Africa’s wealthiest monarch-linked fund leads $12 million round in San Francisco AI company targeting America’s $295 billion advertising market

Business Insider AfricaAyodeji Adegboyega · 6 November 2026 at 18:56

A venture-capital fund connected to Morocco’s royal family has led a $12 million investment in a San Francisco artificial-intelligence company preparing to expand across the United States and Europe.
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