About Avano AI
Avano AI is a sovereign intelligence layer built in the UAE. Not a platform, not a dashboard — a system that sees what is happening across an entire mobility operation, understands what needs to happen next, and acts. We start where the operational complexity is highest and work outward from there.
We start with car rental operators across the UAE, where compliance, customer management, and fleet decisions happen in real time under pressure. From there we expand into logistics, ride-hailing, and transportation networks — and ultimately toward city-level mobility coordination, autonomous vehicle orchestration, and smart infrastructure.
Already live with operators in the UAE, member of NVIDIA Inception Program, Microsoft for Startups, and Dubai Founders HQ, with compliance workflows built for UAE regulatory requirements. Patent filed on autonomous fleet operations architecture.
Our Founders
CEO
Doctor turned operator turned AI founder. Built Avano from firsthand pain running UAE fleets. Leads product vision, strategic partnerships, and company direction. Secured Microsoft for Startups, NVIDIA Inception, and Dubai Founders HQ. Frontend contributor. Speaker at the AI for Georgia opening webinar. Brings a direct warm network of 100+ UAE operators — the distribution foundation behind Avano's zero-cost growth.
CTO
Electrical engineer with roots in UAE government IT and Al-Futtaim Group. Former car rental operator alongside Mohamed. Sole builder of the entire Avano stack — rebuilt from ground up in three weeks. Co-filed the patent on autonomous fleet operations architecture. Designed two-layer isolated database ensuring data privacy by design not by policy. Built a full AI workforce replacing traditional headcount from day one. Every decision built for how Gulf fleets actually run.
CBO
Doctor turned family business leader turned private equity professional turned AI co-founder. Day-one co-founder and first capital into the venture. Owns everything commercial — sales strategy, pricing, and GCC business development. Converted the founding team's operator network into six paying customers and a growing waiting list in two weeks. Zero marketing spend. Zero cold outreach. Pure execution. Leads Avano's commercial expansion across GCC.