Amal Bin Essa
Chairwoman of the Board of SEE AI.
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Name in Arabic:
أمل بن عيسى
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Nationality:
Saudi
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Country of Residence:
Saudi Arabia
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Amal Bin Essa's Bio
Chairwoman of the Board of SEE AI, a consultancy specializing in artificial intelligence solutions, since 2024 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
She is an investor and partner in 1MORETHING, a deep-tech venture capital fund, since 2025, and a Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships at the Saudi chapter of Women in AI since January 2025. She is also an Investor and Member of Numu Angels since December 2023.
She has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Fihm.ai since October 2021, and a Member of the Artificial Intelligence Center at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University since September 2024.
Amal is an artificial intelligence and digital transformation expert and a strategic advisor, with over 12 years of professional experience across the public and private sectors. Since 2014, she has been active in startup development, angel investing, and AI consulting and solutions. She founded several companies, including SEE AI in 2024, which focuses on AI consulting and solutions, and co-founded Ilham Platform in 2024, a predictive AI platform, where she served as Chief Technology Officer. She also founded Selfni, a financial and technology services company, in 2023.
Amal has contributed as a judge and mentor in several local and international hackathons and accelerators, including programs affiliated with Google and CyberIC. In addition, she has participated in global accelerators such as Plug and Play Silicon Valley and NewNative, and achieved advanced placements in the local SITE accelerator during 2017 and 2018.
She holds a master’s degree in Data Science and Machine Learning from Dublin City University in Ireland (2019) and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (2014). She has also completed advanced professional certifications from DeepLearning.AI and MIT xPRO in computer vision, large language models, applied artificial intelligence, and data governance.
She has also obtained the Certified Executive Manager (CEM) certification, a Nanodegree in Computer Vision from Udacity (2021), and completed the Advanced Entrepreneurship Skills Development Program by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In the field of investment, she earned a certification in private investments and initial public offerings (IPOs) from the Saudi Financial Academy and Harvard Business School.




