Archive | Dhow Dispatch

⛵Dhow Dispatch | Dr. Aadeel Akhtar Spent a Decade Building Hands for Humans. Then the Robots Came.

Oct 8, 2026

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15 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch | Dr. Aadeel Akhtar Spent a Decade Building Hands for Humans. Then the Robots Came.

Issue 36 · Focus: How Dr. Aadeel Akhtar built PSYONIC from a prosthetics research project into a company at the intersection of bionic hands, dexterous robotics, and physical AI.

Ali Abidi, Zain Abidi, Raza Abidi

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The Circular AI Economy

Sep 24, 2026

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13 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The Circular AI Economy

Issue 35 · Focus: How the same dollar is supporting revenue, financing, and valuations across the AI stack

Ali Abidi, Zain Abidi, Raza Abidi

Market

Sep 10, 2026

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13 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The Parallel Internet: What Happens When a Country Builds Its Own Digital Economy

Issue 34 · Focus: Iran's Technology & Digital Infrastructure

Market

Aug 27, 2026

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8 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The AI Venture Boom Is Hiding a Massive Private-Market Reset

Issue 33 · Focus: Venture Capital / Private Markets

Aug 13, 2026

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8 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Our First Investment: Lore

Issue 32 · Focus: Dhow Horizon Fund I, Portfolio Company #1

Zehra Naqvi

Dec 3, 2025

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10 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ A Slurry of Investment into Muslim Founders throughout November

Issue 14 · Focus: Heavy Dealflow into Muslim-Origin Founders Get Founded

Market

Zain Abidi, +2

Nov 20, 2025

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7 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Yusuf Omar & The Rise of AI-Native Media

Issue 13 · Focus: AI Media and Muslim Founders

Market

Ali Abidi, +2

Nov 6, 2025

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12 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Why Mamdani may be good for founders

Issue 12 · Focus: NYC's Founder‐mayor Moment

Market

Ali Abidi, +2

Oct 30, 2025

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10 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The Global Islamic Economy 2024–25: Where the Money’s Moving

Issue 11 · Focus: The Shifting Global Islamic Economy

Market

Ali Abidi, +2

Oct 22, 2025

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7 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ What Sequoia’s Silence Taught Us About Community and Capital

Issue 10 · Focus: What Sumaiya Balbale’s Exit Tells Us About Power and Silence

News

Ali Abidi, +2

Oct 16, 2025

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11 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Mercury - Banking Built for Builders

Issue 09 · Focus: Mercury and Immad Akhund

Mercury

Ali Abidi, +2

Oct 9, 2025

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7 min read

⛵ Dhow Dispatch │ AI Spend: Muslim Founders Are Overrepresented

Issue 08 · Focus: Muslim Founders Overrepresented in AI Spend

Market

Zain Abidi, +2

Oct 2, 2025

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9 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Qasar Younis & Applied Intuition

Issue 07 · Focus: Applied Intuition

Deep Dive

Ali Abidi, +2

Sep 25, 2025

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12 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Replit – A (semi) Deep Dive

Issue 06 · Focus: Replit

Deep Dive

Ali Abidi, +2

⛵Dhow Dispatch | Dr. Aadeel Akhtar Spent a Decade Building Hands for Humans. Then the Robots Came.

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The Circular AI Economy

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The Parallel Internet: What Happens When a Country Builds Its Own Digital Economy

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The AI Venture Boom Is Hiding a Massive Private-Market Reset

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Our First Investment: Lore

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ A Slurry of Investment into Muslim Founders throughout November

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Yusuf Omar & The Rise of AI-Native Media

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Why Mamdani may be good for founders

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ The Global Islamic Economy 2024–25: Where the Money’s Moving

Dhow Dispatch │ What Sequoia’s Silence Taught Us About Community and Capital

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Mercury - Banking Built for Builders

⛵ Dhow Dispatch │ AI Spend: Muslim Founders Are Overrepresented

Dhow Dispatch │ Qasar Younis & Applied Intuition

Dhow Dispatch │ Replit – A (semi) Deep Dive

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