Dubai - Sharikat Mubasher: 1001, the sovereign artificial intelligence platform, announced the successful closure of its $30 million Series A funding round led by Lux Capital, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, CIV, and Chris Re.

The round also saw participation from new investors Sanabil Investments, Hanabi, and 9Yards, alongside a group of regional and global angel investors, the company revealed in a statement today.

1001 will use the new capital to scale its engineering team and build out its commercial and go-to-market presence across key GCC markets.

1001's systems apply to any high-value operational problem where better data and intelligence can improve decisions across the full range of physical and critical infrastructure, including aviation, ports and logistics, energy, industrials and manufacturing.

Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh, Founder and CEO of 1001, said: “The GCC runs some of the world's most important infrastructure, managing a significant share of global oil flows, container traffic and international aviation. Business leaders here don't just want pilots. They want sovereign systems that deliver measurable results and make thousands of real-time decisions they can trust. This is the work we've set out to do, and this round lets us go deeper and bring the best local and global talent to it.”

In turn, Deena Shakir, Partner at Lux Capital, commented: “We are especially proud to lead this round and to partner with 1001 as it helps the GCC build not just AI, but the capability to run its most important systems.”

1001 builds an AI-native operating system for decision-making in critical industries. The platform combines live data ingestion, operational mapping, AI-driven decisioning, and oversight modules designed to turn real-time complexity into clear, auditable action.