•1UAE-based CargoX raised $250 million led by BlueFive Capital to expand its autonomous driverless logistics network across last-mile, middle-mile, and long-haul routes.•2CNTXT AI acquired Actualize, a startup building dialect-aware Arabic voice agents, to strengthen its enterprise and government AI offerings across the GCC.•3MENA startups raised $454.7 million across 33 deals in May 2026, but 66% of the total came from debt financing rather than equity investment.•1UAE-based CargoX raised $250 million led by BlueFive Capital to expand its autonomous driverless logistics network across last-mile, middle-mile, and long-haul routes.•2CNTXT AI acquired Actualize, a startup building dialect-aware Arabic voice agents, to strengthen its enterprise and government AI offerings across the GCC.•3MENA startups raised $454.7 million across 33 deals in May 2026, but 66% of the total came from debt financing rather than equity investment.

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