Our Story

Built to Solve the Problem the Founder Lived

Comfi.ai started with a simple question: why do profitable UAE businesses fail because they cannot access the cash they have already earned?

The Origin

From the Inside of the Problem

Before founding Comfi.ai, our CEO Sanjar Samiev ran a trading business supplying goods to large commercial buyers across the UAE. The business was profitable on paper. Invoices went out on time, goods were delivered, clients were satisfied. But the cash consistently arrived 60 to 90 days after delivery.

During that gap, the business still had to pay suppliers in 30 days, cover staff costs, and fund the next order cycle. Sanjar's team spent significant time each month managing that mismatch, negotiating extended terms from suppliers and chasing buyers for earlier payment.

When he tried to solve it with bank financing, the process took weeks, required two years of audited accounts, and demanded collateral the business did not have. Factoring companies were faster but opaque about their decisions and expensive without explanation.

Comfi.ai was built to do it right: transparent AI scoring, fast decisions based on live data, and rates that reflect actual risk rather than a standard bank margin. The first version of the platform was used internally before it was offered to other businesses.

Angel funded: $1,500,000 raised in June 2025 to scale the AI scoring platform across the MENA region.
Gate Avenue DIFC Dubai, where Comfi.ai is headquartered
The Team

The People Behind Comfi.ai

Sanjar Samiev, CEO and Co-Founder of Comfi.ai
Sanjar Samiev
CEO and Co-Founder

He/him. Built and operated a UAE-based trading business before founding Comfi.ai, working directly through the cash flow gaps the platform addresses. Leads product direction, client relationships, and UAE market development.

Nadia Petrov, CTO of Comfi.ai
Nadia Petrov
CTO and Co-Founder

Years building distributed financial data infrastructure and real-time scoring systems. Specialises in the API plumbing that makes fast credit decisions possible on live transactional data. Designed and built the Comfi.ai scoring engine from the ground up.

Omar Al-Rashid, Head of Risk at Comfi.ai
Omar Al-Rashid
Head of Risk

Credit risk background in UAE and Gulf commercial lending, building SMB credit models and managing portfolio risk across the region. Joined Comfi.ai to design a risk framework that moves with live data rather than quarterly statements. Owns credit policy, scoring calibration, and portfolio monitoring.

What We Believe

The Principles Behind the Platform

Transparency First

Every offer shows the advance amount, fee, and repayment terms upfront. No hidden costs discovered after acceptance. We explain what the AI scored and why.

Fair Pricing

Rates reflect actual risk, not a blanket margin. Businesses with strong invoice books and reliable debtors should pay less. Our model improves rates as your track record builds.

Speed as Respect

Making a business wait weeks for a financing decision is not due diligence, it is friction. Our AI scoring is designed to return decisions in minutes because time is the most limited resource a small business has.

Built for the Region

UAE trade has its own rhythms, regulations, and debtor patterns. Our scoring models are trained on regional data. We operate from DIFC under UAE financial regulation. We are not a global product adapted here, we are a regional product built here.

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