# Dr. Mohammed Alhussein

> Dr. Mohammed Alhussein is the Saudi co-founder and CEO of Mozn, a Riyadh enterprise AI company founded in 2017. With degrees from King Saud University, Royal Holloway and George Mason University, he has worked in information security, academic research and teaching before leading a business whose products include FOCAL for financial-crime prevention and OSOS for enterprise knowledge intelligence.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Mozn
- **Organizations:** Mozn, King Saud University, Elm, Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE)
- **Nationality:** Saudi Arabian
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, with honors, King Saud University, Master’s degree in Information Security, Royal Holloway, University of London, PhD, George Mason University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Mozn, which develops FOCAL and OSOS., Co-inventor of US patent US8726005B2, granted in 2014., Led Mozn through its $10 million Series A in 2022 and HUMAIN strategic investment announcement in August 2026.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked on Elm’s founding team.
- **2014** — Named co-inventor on US8726005B2, Website matching based on network traffic, granted May 13.
- **—** — Served as assistant professor at King Saud University’s College of Computer and Information Sciences.
- **—** — Served on SITE’s founding committee and board.
- **2017** — Co-founded Mozn with Khaled Al-Ghoneim; Abdullah Alsaeed and Malik Alyousef later joined as co-founders.
- **2022** — Mozn raised a $10 million Series A led by Raed Ventures.
- **2022** — Mozn introduced OSOS Arabic language technology at the Global AI Summit.
- **2026** — HUMAIN announced strategic investment in Mozn on August 3.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Mozn, which develops FOCAL and OSOS.
- Co-inventor of US patent US8726005B2, granted in 2014.
- Led Mozn through its $10 million Series A in 2022 and HUMAIN strategic investment announcement in August 2026.
- Mozn announced a 13-place rise in RiskTech100 2027 and a Middle East regional leadership award in October 2026; these are company achievements.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 7, Mozn announced it had climbed 13 places in RiskTech100 2027 and won the Middle East regional leadership award.
- **2026-09** — On September 22, Mozn announced enterprise AI deployment partnerships with NourNet, MDS and Ejada.
- **2026-09** — A September 1 Zero to One podcast episode featured Alhussein discussing trusted AI in institutions and adoption in Saudi Arabia.
- **2026-08** — On August 3, HUMAIN announced a strategic investment in Mozn and a joint enterprise AI development partnership.
- **2026-04** — An April 27 column under Alhussein’s name discussed agentic AI assistance for financial-crime investigators.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mozn.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-alhussein-44106a6
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/m_alhussein

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Last updated: 2026-10-21