Hyperfusion, CAMB.AI to bring multilingual voice AI infrastructure to MENA

The platform can be used for tasks ranging from customer service agents and field-ops assistants to media streaming and live commentary. (Supplied)
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Updated 30 September 2025
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Hyperfusion, CAMB.AI to bring multilingual voice AI infrastructure to MENA

  • New platform allows data and workloads to remain in-country, addressing privacy and regulatory concerns

LONDON: Hyperfusion, a UAE-based artificial intelligence cloud provider, and AI-driven speech and translation tech company CAMB.AI announced Tuesday a partnership to offer locally hosted, real-time voice AI and agent services for organizations across the Middle East and North Africa.

The move is the industry’s latest effort to enhance technological sovereignty in the region.

The two companies said the platform brings together CAMB.AI’s speech-to-speech, text-to-speech, and live translation capabilities, now running on Hyperfusion’s GPU cloud in the UAE.

The system supports over 100 languages, including Arabic dialects, and is designed to help businesses and media companies deploy voice agents and broadcast-grade translation tools with low-latency and regional compliance.

Executives said the new partnership allows data and workloads to remain in-country, addressing privacy and regulatory concerns.

Quentin Reyes, CEO of Hyperfusion, said the initiative aims to elevate AI offerings in the region, saying enterprises in the Gulf Cooperation Council region “don’t just want AI — they want trusted, sovereign AI that can power real products.

“With CAMB.AI, we’re giving builders in the region a voice and agent layer that is multilingual, low-latency, and compliant — so they can launch at scale, here.”

Building on CAMB.AI’s MARS7 text-to-speech model, the agent infrastructure offers features like barge-in, multilingual turn-taking, and support for conversational enterprise workflows.

The platform can be used for tasks ranging from customer service agents and field-ops assistants to media streaming and live commentary.

Organizations can access application programming interfaces for real-time workflows, voice controls, and deployment modes ranging from single-tenant to on-prem edge solutions. Monitoring tools provide analytics on latency and usage.

CAMB.AI recently partnered with Arab News to make the newspaper’s content accessible in over 50 languages.

CTO Akshat Prakash said the integration is intended to help regional developers and companies reduce language barriers while maintaining control over data and performance.


TikTok names 2025 MENA Awards nominees ahead of Dubai ceremony 

Updated 12 December 2025
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TikTok names 2025 MENA Awards nominees ahead of Dubai ceremony 

  • Awards celebrate 66 creators across 11 categories, spanning food, sport, education, entertainment, fashion, and beauty 
  • Ceremony will take place during the 1 Billion Followers Summit on Jan. 8 

LONDON: TikTok has announced the nominees for its 2025 MENA Awards, an annual showcase of the creators, trends and cultural moments that shaped the region’s online conversation over the past year. 

For the first time, the awards will be held in Dubai during the 1 Billion Followers Summit in January, which is one of the world’s largest gatherings of digital creators. 

“We’re proud to celebrate the return of the TikTok Awards in MENA, a moment dedicated to spotlighting the remarkable creativity emerging from our region and the creators who continue to inspire creativity and bring joy to millions every day,” Kinda Ibrahim, regional general manager of operations, TikTok Middle East, Africa, South and Central Asia, said. 

This year’s TikTok Awards MENA will highlight 66 creators across 11 categories, spanning food, sport, education, entertainment, fashion, and beauty, alongside four cross-cutting prizes: Creator of the Year, Visionary Content Award, Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Changemaker of the Year. 

TikTok said the shortlisted accounts reflect how MENA creators drove global conversations in 2025, from viral sounds and challenges to issue-based campaigns and long-form storytelling that traveled beyond the region’s borders.  

The platform said the awards are an opportunity to recognize creators whose work has helped define the platform’s mix of humor, lifestyle, music, and social commentary in Arabic and other languages. 

The ceremony will also include performances by regional artists whose tracks have underpinned major TikTok trends this year, with the full lineup due to be confirmed later in December. 

A full list of nominees is available on TikTok MENA channel. Public voting for the awards is now open and runs until Dec. 23, with winners set to be announced at the summit on Jan. 8.