Zain Abidi

Feb 12, 2026

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19 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Adnan Esmail & Physical Intelligence - A Deeper Dive

Issue 19 · Focus: Embodied AI: Intelligence, Economics, and Durability - Adnan Esmail and Physical Intelligence

Adnan Esmail

Jan 29, 2026

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10 min read

⛵ Dhow Dispatch │ UpScrolled and the Fracturing of the Attention Stack

Issue 18 · Focus: Platform Power, Censorship, and Trust - Issam Hijazi & UpScroll

UpScrolled

Jan 15, 2026

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9 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ How SPVs Actually Work (And Where Investors Get It Wrong)

Issue 17 · Focus: SPV's

Jan 1, 2026

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13 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Year in Review 2025

Issue 16 · Focus: Progress, Roadmap & Unicorn Signals

Dhow

Dec 18, 2025

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12 min read

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Samir Kaji & Allocate

Issue 15 · Focus: Private Markets Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct 2, 2025

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9 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Qasar Younis & Applied Intuition

Issue 07 · Focus: Applied Intuition

Deep Dive

Sep 25, 2025

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12 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Replit – A (semi) Deep Dive

Issue 06 · Focus: Replit

Deep Dive

Sep 16, 2025

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11 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Tokenization – and why we're bullish

Issue 05 · Focus: Tokenization

Sep 4, 2025

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4 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Market Part 3 – Muslim American Deep Dive

Issue 04 · Focus: Muslim Wealth

Aug 21, 2025

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8 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Market Part 2 – The Founders

Issue 03 · Focus: Muslim Founders

Aug 7, 2025

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5 min read

Dhow Dispatch │ Market Part 1 – The Investors

Issue 02 · Focus: Muslim Wealth

Market

Zain Abidi

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Adnan Esmail & Physical Intelligence - A Deeper Dive

⛵ Dhow Dispatch │ UpScrolled and the Fracturing of the Attention Stack

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ How SPVs Actually Work (And Where Investors Get It Wrong)

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Year in Review 2025

⛵Dhow Dispatch │ Samir Kaji & Allocate

⛵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

Dhow Dispatch │ Tokenization – and why we're bullish

Dhow Dispatch │ Market Part 3 – Muslim American Deep Dive

Dhow Dispatch │ Market Part 2 – The Founders

Dhow Dispatch │ Market Part 1 – The Investors

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