{
  "id": 9532588,
  "title": "Meet the young Emirati woman making waves in Silicon Valley",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/meet-the-young-emirati-woman-making-waves-in-silicon-valley",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-24T09:43:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/09/24/meet-the-young-emirati-woman-making-waves-in-silicon-valley/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Maryam Al Abbar, a young Emirati entrepreneur, has made a significant impact in Silicon Valley with her AI-driven companies, Carbon2Capital and ReachLLM. Al Abbar credits her upbringing and her mother's encouragement for her success. She was introduced to entrepreneurship through the Bloomberg Challenge while studying at Zayed University, where she met her co-founders. Their first start-up, Carbon2Capital, led to their participation in several programs, eventually taking them to the UK and Silicon Valley. In Silicon Valley, Al Abbar faced the challenge of being an Emirati woman in a predominantly male environment. She emphasizes the importance of trying new things and not being afraid to fail. Al Abbar's ambition is to see an Emirati entrepreneur create a billion-dollar technology company. She encourages young Emiratis to have the courage to pursue their dreams and break barriers.",
  "summary": "Most of us aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives when we are 22, but that’s certainly not the case with Maryam Al Abbar. The young Emirati entrepreneur has already opened her own start-up in Silicon Valley and has no plans to stop there. Ms Al Abbar, who runs the AI-driven carbon footprint calculation firm Carbon2Capital and ReachLLM, an AI platform that helps businesses understand and…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Meet the young Emirati woman making waves in Silicon Valley",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/meet-the-young-emirati-woman-making-waves-in-silicon-valley-9534434",
        "published": "2026-09-24T09:43:53.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}