• UAE-based Skipr raised USD 2M in seed funding at a USD 10M valuation to scale sovereign AI infrastructure.
• Founded in 2023, the startup builds an “autonomous trust fabric” enabling secure AI-to-AI interoperability across borders, clouds, and organizations.
• Skipr works with telecoms and data centers to deploy sovereign, policy-controlled AI systems for governments and enterprises.

Skipr

UAE-based Skipr raised USD 2 million in a seed funding round at a USD 10 million valuation. 

Founded in 2023 by Adnan Fatayerji and Andreas Hartl, Skipr operates as a sovereign Platform-as-a-Service. It is a startup building what it calls an “autonomous trust fabric” for AI interoperability. 

It aims to address the gap of intelligent systems operating autonomously across organizations, clouds and borders. Thus, it aims to provide a secure way for these AI systems to safely work together. Moreover, it provides a secure way for AI systems to communicate, coordinate, and exchange value. This is while ensuring governments and enterprises retain full sovereign control over their data and decision making.

AI Infrastructure 

The startup works with telecommunications operators, AI and cybersecurity laboratories, and data center partners to deploy autonomous, sovereign AI digital services at national and enterprise scale. 

Additionally, it enables organizations to connect systems, deploy applications, and enable trusted interactions between AI tools across different networks. Through cryptographic identity, policy-driven routing, and auditable interoperability, the company’s technology ensures that data, decisions, and transactions can be shared safely, transparently, and in line with regulatory and national requirements.

Looking ahead, with the funding, it aims to support the startup’s expansion from Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem as it scales sovereign AI infrastructure for national and enterprise deployments.

“This funding accelerates our work on what we believe is a foundational layer for the AI era,” said Andreas Hartl, CEO at Skipr Technologies. “As AI systems become autonomous and interconnected, secure AI-to-AI interoperability under sovereign control is no longer optional. We are building the trust infrastructure nations and enterprises need to deploy AI safely, confidently, and at scale.”