InstaDeep CEO takes AI from Tunis to London

Beguir said AI presents an opportunity for African economies to go beyond simply exporting fuels and minerals, and make inroads into higher value-added activities. — AFP

PARIS: Karim Beguir launched the artificial intelligence startup InstaDeep in Tunisia in 2014 with just two computers and US$2,000 (RM9,568).

By 2023, it was an international operation bought by German laboratory BioNTech for US$700mil (RM3.34bil).