Iran AI Factory (AIIF) is a venture-building and investment platform for AI startups, established within the revival of the Azadi Innovation Factory. Its flagship programme, 100RFS, sets out to solve 100 real problems of large Iranian industries with AI and spin the solutions out as scalable startups. Services span venture shaping, acceleration and investment.
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Business model & group
What it isCompany disclosed
Iran AI Factory, a venture builder and accelerator for artificial-intelligence startups, running formation, acceleration and industry-connection tracks alongside a community programme.
AIIF, company website ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-02Positions itself as a startup factory rather than a fund, so its output should be tracked as portfolio companies formed, not cheques written.
Seed investment termsAs at September 2026Company disclosed
Up to 2 billion toman, about 9,300 US dollars, in cash and in-kind support for seed-stage teams and early products, structured as a convertible note with no valuation set at that stage.
AIIF, company website ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-02USD converted at 215,335 toman per dollar, the Tehran Index working rate for 1 September 2026, the closest rate to the retrieval date rather than to any historical period.
Growth investment termsAs at September 2026Company disclosed
Up to 50 billion toman, about 232,000 US dollars, for qualifying teams at growth and scale stage, with equity and terms set at the time of valuation.
AIIF, company website ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-02USD converted at 215,335 toman per dollar, the Tehran Index working rate for 1 September 2026. Note the scale: the top ticket is roughly a quarter of a million dollars, which sizes AIIF against seed rather than growth rounds by international convention.
ProgrammesAs at September 2026Company disclosed
Pol Hackathon, in its fourth edition at time of retrieval, and 100RFS, a call framed around 100 real problems sourced from industry, the market and large businesses.
AIIF, company website ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-02100RFS is a request-for-startup style sourcing programme and is the most trackable signal AIIF publishes; the problem list would map directly onto Tehran Index sector taxonomy.
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What it isCompany disclosed
Iran AI Factory, a venture builder and accelerator for artificial-intelligence startups, running formation, acceleration and industry-connection tracks alongside a community programme.
Seed investment termsCompany disclosedAs at September 2026
Up to 2 billion toman, about 9,300 US dollars, in cash and in-kind support for seed-stage teams and early products, structured as a convertible note with no valuation set at that stage.
Pol Hackathon, in its fourth edition at time of retrieval, and 100RFS, a call framed around 100 real problems sourced from industry, the market and large businesses.
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