Akilion · AI Holding · Istanbul · Casablanca · Dubai · Tashkent
We acquire, build, and back AI apps
in markets the West overlooks.
Akilion is an AI holding company with established offices in Istanbul, Casablanca, Dubai, and Tashkent. We buy apps with real traction, build our own, and back founders across Türkiye, MENA, the Gulf, and Central Asia.
4
Established offices
1,500+
Students on Mentoras
7
Days to an offer
2
Products in portfolio
The model
Acquire. Build.
Invest.
One thesis, three ways in: we buy AI apps with real usage, build our own where we see whitespace, and back founders in markets our offices reach.
Sell your appWe buy AI apps
Profitable or fast-growing AI products whose founders want a clean exit. A straight, founder-friendly process: an offer within 7 days, close within 30. We keep what we buy running.
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We build our own
Mentoras: Türkiye’s AI tutor for the YKS national exam, 1,500+ students, backed by TÜBİTAK BiGG and Teknopark Istanbul. Interior AI: generative design for furniture and rooms, in pilot across Türkiye and Morocco.
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We back founders
Early checks and real distribution for AI founders building for Türkiye, MENA, the Gulf, and Central Asia. Four offices open doors that capital alone can’t.
Where we operate
Four cities. One thesis.
Istanbul
Türkiye
Casablanca
Morocco
Dubai
UAE
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Why Akilion
Four offices.
One network.
On the ground
Established offices in Istanbul, Casablanca, Dubai, and Tashkent. We operate where most acquirers and funds can’t: local teams, local language, local distribution.
Fast capital
No committees, no quarters-long diligence. An offer within 7 days, close within 30. Founder-friendly terms, and we keep what we buy running.
Founder-led
Run by operators who build and ship, not analysts. We move with founder speed: no sales department, no slide-deck layer between you and a decision.
About
A holding company,
not an agency.
Akilion acquires, builds, and backs AI applications. The group operates from four established offices (Istanbul, Casablanca, Dubai, Tashkent) covering Türkiye, MENA, the Gulf, and Central Asia.
The group deploys its own capital and operates what it owns: in-house engineering, distribution, and operations teams in every market it covers. TÜBİTAK BiGG and Teknopark Istanbul are among its institutional backers.
The thesis is simple: AI apps win on distribution, and our distribution runs through markets the West overlooks.
Updates
Latest from the studio
- Jul 2026
Akilion operates from four established offices: Istanbul, Casablanca, Dubai, and Tashkent.
- May 2026
Interior AI pilot launching at Milan AI Week. Limited beta access. Request via contact.
- May 2026
Mentoras crosses 1,500 active YKS students.
- Apr 2026
Akilion accepted to TÜBİTAK BiGG via Teknopark Istanbul.
Own an AI app? Building one?
Sell it to us, or build it with us. Write to [email protected]. You’ll have an answer within days, not months.
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