News & Events
Launches, partnerships, milestones and upcoming programs across the TOOT group.
RASID now publishes a short daily AI news bulletin in Arabic and English. Each edition pairs one news story with a RASID analysis of what it means and what to watch next.
Read more: RASID AI News: a daily briefing on artificial intelligence
LTUC and Tabshora AI LAB signed a cooperation agreement that gives students of LTUC's Abdulaziz Al Ghurair School of Advanced Computing (ASAC) training and job opportunities, pairing BTEC's applied learning with Tabshora's hands-on AI work.
Read more: Tabshora AI LAB partners with Luminus Technical University College (LTUC)
Director-Generals and government leaders from ministries and governorates across Oman sailed through five interactive training islands, facing live simulations such as a sovereign cyber-breach crisis and a sovereign component auction. Designed by TOOT Media Solutions and Tabshora AI Labs and sponsored by DTM (Digital Transformation Company), part of ITHCA Group, the boot camp closed with strategic projects on AI governance, ethics, sustainable returns, 30-60-90-day roadmaps and national data sovereignty.
Read more: The first AI Nukhatha boot camp concludes in Salalah
TOOT founder Khaled Taha joined Al Araby TV to discuss how conflicts are moving from traditional battlefields to questions of digital sovereignty.
Read more: Khaled Taha on Al Araby TV: the shift to digital sovereignty
Tabshora AI LAB took part in "Al Jazeera Institute 2.0: Architecting Leadership in the Age of Smart Media" in Doha, on equipping Arab newsrooms with AI tools for faster, more accurate and more trusted content.
Read more: Tabshora AI LAB at the Al Jazeera Media Institute in Doha
From 1 to 5 February 2026, Tabshora AI LAB delivered TOOT's AI Capacity Building Program for Media to more than 350 staff of Syria's General Organization of Radio and Television in Damascus and Idlib, with Nordisk Hjälp. Hands-on sessions covered AI-assisted content production, digital verification tools and modern editing.
Read more: TOOT's largest training program in Syria: AI capacity building for media
Kingstons Residential in Cardiff launched Kingsley, an AI maintenance assistant built on TACA. Available 24/7 on the Kingstons website, it captures maintenance requests accurately, prioritises them and keeps tenants and landlords informed.
Read more: Kingsley, an AI maintenance bot for Kingstons Residential, goes live
In Alicante and Valencia, Khaled Taha joined scholars, historians and philosophers discussing "The human being in the space of multiple identities: citizenship, memory and the image of the other". His paper, "The materiality of the machine and the spirit of meaning", looked at the opposing views of AI's leading voices.
Read more: Khaled Taha presents a paper on AI at a symposium in Spain
TOOT Media Solutions met Oman Airports to explore working together and to present AI solutions for airport operations and the passenger experience.
Read more: TOOT meets Oman Airports
TOOT Media Solutions took part in the Riyadh Conference as a partner guest of Eutelsat. The partnership, now almost 15 years old, keeps exploring new media and satellite technology for the region.
Read more: TOOT at the Riyadh Conference as a partner guest of Eutelsat
On the sidelines of the Syria HighTech Exhibition in Damascus, TOOT Media Solutions and Creative Gateways for Technology Solutions met to build a strategic partnership for knowledge transfer, digitisation and AI in Syria.
Read more: TOOT and Creative Gateways meet at Syria HighTech
As part of ITHCA Group's analytical study on digital transformation in Oman, and with strategic partners IBS and GS Oman, TOOT ran a workshop at the Ministry of Information on how AI can raise content quality and efficiency in media. The Minister's office, department directors and the digital transformation team took part.
Read more: AI in media: a workshop at the Ministry of Information, Oman
TOOT visited the Royal Academy of Management in Oman and presented its AI and digital transformation services to the academy's executive management, discussing how they can support Oman Vision 2040.
Read more: TOOT explores cooperation with the Royal Academy of Management
Khaled Taha led a workshop at the Civil Aviation Authority in Muscat on the future of the internet and content in the age of generative AI, held with Ettijahat Training and Development.
Read more: "Are we witnessing the death of the internet?" A workshop at the Civil Aviation Authority
TOOT showcased its new AI Agent with live demos on the North Sharqiyah Governorate stand at COMEX 2025 in Muscat, 8 to 11 September.
Read more: TOOT AI Agent live at COMEX Muscat 2025
TOOT AI engineer Ameen Khaled completed the Alibaba Cloud Certified Professional (ACP) certification as a Cloud Architect.
Read more: Ameen Khaled earns Alibaba Cloud Certified Professional (Cloud Architect)
On Oman TV, Khaled Taha discussed how AI is reshaping media: from chasing views to owning data, algorithms and intelligent systems that can deliver a news bulletin tailored to each viewer.
Read more: Khaled Taha on Oman TV: AI and the future of media
Tabshora now runs two AI learning platforms, with growing traction among business clients.
Read more: Tabshora operates two platforms with growing B2B traction
TOOT Media Solutions and Global Solutions Co – Oman formed a strategic partnership to deliver AI consultancy to the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, combining TOOT's AI expertise with Global Solutions' knowledge of the Omani market.
Read more: TOOT and Global Solutions to provide AI consultancy to the Oman Chamber of Commerce
TOOT visited the Al Jazeera office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and met the team there.
Read more: TOOT visits Al Jazeera in Kuala Lumpur
TOOT and Alibaba Cloud signed a memorandum of understanding that brings Alibaba Cloud Academy training to Tabshora, the Arabic-first AI learning platform, to drive AI training and cloud transformation across the Arab region.
Read more: Tabshora AI LAB partners with Alibaba Cloud Academy
Tabshora secures its initial funding.
Read more: Tabshora secures initial funding
Issam Abu-Taha joined AI Everything Global 2025: the summit in Abu Dhabi on 4 February and the exhibition at Dubai Exhibition Centre on 5 and 6 February.
Read more: TOOT at AI Everything Global 2025
Tabshora deploys its second AI-powered platform.
Read more: Second AI-powered learning platform deployed
More than a thousand paid learners on the platform within months of launch.
Read more: Tabshora passes 1,000 paid learners
TOOT ran its "The Way to AI for Non-Techies" workshop, breaking AI down into simple lessons on the Tabshora micro-learning platform. No technical background was needed, and participants left with skills they could use at work.
Read more: Workshop: "The Way to AI for Non-Techies"
The TOOT Media Solutions team presented Tabshora AI LAB at the Global Media Congress 2024 at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi.
Read more: TOOT presents Tabshora AI LAB at the Global Media Congress 2024
The first version of the Tabshora learning platform goes live.
Read more: Tabshora MVP launched
TOOT launches Tabshora, an Arabic-first AI learning lab built to break the barriers of AI elitism, language and access.
Read more: Tabshora AI LAB launched
Issam Abu-Taha attended the Global AI Summit (GAIN Summit) in Riyadh, hosted by SDAIA, joining discussions on Saudi Arabia's AI initiatives and its support for international organisations such as UNESCO.
Read more: TOOT at the Global AI Summit (GAIN) in Riyadh
TOOT attended Seamless North Africa in Cairo, the region's event for payments, e-commerce, retail and fintech, including a fireside chat on how AI is reshaping retail.
Read more: TOOT at Seamless North Africa in Cairo
TOOT attended the 30th edition of CABSAT in Dubai, the Middle East's show for broadcast, satellite and media technology, held alongside Integrate Middle East, and met broadcast technology vendors on the show floor.
Read more: TOOT at CABSAT 2024 in Dubai
TACA, the TOOT AI Conversational Agent, acts like a digital employee: it understands context, answers from your internal data, automates tasks and workflows, and is fluent in Arabic and English.
Read more: TOOT AI Agent: a new generation of intelligent conversations
TOOT visited the Alibaba office in Singapore, building on its work with Alibaba Cloud, whose Academy partners with Tabshora AI LAB.
Read more: TOOT visits Alibaba in SingaporeTOOT supports the complete AI journey: understand, lead, experiment, sense, automate, execute and scale.
