2014年成立的突尼斯人工智能公司InstaDeep被BioNTech收购。 InstaDeep, a Tunisian AI company founded in 2014, was acquired by BioNTech .
InstaDeep 由首席执行官卡里姆·贝吉尔 (Karim Beguir) 于 2014 年在突尼斯创立，从最初的两台计算机和 2,000 美元发展成为一家价值 7 亿美元的国际企业，并于 2023 年被德国实验室 BioNTech 收购。 InstaDeep, founded in Tunisia by CEO Karim Beguir in 2014, has grown from two computers and $2,000 to a $700 million international operation, acquired by German laboratory BioNTech in 2023. InstaDeep 专注于决策 AI，已与 BioNTech 合作识别 COVID-19 变体，并已将办事处扩展到非洲、中东、欧洲和美洲。 Specializing in decision-making AI, InstaDeep has collaborated with BioNTech to identify COVID-19 variants and has expanded to offices in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and America. 首席执行官贝吉尔希望人工智能能为非洲经济体提供超越原材料出口的机会，他预计未来十年非洲将出现 10 位人工智能冠军。 CEO Beguir hopes that AI will provide African economies with opportunities to move beyond exporting raw materials, and he envisions 10 more AI champions emerging in Africa within the next decade.