Dubai- and London-based 1001, which uses AI to improve aviation, port, and energy infrastructure efficiency in the Gulf, raised $30M led by Lux Capital (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/06/30/2026/us-investors-lead-30m-funding-for-gulf-ai-startup-1001"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260630/i4.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260630/p4#a260630p4" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Matthew Martin / <a href="https://www.semafor.com/">Semafor</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/06/30/2026/us-investors-lead-30m-funding-for-gulf-ai-startup-1001">Dubai- and London-based 1001, which uses AI to improve aviation, port, and energy infrastructure efficiency in the Gulf, raised $30M led by Lux Capital</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; THE SCOOP&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Dubai- and London-based startup 1001 has raised $30 million from investors including US venture firm Lux Capital &hellip; </p>