1001 AI

1001 (also known as 1001 AI) is a deeptech artificial intelligence company founded in 2025 by Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh, a former director of generative AI operations at Scale AI, and headquartered between London and Dubai. The company builds sovereign AI operating systems for critical infrastructure — live operational models that help operators across aviation and airports, ports and logistics, energy and grids, construction, and manufacturing predict issues, automate and optimize decisions, and improve operational efficiency, while retaining full local ownership and governance of their AI systems. Focused primarily on the GCC and wider MENA region, 1001 raised a $9 million seed round in October 2025 led by CIV, General Catalyst, and Lux Capital, followed by a $30 million Series A in June 2026 led by Lux Capital with Sanabil Investments, 9Yards, and Hanabi joining and existing backers General Catalyst, CIV, and Stanford AI researcher Chris Ré increasing their commitments. As of this profile, 1001 publishes no public API, developer documentation, or SDK; this entry captures the company's public identity and web properties for the API Evangelist network.

1001 AI is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Artificial Intelligence, Sovereign AI, Critical Infrastructure, and Enterprise.

1001 AI’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyArtificial IntelligenceSovereign AICritical InfrastructureEnterpriseAviationPorts and LogisticsEnergyManufacturingMENAGCCDeeptech

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Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Resources

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Careers

Careers

LinkedIn

Crunchbase

Crunchbase

Source (apis.yml)

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  sovereign AI operating systems for critical infrastructure — live operational models that help operators across aviation
  and airports, ports and logistics, energy and grids, construction, and manufacturing predict issues, automate and optimize
  decisions, and improve operational efficiency, while retaining full local ownership and governance of their AI systems.
  Focused primarily on the GCC and wider MENA region, 1001 raised a $9 million seed round in October 2025 led by CIV, General
  Catalyst, and Lux Capital, followed by a $30 million Series A in June 2026 led by Lux Capital with Sanabil Investments,
  9Yards, and Hanabi joining and existing backers General Catalyst, CIV, and Stanford AI researcher Chris Ré increasing their
  commitments. As of this profile, 1001 publishes no public API, developer documentation, or SDK; this entry captures the
  company's public identity and web properties for the API Evangelist network.
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