ITEX 2026: Iraqi AI and tech startups expand

Baghdad (IraqiNews. com) – Iraqi, regional, and international technology enterprises showcased cutting-edge solutions in artificial intelligence, network synchronization, and enterprise digital transformation during their participation in the Iraq International Information and Communications Technology Exhibition in Baghdad. The participating companies expressed strong ambition to expand operations and capture growing commercial opportunities in Iraq’s rapidly developing technological sector. Hassan Abdul-Baqi Khalaf, founder of domestic startup Al-Burhan for AI Image and Video Recognition, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the venture originated from registered patents specializing in automated media verification and tamper protection against digital forgery and deepfakes.

Khalaf—a computer science student at the American University of Iraq – Baghdad (AUIB) collaborating with a doctoral partner in mathematics and physics—highlighted that their platform processes requests for more than 3,000 daily active users across private corporate clients and the public. Delivering up to 95 percent accuracy in identifying manipulated content, the company is leveraging its inaugural exhibition presence to pursue operational partnerships with federal entities, specifically the Ministry of Interior, to detect fabricated media and enhance sovereign cyber verification tools. International infrastructure providers also underscored their entry into the domestic market. Engineer Ahmed Mustafa of Canada’s Al-Mamas, an IT and network engineering specialist, revealed that the firm is seeking to establish an operational foothold in Iraq following successful deployments in the UAE, Qatar, and Egypt. Al-Mamas holds exclusive distribution rights across the Middle East and North Africa for…