00:00It's opening night at a Web Summit Qatar. The global tech event is sold out with over 30,000 innovators and tech fans here for startups, breakthroughs and connections.
00:10I also cannot wait to meet some of the 1,600 startups exhibiting on our floor outside here over the next three days.
00:18It's a record number and also an astonishingly globally diverse group. 85% of startups joining are from outside Qatar.
00:30Equally important, though, are the 15% from Qatar.
00:35The summit running through February 4 is full of new ideas, tech demos and the people behind them.
00:41The Ruby Residency Program, we are launching a 10-year residency program for entrepreneurs, founders and senior executives.
00:49We invite you to put down roots and grow alongside a nation that invested in your future.
00:56Web Summit Qatar 2026 is officially underway.
00:58Thousands are here and the conversations shaping the future of tech have just begun.
01:04Mohamed Alashi, your news, Doha.
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