Rology Triumphs at Meta’s AMET AI Pitch, Wins $100K for Teleradiology Tech

Rology seems to be having quite a moment. The Egyptian startup, already known among founders in Cairo’s health‑tech circles, has just taken home the grand prize at Meta’s AMET AI Accelerator Pitch Competition in Dubai. It topped finalists from eight countries and walked away with 100,000 dollars plus access to Meta’s partner engineering teams — not a bad way to wrap up the year.

The company’s pitch centred on its AI‑powered teleradiology platform, which automates X‑ray report generation using a model designed to mirror how clinicians think through a case. Anyone who has spent time in a busy hospital radiology wing — I once tagged along during an Arageek feature years ago — knows that crushing workloads are a daily battle, so tech that takes some of the faff out of reporting tends to get noticed.

Each startup in the competition had already completed a national accelerator lasting six to eight weeks before flying into Dubai for the final showdown. That said, the judging wasn’t only about polished decks; Meta positioned the whole programme as part of a wider push to boost AI skills and infrastructure across Africa, the Middle East, and Türkiye.

Kojo Boakye, Meta’s Vice President of Public Policy for the region, highlighted the company’s emphasis on localised AI development. He said the Llama family of models, along with initiatives like the AMET accelerator, are enabling innovators to build solutions that address local needs but still carry global potential. Spot on, really — I reckon the region has long needed support that isn’t just imported from Silicon Valley.

The other finalists covered everything from agri‑commerce and financial analytics to public‑service tools and edtech. It shows how quickly applied AI is weaving its way into sectors that, not long ago, were still shuffling paper. And believe it or not, some of those ideas felt just as promising as the winner’s.

For Rology, the win means extra technical backing as it pushes deeper into AI‑enabled clinical workflows. On the flip side, the attention also puts pressure on the team to deliver at scale — but they seemed chuffed to bits with the challenge. One stray line in the original materials even mentioned a new Saudi AI Cloud alliance and Qewam’s Q Fund expansion, which felt a tad out of place, but it does hint at how fast the region’s broader AI scene is evolving.

If anything, the whole competition underscored what we hear so often at Arageek: MENA’s founders aren’t short on ideas; they’re just looking for the right lift to turn them into something bigger, stronger, and—occasionally—definately more ambitious than expected.

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