Khalifa is the founder and CEO of Shapr, a fast growing applied AI agency in Dubai. He’s also a product specialist, startup mentor and a venture builder.

Khalifa’s background is a mix of product- and business development from corporates and startups in Finland and the Middle East. He has mentored 200+ startups through acceleration/incubation programs, consulted governments and large corporations on AI, innovation, and product development strategy, and ran corporate innovation/acceleration programs.