The Garage is a startup hub in Riyadh opened by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in 2023 on 28,000 square meters. It hosts incubation and acceleration programs, including the Garage Incubator and the Garage Plus accelerator.
About the program
The hub opened in a former parking building in Riyadh, and its programs began supporting startups in 2022. At opening it had six programs, including the Garage Incubator, the Garage Plus accelerator, the MVP Lab and the GAIA generative AI accelerator, in partnership with Google for Startups and the National Information Technology Development Program. In March 2026, the Garage Incubator opened registration for early-stage tech companies in ten deep tech fields.
Covers The Garage hub and its programs (Garage Incubator, Garage Plus accelerator); no separate recent evidence for Garage Plus, so one file. Incubator 2026 call requires teams of 2+, company under 2 years old, prototype-stage product, full-time in-person attendance. Official site blocked our fetch (Cloudflare 403); facts from press. 'founded' = hub inauguration (Sept 2023); programs started 2022.
What it offers
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI, Deep tech
- Format
- Cohorts