At the core of everything we do is systematic problem identification. We hunt for billion-dollar bottlenecks in emerging and frontier markets that domain experts understand intimately but that others ignore or consider too niche or boring.
We support these experts with our operational Studio team as co-founders, who can build AI solutions from day one. Not AI added later — AI as the foundation & package with their unique domain knowledge as the underlying value proposition.
↳ Problem-First
Start with billion-dollar bottlenecks in industries where traditional solutions consistently fail.
↳ Expert-led
Pair domain experts with industry scar tissue with technical capacity to build AI solutions.
↳ Factory Scale
Systematic venture building with repeatable processes and shared infrastructure across regions.
We turn insider knowledge into AI companies.
We co-build application-layer ventures with domain experts across Asia, the GCC, and Africa. These markets have deep expertise but nascent venture creation. That is our edge.
Our mission
Redesign capital deployment for a new generation of hyper-technical founders who build companies that redefine markets, industries, and economies.
Our vision
Become the most efficient system in the world for transforming expertise into scalable companies.
From insight to impact — systematically.
Scan & Validate Problems
Hunt for $2B+ problems that everyone ignores. Boring equals profitable. Obvious equals too late.
Hunt for & Attract Fellows
Connect domain experts who have lived the problem and create the value with the Studio's AI builders who quickly make it accessible at scale.
Co-build Businesses
AI-first, not AI-added. Build solutions that are performant and evergreen.
Scale Ventures
Spin out with funding, networks, and continued support. Billion-dollar outcomes.
Axioms we optimize for
Paid validation fast
Shortest path to a paid pilot.
Price the pain
Convert cost-of-problem into ARR.
Move the master metric
Prove impact in the customer's P&L.
Founders in control
Meaningful ownership preserved.
Co-building and backing founders with deep domain expertise
Co-building AI ventures with domain experts
Capital Partners
Backing founders from pre-seed to Series A
Pods
Thesis-led focus areas where we systematically source problems, recruit Fellows, and co-build ventures. Each Pod has dedicated market research, customer networks, and co-investor alignment.
↳ Vertical Domain AI
Purpose-built software for high-stakes vertical domains
Deep industry expertise meets platform-scale AI.
We co-found with insider operators who've lived the pain. You bring the market truth; we bring AI engineers, product, GTM, and capital to turn it into a venture customers love.
↳ Co-founding, not advising
Dedicated AI engineers, product, and venture ops as your build team — from prototype to pilots to revenue.
↳ Platform access
Studio infra, customer networks, and capital partners so you spend time building — not chasing intros.
↳ Accelerated trajectory
Structured path to PMF: sponsor pilots → paid validation → scale.
Available via QDB programs for eligible founders and ventures. Relocation to Doha is not mandatory. We'll guide you through the process.
One stack: origination → company building → capital.
The Studio co-builds AI ventures together with Fellows inside thesis-led Pods. The Radical Fund and Atypical Ventures sit alongside us, creating a single pipeline from first insight to sourcing Fellows and pre-seed+ companies to follow-on rounds across the GCC, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
↳ Concentrated, not spray-and-pray
Pods focus on a few high-conviction spaces where multiple winners can emerge and reinforce each other.
↳ Evidence before allocation
Spin-outs pass gates: insider-validated problem → live pilots/LOIs → paid validation → ARR momentum.
↳ Faster cycles, lower burn
Shared AI infrastructure, repeatable GTM playbooks, and Doha-based incentives reduce time-to-PMF and capital intensity.
How co-investors plug in
Back a Pod
Commit to a focus area and receive first-look and allocation across its spin-outs.
Deal-by-deal co-invest
Join price-setting rounds with shared diligence, master metrics, and prepared data rooms.
Sponsor pilots
Underwrite design-partner work to accelerate validation and secure advantaged commercial terms.
Let's compound together. Join as an LP in our funds, or co-lead a Pod you care about.