UAE-based e-commerce AI startup Yozo.ai has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding, co-led by Access Bridge Ventures and Disruptech Ventures and joined by Arzan VC, Oraseya Capital, Plus VC, Suhail Ventures, Glint Ventures, and M-Empire Angels. Founded in early 2025 by Salma AlBarkouky, Abdallah Moheb El-Din, Taha Salah, Hossam Ali and Zeiad Haridy, Yozo builds an AI-native revenue engine that automates e-commerce growth and retention marketing. Founded in 2025, Yozo.ai is building an AI growth agent that autonomously runs retention and conversion marketing across email, WhatsApp, and SMS for e-commerce merchants. “With Yozo, merchants don’t need a large growth team or complex stacks to run effective lifecycle marketing,” said Hossam Ali, Founder of Yozo. As e-commerce teams increasingly seek efficiency and automation, Yozo aims to become the default AI-driven growth layer for merchants globally.