Doha | February 2026
As Hey Mobility, we have successfully completed our participation at Web Summit Qatar 2026, one of the Middle East’s rising technology and entrepreneurship gatherings. Our founder Rasim Serim shared that after attending Web Summit 2025 in Lisbon as a visitor, returning this year to Doha as an exhibitor with a booth on the BETA Stage marked an important milestone for our team.

A new regional hub: the Dubai–Doha–Riyadh corridor

Although the event appeared more compact in scale compared to Lisbon, it took place within a highly active and high-quality ecosystem in Qatar. Startups, investors, and institutions from different geographies came together on the same ground to explore partnerships and new market opportunities.
In Rasim Serim’s words, the Dubai–Qatar–Riyadh triangle is increasingly being referred to as the “new Europe,” becoming a powerful hub for investors and startups to connect and grow.

The summit’s main focus: AI and real-world applications

Across stages and panels, artificial intelligence was at the center of nearly every discussion. For many startups today, integrating AI into their business model is no longer an “extra” feature, but a core requirement for competitiveness. As the Hey Mobility team, we closely followed emerging trends in data-driven management, user experience, and sustainability within smart cities and mobility operations.

Tangible outcomes for Hey Mobility

For us, Web Summit Qatar 2026 was not only a visibility opportunity, but a business development process that delivered measurable results:

• We built a strong pipeline through new partnerships and potential customer meetings.
• We completed the establishment process of our second international company in Qatar.
• We closely analyzed regional growth dynamics, as well as regulatory frameworks and incentive structures.
• Through connections aligned with Hey Mobility’s smart city vision, we added new opportunity areas to our 2026 roadmap.

From our founder, Rasim Serim
“Taking part in Web Summit Qatar 2026 this year with a booth on the BETA Stage was an important step for Hey Mobility. We returned from the summit with new partnerships, potential customers, and renewed motivation.”

Next step: turning conversations in Doha into projects

We are now working to transform the connections initiated at Web Summit Qatar 2026 into pilot projects and scalable collaborations in the coming period.