A47 has announced the successful close of a USD 2 million pre-seed funding round, which will be used to fast-track the build-out of its AI-first news platform. The company aims to reshape the way people find, interpret, and place confidence in information.
As news consumers struggle with information overload, misinformation, and algorithm-driven content clutter, A47 is developing an end-to-end, AI-powered news ecosystem focused on precision, credibility, and relevance rather than click-driven engagement. The platform delivers structured, verified, and continuously refreshed insights across key domains including business, geopolitics, technology, finance, sports, and culture—cutting through noise to provide dependable intelligence.
The experience is highly customizable, allowing users to define preferred topics, depth of coverage, content formats, and notifications. This flexibility enables the platform to align with different consumption styles, whether users seek breaking updates, in-depth analysis, concise briefs, or comparative viewpoints.
A47’s technology stack brings together autonomous AI agents, live data ingestion, multi-model coordination, and integrated verification frameworks. These systems work in tandem to source, assess, cross-check, and present information in real time. Embedded fact-checking, source cross-validation, and transparency mechanisms are designed to enhance trust while significantly reducing the effort required to stay informed.
Live and Active Pilots
The platform is already operational in partnership with the region’s largest fintech association, MENA Fintech, supported by a fully automated backend that ensures reliability and consistent content delivery.
How A47 News Operates
Discover: Social platforms are scanned every 30 minutes to surface emerging and trending stories. Verify: Each story is validated against leading trusted publications and a curated source whitelist; unverified stories are withheld. Enrich: A Verified Foundation Brief is created, outlining essential facts, timelines, context, and source references. Create: Users select formats and styles, while A47 proposes multiple narrative angles, builds a storyboard, and generates content across text, image, video, and audio. Control: Final human review is required prior to publication. As news consumers struggle with information overload, misinformation, and algorithm-driven content clutter, A47 is developing an end-to-end, AI-powered news ecosystem focused on precision, credibility, and relevance rather than click-driven engagement. The platform delivers structured, verified, and continuously refreshed insights across key domains including business, geopolitics, technology, finance, sports, and culture—cutting through noise to provide dependable intelligence.
The experience is highly customizable, allowing users to define preferred topics, depth of coverage, content formats, and notifications. This flexibility enables the platform to align with different consumption styles, whether users seek breaking updates, in-depth analysis, concise briefs, or comparative viewpoints.
A47’s technology stack brings together autonomous AI agents, live data ingestion, multi-model coordination, and integrated verification frameworks. These systems work in tandem to source, assess, cross-check, and present information in real time. Embedded fact-checking, source cross-validation, and transparency mechanisms are designed to enhance trust while significantly reducing the effort required to stay informed.
Live and Active Pilots
The platform is already operational in partnership with the region’s largest fintech association, MENA Fintech, supported by a fully automated backend that ensures reliability and consistent content delivery.
How A47 News Operates
Beyond powering its own newsroom, A47 News is designed to support digital publishers and independent creators, enabling higher publishing velocity without compromising editorial standards, brand voice, or source credibility.
Commenting on the announcement, Shehab Gargash, Chairman and Co-Founder of A47, said the company is being developed as a long-term media infrastructure platform with the goal of influencing how verified information is distributed. He noted that A47 seeks to strengthen journalism by using technology to enhance trust, integrity, and operational efficiency.
Ali Rizvi, CEO and Co-Founder of A47 News, added that the company’s mission is to serve as a trusted infrastructure layer for publishers and creators, supporting—rather than replacing—editorial decision-making while helping teams move faster with verified, brand-aligned content.
A47 confirmed that the USD 2 million pre-seed round includes both institutional and angel investors, and that Shehab Gargash has formally joined the company as Chairman of the Board. The funding will be used to advance product development and scale operations across the Middle East and global markets.
Commenting on the announcement, Shehab Gargash, Chairman and Co-Founder of A47, said the company is being developed as a long-term media infrastructure platform with the goal of influencing how verified information is distributed. He noted that A47 seeks to strengthen journalism by using technology to enhance trust, integrity, and operational efficiency.
Ali Rizvi, CEO and Co-Founder of A47 News, added that the company’s mission is to serve as a trusted infrastructure layer for publishers and creators, supporting—rather than replacing—editorial decision-making while helping teams move faster with verified, brand-aligned content.
A47 confirmed that the USD 2 million pre-seed round includes both institutional and angel investors, and that Shehab Gargash has formally joined the company as Chairman of the Board. The funding will be used to advance product development and scale operations across the Middle East and global markets.