- KNOT Technologies raised USD 1M pre-seed led by A15 to scale AI-driven ticketing and access control infrastructure.
- Founded in 2025 by Ahmed Abdalla and Hussein ElBendak, KNOT aims to stop fraud, resale leaks, and lack of demand visibility.
- The startup’s AI layer authenticates identity, governs distribution, and tracks demand, creating secure, transparent, and data-driven event experiences.
Knot Technologies
KNOT Technologies raised a USD 1 million pre-seed round led by A15 to scale its AI-native ticketing and access control infrastructure.
The startup aims to solve the decade long ticketing challenges that leave organizers blind to demand, and fans exposed to fraud. This often leads to huge amounts of profit leaking into unregulated resale markets. Furthermore, the startup believes that this issue is a data failure that can be resolved with AI.
“Ticketing has become a financial black hole, with value leaking into unregulated channels and no modern tools to prevent it. Organizers lack visibility and control and fans are paying the price. That is why we started KNOT, to unlock real economic value and rebuild trust between businesses and their customers,” said co-founder and CEO of KNOT Ahmed Abdalla.
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Founded in 2025 by Ahmed Abdalla and Hussein Elbendak, Knot Technolongies is an AI‑native ticketing startup. Its approach centers on an AI layer that authenticates identity, governs distribution, and tracks demand in real time. This aims to enable event owners to restrict unauthorized transfers and cut out market leakage. Additionally, it aims to build a more transparent relationship between organizers and attendees.
“As we scale, the underlying technology has the potential to create value far beyond ticketing,” co-founder and CTO of KNOT Hussein ElBendak said.
Looking forward, with the new funding, it plans to expand product development and expand internationally. It also aims to deepen integrations with partners across the live events ecosystem. Furthermore, it seeks to become the infrastructure layer powering the next generation of events. This is to enable organizers, venues, and fans to
interact through more secure, seamless, and data-driven experiences.
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