Innovation Center Challenges
Monsha'at's Innovation Center has run themed tech competitions (IoT, cybersecurity, AI for Umrah) inviting builders to solve business and government problems.
[ What you get ]
Themed technology challenges and hackathons with training, mentoring and prizes (e.g. SAR 500,000 total for the 2024 AI-in-Umrah competition, per Monsha'at news).
[ Who it's for ]
Technologists, entrepreneurs and SMEs building solutions to the challenge theme.
- Run by
- General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monsha'at) – Innovation Center
- Equity
- No equity taken
- Format
- Hybrid
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- 1 week to 3 months per challenge
- Stages
- Idea · Pre-seed · Seed
- Sectors
- IoT · Cybersecurity · AI
[ 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.