of AI-driven construction in public infrastructure.
By Editorial Team
Oman's sovereign wealth fund achieved a 10.3x capital return and 68% annual IRR from its partial exit of Crusoe, a $10 billion AI infrastructure company backed by Microsoft and NVIDIA, cementing OIA as one of the world's top-performing sovereign funds.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
April 2026 brought a wave of major AI model launches, a landmark AI zone announcement from Oman, and Google's most ambitious enterprise AI push yet. Here is everything that matters.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
Born in coastal Sur with little formal education, Sheikh Suhail Bahwan built Oman's largest private conglomerate from a Muttrah Souq stall. His six-decade story of vision, patience, and partnership is inseparable from the story of modern Oman.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik signed Royal Decree No. 50/2026 on April 30, 2026, establishing Oman's first AI Special Economic Zone in Seeb, Muscat. Here is what it covers, who it targets, and what the inaugural investor has already committed.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
From AI oil and gas summits to free mobility expos at DWTC, here are 9 confirmed tech and AI events in Dubai worth the trip from Muscat this June and July 2026.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
From a Muscat bedroom to seven MENA markets in under a year: how Saif Al-Essai and Khalifa Manaa built Sampo AI, broke Oman's funding record, and are rewriting how e-commerce businesses price their products.
By Dr. Khalid Al-Rashdi
After years working at Schlumberger in oil fields, Azzan Al-Kindi co-founded Rihal in Muscat. Four years later, it is the third fastest-growing tech company in the Middle East, with a Series A underway and 300-plus Omani professionals on the team.
By Surah Al-Balushi
Ahmed Alghadani and Dr. Ahmed Albadi co-founded Byanat in Muscat in April 2022, building an AI observability platform for telecom operators and data centers. By February 2025, they had raised a Pre-Series A round led by Golden Gate Ventures and opened offices in Riyadh and Doha.
By Surah Al-Balushi
