Tarjama

About Tarjama

Tarjama is a language technology company specializing in AI-driven solutions for the Arabic language. Founded in 2008 by Nour Al Hassan, the company was established to address a market gap for high-quality, efficient Arabic translation and content services in the MENA region. Al Hassan, a lawyer by education, experienced firsthand the challenges of poor-quality translations and slow turnaround times while working for an international organization in Jordan, which motivated her to create a company with global standards focused on the MENA market.

The company began in Amman, Jordan, with a model focused on empowering women by providing remote work opportunities, and later expanded its headquarters to the UAE. Tarjama has since grown from a few employees to a team of over 300 and serves more than 700 clients globally, including governmental organizations and large enterprises across various sectors like finance, legal, and healthcare. The firm's business model is centered on providing technology-driven language services through a suite of proprietary products. Revenue is generated from these products and services, which cater to businesses requiring multilingual content solutions.

Tarjama's core offerings include a range of AI-powered products. A key product is Pronoia V2, its proprietary Arabic-first Large Language Model (LLM) designed for enterprise applications, which the company states outperforms other global models on Arabic tasks. This technology powers the Arabic.AI platform, an ecosystem of AI agents for businesses. Other products include AMT (Arabic Machine Translation), an engine for business documents; CleverSo, a translation management system; T-Portal, a comprehensive content services platform; and FastScribe, for transcription and translation in over 55 languages. The company also offers AI services like data annotation and prompt engineering.

Significant milestones include securing $5 million in funding in 2019 and a subsequent $15 million Series A round in May 2025. This latest funding, led by Global Ventures, is intended to accelerate the rollout of its Arabic.AI ecosystem and expand its engineering and research teams. The company has maintained profitability and has reported a 20% compound annual growth rate in revenue over the last three years.