AI companies in Pakistan (2026)

AI work in Pakistan happens in three kinds of company: IT services firms with dedicated AI practices, AI product companies built around one product, and global companies whose AI engineering teams sit in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. Below are 18 of them, what each one actually builds, where its offices are, and which ones run internships.

This is not a ranking. Companies are grouped by type, and every detail comes from the company’s own website or credible press, checked in October 2026. The sources are listed at the end. AI companies change quickly, so if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

The list at a glance

IT services firms with AI practices

These companies build AI systems for clients, usually alongside their wider software work. They are the ones a business would hire, and they also hire the most graduates.

Arbisoft

Founded in 2007, with offices in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. Arbisoft builds custom AI and machine learning systems for clients, including agentic AI and MLOps work. arbisoft.com

10Pearls

Founded in 2004, with offices in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. It describes itself as AI-native and works across machine learning, computer vision, generative AI and agentic systems. It runs the Shine internship, an online programme for computer science undergraduates from sixth semester onwards. 10pearls.com

Folio3

Founded in 2005, with offices in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Its AI services cover computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing and agentic AI. folio3.com

Systems Limited

Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Lahore, with offices in Karachi and Islamabad. One of the oldest IT firms in the country, with a generative AI line inside its data and analytics practice. It merged with Confiz in 2026. Its one-year Management Trainee Programme takes graduates in IT, business and management. systemsltd.com

Tkxel

Founded in 2008 and based in Lahore. Tkxel offers AI consulting, AI agents, MLOps and data engineering. tkxel.com

VentureDive

Founded in 2012, with offices in Karachi and Lahore. Alongside data and AI services, it builds its own products, including ShelfAlign for retail shelf analysis and Altira for Arabic and Urdu call centres. It acquired the data and AI firm NexDegree in 2022. venturedive.com

Techlogix

Founded in 1996, with offices in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Techlogix works on data analytics, machine learning and generative AI, and spun out AdalFi, an AI credit-scoring company. techlogix.com

Emumba

Founded in 2011 and based in Islamabad. Emumba builds generative and agentic AI systems and data platforms for enterprise clients. emumba.com

Xavor

Founded in 1995 and based in Lahore. Xavor positions itself as AI-first, offering generative AI, agentic and machine learning solutions. xavor.com

CodeNinja

Based in Lahore. Its AI lab builds agentic workflows and AI infrastructure for enterprise clients. codeninjaconsulting.com

Datics AI

Founded in 2018, with its delivery team in Lahore and headquarters in Austin. Datics AI specialises in adding AI features to existing vertical SaaS products. datics.ai

Tezeract

Founded in 2021 and based in Karachi. A small applied AI firm working on machine learning, computer vision, NLP and generative AI projects. tezeract.ai

AI product companies

These companies build and sell their own AI products rather than working on client projects.

Afiniti

Founded in 2005, with operations in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. Afiniti builds AI that pairs callers with contact centre agents, and AI agents for customer service. It went through a lender-led restructuring in 2024, continues to operate, and said in 2025 that it planned to expand its Pakistan operations. afiniti.com

Vyro AI

Based at the National Science and Technology Park at NUST, Islamabad. Vyro builds consumer generative AI apps for images, video and voice, best known for ImagineArt. imagine.art

Uplift AI

Founded in 2024, with Lahore and San Francisco listed on its website. Uplift builds text-to-speech and voice APIs for Urdu, Sindhi, Balochi and other regional languages. upliftai.org

Nectar Social

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in the United States, with an engineering hub in Lahore. Nectar Social builds agentic AI for brands’ social media marketing. nectarsocial.com

Global companies with AI teams in Pakistan

Motive

Founded in 2013, with engineering teams in Lahore and Islamabad. Motive builds AI dashcams and fleet safety models, and much of that AI work is done in Pakistan. Its PK Internship 2026 is a 12-week hybrid programme in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi, with AI, backend, frontend, mobile and QA tracks for sixth-semester CS and SE students. gomotive.com

Securiti AI, a Veeam company

Founded in 2019, with engineering in Islamabad and Karachi. Securiti builds a platform for data security, privacy and AI governance. Veeam completed its acquisition of Securiti AI in December 2025, so Pakistan roles now appear on Veeam’s careers site. securiti.ai

AI companies in Islamabad and Rawalpindi

Ten of the companies above have an Islamabad office: Arbisoft, 10Pearls, Folio3, Systems Limited, Techlogix, Emumba, Vyro AI, Afiniti, Motive and Securiti AI. We could not verify a Rawalpindi office for any of them.

Ezitech is a software house in Rawalpindi. More on where we fit is further down.

For students: which AI companies run internships

Three companies on this list publish a structured internship or graduate programme on their own websites:

• Motive: PK Internship 2026, 12 weeks, hybrid, with an AI track. Open to sixth-semester CS and SE students.
• 10Pearls: Shine, an online internship in software development, QA and data science, for CS undergraduates from sixth semester with a 3.0 CGPA.
• Systems Limited: a one-year Management Trainee Programme for graduates in IT, business and management.

For the others, watch their careers pages and LinkedIn, and apply directly with a small project that shows you can ship something. These programmes are competitive, so a portfolio matters more than a certificate. Useful next reads:

• How to become an AI engineer and the machine learning roadmap
• Internship interview questions in Pakistan
• A developer portfolio that gets replies
• Ezitech’s own AI internship tracks, including machine learning, deep learning and computer vision

For businesses: how to choose an AI company in Pakistan

Most of the firms above can build a working demo. What separates them is what happens after the demo. Ask these questions before signing:

• Show me one AI feature you built that is in production now. A live system with real users tells you more than a slide deck.
• How will you measure whether it works? Expect a clear test set and a number, such as accuracy on your own data or the share of queries answered correctly.
• What will it cost to run each month? Model and hosting costs continue after launch. See what running an AI feature costs.
• Who owns the data, the prompts and the trained model? Get this in the contract.
• Is our data ready? A good vendor will tell you if it is not. Check first with the AI data readiness checklist.
• Should we build at all? For many support use cases an off-the-shelf tool is enough. Compare in AI customer support: build vs buy.

Where Ezitech fits

Ezitech is a software house in Rawalpindi, delivering client software since 2011 and registered with the Pakistan Software Export Board. We are not on the list above because a list written by one of the companies on it would not be neutral.

Our AI work focuses on practical business problems: chatbots for customer queries, WhatsApp chatbots, document and OCR automation, and AI that works in Urdu and Roman Urdu. See our AI solutions for what we build. For students, we run AI internships from Rawalpindi or remotely, and an online AI course in Roman Urdu.

AI companies in Pakistan: questions

How many AI companies are there in Pakistan?

There is no official count. Directory sites list somewhere between one and two hundred companies offering AI services, but many are general software houses with an AI page. This list covers companies where AI is a substantial, verifiable part of the work.

Which AI companies in Pakistan offer internships?

Motive (PK Internship 2026), 10Pearls (Shine) and Systems Limited (Management Trainee Programme) publish structured programmes on their own sites. Others hire interns through their careers pages and LinkedIn without a fixed programme.

Are there AI companies in Islamabad?

Yes. Arbisoft, 10Pearls, Folio3, Systems Limited, Techlogix, Emumba, Vyro AI, Afiniti, Motive and Securiti AI all have Islamabad offices. Emumba and Vyro AI are based there.

What is the difference between an AI company and a software house with AI services?

An AI product company sells one AI product. A software house or IT services firm builds AI systems for clients as part of wider software work. Most AI work in Pakistan is done by the second kind.

How much does it cost to hire an AI company in Pakistan?

It depends on scope, data and how the system will run after launch, so fixed prices without a scoping call are a warning sign. Ask for the build cost and the monthly running cost separately.

Sources

Company websites and LinkedIn company pages for each firm listed, checked October 2026. Programme details: Motive PK Internship 2026, 10Pearls Shine, Systems Limited trainees. Ownership and corporate changes: Veeam acquires Securiti AI, Systems Limited and Confiz merger, Afiniti Pakistan expansion, VentureDive acquires NexDegree, Uplift AI funding, Nectar Social in Lahore.