Nuxera AI Secures $2.5M to Advance Arabic-First Clinical AI in Saudi Hospitals
Saudi startup Nuxera AI has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding from Sanabil Venture Studio by Redesign Health. The capital will accelerate hospital deployments across the Kingdom, expand engineering and go-to-market teams, and deepen model performance through clinical collaborations.
Nuxera is building an AI platform that works natively in Arabic and integrates with existing hospital systems-public and private. The focus is simple: cut documentation time, standardize coding, and make hospital data searchable in plain Arabic.
Why this matters for healthcare leaders
- Clinical documentation burden remains one of the biggest drains on physician time and revenue cycle accuracy.
- Arabic dialect coverage is a blocker for many global tools; Nuxera supports 28 dialects out of the box.
- Hospital leaders need direct answers to clinical, operational, and financial questions-without waiting on analysts.
Inside Nuxera's platform
Flagship product SERA captures doctor-patient conversations across 28 Arabic dialects and generates structured notes coded to SNOMED, ACHI, SBS, and ICD-10. Reported outcomes include over 70% time savings on documentation.
The "Talk to Your Data" engine lets executives and service-line leaders ask questions in Arabic and receive instant answers drawn from hospital systems. The goal: faster decisions tied to quality, throughput, and cost.
- Seamless integration with current hospital workflows and systems.
- Automated coding aligned with payer requirements and clinical standards.
- Organization-wide analytics accessible in plain language.
Standards referenced: SNOMED CT and ICD-10 (WHO).
Founders and backers
Nuxera was founded by CEO Amin El Hemaily, CTO Asad Khan, and CCO Nada Hassan. The company positions itself as an AI hub for hospitals across health clusters and private systems in Saudi Arabia.
Sanabil Venture Studio by Redesign Health is providing funding plus hands-on operational support and healthcare expertise. A Sanabil spokesperson noted Nuxera is the first venture to emerge from the studio and highlighted the team's focus on Arabic-first innovation with global potential.
What they're saying
"This investment is not just a validation of our technology, Saudi innovation is no longer following global trends, it is setting them. With Nuxera, we are redefining the future of AI in healthcare from the Kingdom to the world. Too many solutions ask hospitals to change how they work. We built Nuxera to do exactly the opposite. We've designed our AI to embed within the daily realities of both public and private systems to understand Arabic dialects as spoken by real doctors, to code notes the way payers require, and to surface insights the way leaders think. That's what it means to be an AI hub for healthcare, not just another tool, but an engine for time, accuracy, and clarity across the entire institution." - Amin El Hemaily, CEO and Co-founder, Nuxera AI
"We back founders who pair deep technical expertise with an unwavering commitment to solving real healthcare challenges, and that's exactly what Amin, Nada, and Asad are doing with Nuxera. By building Arabic-first AI that understands 28 dialects, they're addressing a need global players have never been able to meet. Nuxera is already demonstrating remarkable momentum, and we believe it can reshape clinical workflows across Saudi Arabia and set a global standard for how AI is responsibly and effectively integrated into healthcare." - Joshua Ford, Managing Director, Redesign Health
How the funding will be used
- Scale engineering and go-to-market teams in Saudi Arabia.
- Support additional hospital deployments across health clusters and private networks.
- Enhance AI models through clinical collaborations and real-world data.
- Leverage studio support for operations, compliance, and commercialization.
What hospital leaders can do next
- Identify high-friction workflows (ED, outpatient clinics, specialty documentation) for an AI pilot.
- Set measurable targets: documentation time per note, coding accuracy, claim first-pass yield, and clinician satisfaction.
- Validate dialect coverage with frontline clinicians and run shadow-mode trials before full rollout.
- Align with compliance and revenue cycle teams on SNOMED/ACHI/SBS/ICD-10 mapping and audit trails.
- Plan change management: clinician training, feedback loops, and monitoring for accuracy and bias.
The bottom line
Nuxera's Arabic-first approach targets two priorities for Saudi hospitals: fewer clicks for clinicians and faster, cleaner data for leadership. With fresh funding and studio backing, the company is positioned to scale pilots into system-wide deployments.
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