Visa and intella, a builder of Arabic-first artificial intelligence models for enterprise contact centers, partnered to co-develop conversational AI models for financial institutions across the Middle East and North Africa. Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. These solutions will support more than 25 distinct Arabic dialects, the companies said in a Tuesday (Sept. 23) press release. Intella said Sept. 2 that it secured $12.5 million in a Series A funding round to invest in research and development, product expansion and regional hiring to accelerate the deployment of its AI models across the Arabic-speaking world. The company said at the time in a press release that it supports enterprises in the finance, telecommunications and government sectors.