Dubai, UAE — Yozo.ai, a UAE-based e-commerce AI solutions startup, has raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-native revenue engine designed to automate growth, improve conversion rates, and boost customer retention for online merchants.
The funding round was jointly led by Access Bridge Ventures and Disruptech Ventures, with participation from Arzan VC, Oraseya Capital, Plus VC, Suhail Ventures, Glint Ventures, and M-Empire Angels, reflecting strong regional investor confidence in Yozo’s vision and global scalability.
Founded in early 2025, Yozo.ai is addressing a persistent challenge in the e-commerce sector: low conversion rates. Industry data shows that average e-commerce conversion rates rarely exceed 3%, meaning nearly 97% of shoppers abandon purchases, resulting in billions of dollars in lost revenue globally.
Bridging the Conversion Gap with AI
Yozo’s platform focuses on closing the gap between purchase intent and transaction completion. Unlike traditional marketing tools, Yozo operates as a fully autonomous revenue engine, acting as an independent operator that mimics the capabilities of a complete growth team — without heavy human involvement.
The AI system combines the roles of a data analyst, content creator, and experimentation specialist, automatically launching and optimizing email, WhatsApp, and SMS campaigns. It also runs multivariate experiments and continuously measures performance to improve outcomes over time.
“Marketing related to customer conversion and retention requires managing a huge number of variables such as data, timing, segmentation, and continuous experience, which is beyond the capacity of most human teams,” said Hossam Ali, Founder of Yozo.ai.
Rapid Traction Across the Region
Since launching just three months ago, Yozo has seen rapid adoption across the region. The platform has been onboarded by dozens of paid brands, ranging from small online retailers to fast-growing regional e-commerce companies.
During this period, Yozo has already reached over 250,000 end customers on behalf of its clients through automated workflows and targeted AI-driven campaigns.
Expansion Beyond the Middle East
With fresh capital secured, Yozo plans to expand beyond the Middle East into global e-commerce markets, particularly those struggling with high growth team costs or over-reliance on manual marketing processes.
The company’s long-term ambition is to become the default AI-powered revenue engine for digital merchants worldwide, enabling businesses to scale efficiently without increasing operational complexity.
