AstroLabs is a
Dubai
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-based digital capability building
company
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Google for Startups (GFS) co-working space member of the GFS Tech Hub Network, with offices in
Riyadh
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and
Beirut
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Overview
AstroLabs is the first tech hub that is partnered with Google in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
(UAE).
Network members have access to over twenty hubs in various cities in the world, and can also meet with local entrepreneurs. The work space is located in Dubai's Jumeirah Lakes Towers neighborhood. AstroLabs was founded in 2012 by Louis Lebbos & Muhammed Mekki, co-founders of Namshi.com. The company launched in March 2013.
In 2016, AstroLabs hosted the Women in STEM (WiSTEM) Hackathon,
among 328 other public community events.
In 2020, Astrolabs has launched its first the Set Up in Saudi Platform, on how businesses can set up a 100% foreign-owned entity in the Kingdom.
AstroLabs has inspired the formation of technology-based businesses in the area.
Company name
The company's name is based upon the
astrolabe
An astrolabe ( grc, ἀστρολάβος ; ar, ٱلأَسْطُرلاب ; persian, ستارهیاب ) is an ancient astronomical instrument that was a handheld model of the universe. Its various functions also make it an elaborate inclin ...
, a tool for navigation that was used by mariners in the Middle Ages.
References
Further reading
"Aiming to Educate Middle East Entrepreneurs, Astrolabs Takes Off" Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a Private university, private Ivy League rese ...
. May 28, 2013.
External links
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Astrolabs at Google for Entrepreneurs
Google
Companies based in Dubai
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