Llama Design Drive (MENA)
A Meta-backed sprint programme, run by Startupbootcamp, in which MENA startups built AI products on Llama for corporate challenges, including a sprint in Saudi Arabia. It ran once in 2024 and no later edition has been announced.
[ What you get ]
Four-week build sprints on Meta's open-source Llama models with Meta engineering mentorship and workshops, up to USD 25,000 in AWS credits, corporate challenge partners, and a possible fast-track into a global Meta programme.
[ Who it's for ]
MENA startups building generative/agentic AI use cases on Llama for set industry challenges.
- Run by
- Meta with Startupbootcamp
- Equity
- Not published
- Format
- Hybrid
- Where
- Multiple cities
- Duration
- Three 4-week sprints (UAE, KSA, Egypt)
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Series A
- Sectors
- AI · Mobility · Energy · Retail · Proptech
[ Elden Studios ]
Accepted? Show up with a product.
Programmes back founders who ship. Elden Studios builds your MVP in weeks, in your name, so you walk in with something live.
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:startupbootcamp.orgdharab.com