Hashim Alsharifهاشم الشريف

I’m Hashim, founder and CEO of Loura. We’re building AI that does real work for mission critical industries, starting with manufacturing.

I want to build one of the most important technology companies to come out of MENA. The industries we’re working in keep the world running. There’s a lot to understand, and a lot to build.

Before Loura, I joined Tamara at 18, working on financial infrastructure and new business lines. I’m largely self taught. I learned English playing Multi Theft Auto, and much of what I know about technology, finance, and companies came from following questions until I understood them well enough to do something with the answers.

I spend a lot of time thinking about how companies work: where capital goes, how exceptional people find each other, why some organizations keep getting better, and why others stop. Building Loura gives me a chance to test those ideas and find out where I’m wrong.

This website is where I write down what I’m learning. Sometimes that means building a bank model from first principles. Sometimes it means writing about a company I tried to start that didn’t work. I want to keep a record of what I thought, why I thought it, and what changed my mind.

I live in Riyadh.