About Swibit
Transforming MENA into a global hub for AI innovation — safeguarding data sovereignty, developing local talent, building scalable AI infrastructure.
Deliver secure, locally deployed, scalable AI — and build the regional capacity to sustain it.
A MENA region where every ministry and enterprise runs world-class AI on its own infrastructure, operated by local talent.
Our team's backgrounds include:
Swibit is supported by 7 PhDs in AI and computer science, 200+ AI-related patents, 100+ peer-reviewed publications, and prior leadership at Google DeepMind, Samsung, Palantir, IBM Watson, and Cambridge.
Four principles we hire and ship by.
Home
Safety, trust, and belonging. We build environments where people do their best work.
Passion
Care, commitment, and visible quality. We are judged by what ships.
Agility
Speed, adaptability, and focus. We move fast without breaking sovereignty.
Excellence
Precision and professionalism. Every detail reflects the standard we hold ourselves to.
Who runs Swibit
Ezeddin Al-Hakim
Founder and CEO. M.Sc. AI, ETH Zürich. Built Swibit on the conviction that MENA's AI future must run on its own data, infrastructure, and talent.
Read bioChief Technology Officer
Ph.D. Computer Science, Cambridge. Former Head of Software Platform at a global humanoid robotics firm. Leads Swibit Solutions and Infrastructure.
Read bioStrategic AI Advisor
Ph.D. AI. Former Lead Scientist, Google DeepMind. Foundational work on AlphaGo and AlphaFold. 7 years at IBM Watson. 100+ publications, 7 patents.
Read bioPrincipal AI Engineer
175+ patents across Huawei, Samsung, Qualcomm, and InterDigital. Active contributor to 3GPP/5G/6G standards and 6G research programmes.
Read bioWhere we are
Build the next decade of MENA AI with us
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