Seeing the rapid growth of digital assistants, Abeer El Sisi and Karim El Sahy co-founded Elves in 2016, along with Ahmed Kassem. They looked at the deficiencies in current digital assistants and realized the human element was still needed. By efficiently connecting people with human assistants, Elves’ AI platform learns from these interactions and in turn becomes more efficient and better adept at connecting users with services. 

In today’s episode, Abeer and Karim talk to us about the challenges of being a married couple with the lofty aim of creating the best AI-based digital concierge service provider there is. Today, Elves has over 650,000 users and is looking to close another seed round, after having broken Egypt’s seed funding record with USD 2 mn in 2017. 

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Making It is grateful for the generous support of:

CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories

The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.

EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential.

Links:

* Elves: elvesapp.com

* Enterprise: Enterprise.press

* Inktank: Inktankcommunications.com

Seeing the rapid growth of digital assistants, Abeer El Sisi and Karim El Sahy co-founded Elves in 2016, along with Ahmed Kassem. They looked at the deficiencies in current digital assistants and realized the human element was still needed. By efficiently connecting people with human assistants, Elves&rsquo; AI platform learns from these interactions and in turn becomes more efficient and better adept at connecting users with services.&nbsp;
In today&rsquo;s episode, Abeer and Karim talk to us about the challenges of being a married couple with the lofty aim of creating the best AI-based digital concierge service provider there is. Today, Elves has over 650,000 users and is looking to close another seed round, after having broken Egypt&rsquo;s seed funding record with USD 2 mn in 2017.&nbsp;
** Subscribe to Making it here for <a href="https://bit.ly/35lugvb">https://bit.ly/35lugvb</a>.
** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at <a href="http://www.enterprise.press">www.enterprise.press</a>.&nbsp;
Making It is grateful for the generous support of:
<a href="https://www.cibeg.com/English/Pages/default.aspx">CIB</a>, Egypt&rsquo;s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories
<a href="https://www.usaid.gov/egypt">The United States Agency for International Development</a>, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.
<a href="http://www.efghermes.com">EFG Hermes</a>, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential.
Links:
* Elves: <a href="https://www.elvesapp.com/">elvesapp.com</a>
* Enterprise: <a href="https://enterprise.press/">Enterprise.press</a>
* Inktank: <a href="https://inktankcommunications.com/">Inktankcommunications.com</a>

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to “Make it.”

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to &ldquo;Make it.&rdquo;

Making It

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to “Make it.

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to &ldquo;Make it.

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