Abdullah Al-Shaksy (@AlShaksy) profile picture

CEO & Co-Founder, @PhazeVentures

Muscat / Dubai
Joined April 2011
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Most founders still write investor updates by hand, spending hours each month. Then they chase the wrong investors for their follow-on. @metalraise's AI Update Builder drafts the update. Follow-on Intelligence shows who’s most likely to re-invest. Our team explains 👇
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
AI is the most disruptive technology shift of our generation, and we want a stake in that future. Announcing our two new funds at Phaze Ventures, $75M+ to back global AI and deeptech pioneers and exceptional founders at home. For more info, read the full release here: nitter.cf/PhazeVentures/status/2…
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
What is going on??
Whoa. It’s been a crazy 4 minutes
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We gave Jev 2,029 real phone calls. No transcripts or audio; it never heard a word. Our AI receptionist's calls were reduced to pure structure, meaning turns, tool calls, workflow stages and timing. During the calls, Jev made 38,012 turn-level forecasts at 118 ms median latency, reviewed every call with five typed questions and produced 10,145 answers in 26 seconds with 256 requests in flight. The experiment was zero-shot, with no fine-tuning or examples from our data. We compared Jev's forecasts with what actually happened in the EHR. By the halfway point, Jev could meaningfully separate calls that would book from those that wouldn't (AUC 0.78), and near the end it ranked them correctly 94% of the time. Even though Jev over-focused on visible errors our agent usually overcomes, it's still pretty incredible that it analyzed thousands of real calls in seconds for only $3.
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
Today we're announcing @metalraise $4.5M Seed Round, led by @a16z @speedrun / @ycombinator. With participation from @pioneer_fund, Rebel Fund, @gaingelsvc, @indusvalleycap, @teamignitevc, @PhazeVentures and others. In less than a year of launch, and with six consecutive quarters of 30-80% q/q growth, Metal is tracking for multi-million annual revenue run rate by the end of FY2026. The core missing infrastructure in private markets has been an investor memory layer, an effort that we've been working on for three years. Today, for the first time, we are publishing our thesis on how private markets will evolve in the years ahead. See press release in comments below!
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
HUMAIN is partnering and investing in Arabic.AI @TarjamaMENA to advance Arabic language AI across the region and across the full AI stack. The collaboration spans AI infrastructure, advanced models and enterprise language solutions, including AI-powered translation, document intelligence and multilingual capabilities built for Arabic. Backed by a strategic investment from HUMAIN, the partnership brings more than 18 years of Arabic language expertise to enterprises across Saudi Arabia and global markets. Unveiled at #LEAP26 Read more: humain.com/news/humain-inves… #HUMAIN #TheEndOfLimits
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
💥 New Product Launch 💥 After two years of development, @metalraise is launching Autopilot -- our automation platform that draws on proprietary intelligence to run the round process for founders. Our thesis is simple -- in the future, founders that are best positioned to raise will not run the round process themselves. Instead, they will use the right tools to automate in ways that create unique advantages. From research, round collateral and pipeline formation to building calendar density, Metal Autopilot brings precision via proprietary intelligence and speed via AI-driven automation. Link to join the waitlist below.
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
💥 Partnership Announcement: @metalraise x @PhazeVentures 💥 @PhazeVentures is the first private venture capital firm in Oman, founded in 2018 to back early-stage Deeptech and AI companies with a focus on the GCC and North American markets. Today, we're announcing that @PhazeVentures has made a strategic investment in @metalraise. Every founder in the Phaze Ventures portfolio gets 25% off all Metal plans. Grateful to @AlShaksy for the support. Watch below.
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
I'm done making intros. Boardy Pro is here. Now I make deals happen. 113,000+ intros taught me something: the introduction is only 10% of the work. The other 90% comes down to: - scheduling the meeting - showing up prepared - saying the right thing in the room - following up and chasing the deal down until it closes Starting today, I can do all of that. Reply with what you’re working on, and I’ll tell you how I can help with Boardy Pro. First 5,000 to reply get Boardy Pro free for life. Everyone after that: $100/mo.
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
Introducing the Metal Data Desk. Over the past two years, I've personally spoken with 1,000+ founders that were actively raising venture rounds. One consistent theme was the absence of data and insights on the raise process itself. Today, we're changing that. The Metal Data Desk will publish regular insights on venture fundraising — starting with success rates. Only 1 in 7 founders that attempt to raise venture capital successfully close a round. In the below visual, we show how this varies across sectors and stages. @metalraise
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
I've now made over 100,000 introductions. Founders and investors. Companies and talent. Operators and co-founders. You name it. Tell me below who you're looking to meet and I'll make the right intro for you.
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
Next week I'm sitting down with @sashaorloff and @omar_or_ahmed — two founders who've raised $140m+ — to talk about the realities of raising venture rounds. Between the three of us, we've raised $260M+. Free to attend → luma.com/8lnkwx29
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Healthcare AI will be bigger than legal AI, bigger than coding AI. But most investors still dont see it. Heres the math that changes everything 🧵
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
🩺 @sullyai has returned over 30 million minutes to physicians — more time with patients, less on paperwork. @baseten powers this with their optimized inference stack built using NVIDIA Blackwell, NVFP4, TensorRT LLM, and NVIDIA Dynamo, to run frontier open models like gpt oss 120b. The result: 10x cost reduction and 65% faster responses for workflows like clinical note generation. 🔗 Read the blog: nvda.ws/468smA3
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
We are pleased to announce the successful closing of a $7.5 million funding round led by @jasoorventures , with participation from @PhazeVentures , @ITHCAGroup , @IDOInvestments, @annexinvestment, and a number of prominent investors. Read more: acesse.one/emushrif #startup
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
We’re hiring engineers + eng leaders at Sully.ai! If you haven’t built and shipped at a startup before — this isn’t for you! Ex-founders, MDs & researchers from MIT, Stanford & NASA; building real AI agents used in hospitals today to help doctors save more lives. Small team. Big impact. No fluff. jobs.ashbyhq.com/sully-ai
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
We are excited to announce our investment in UAE-based @TarjamaMENA’s $15 million Series-A funding round. With over 700 clients globally, they are a leading #B2B #LLM solutions provider for Arabic-speaking enterprise customers.
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It was an honor to join His Highness Sayyid Bilarab on a tour of our portfolio company @emushrif’s HQ in #Oman, showcasing their homegrown software and hardware capabilities. Thank you to @RoyalOmanFamily, @adnan_shuaili, and the entire team for arranging and hosting the visit. Onwards and upwards!
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Abdullah Al-Shaksy retweeted
The AI Revolution in Healthcare: What the Next Decade Means for Patients and Clinicians. Discover how cutting-edge AI is transforming Healthcare in the next decade. Read the full article: bit.ly/3Q8cSnh #AIForHealthcare #HealthTech #MedTech #AI #technology #healthcare
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Congratulations on the raise @getqeen! @PhazeVentures
AI agents for e-commerce startup, founded by Google and DeepMind alums, raises $10M seed tcrn.ch/40LLjFi
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