How One AI App Won ₹1.28 Crore in Dubai | Sulthana Safeer | Founders Unfiltered

Founders Unfiltered — real founder stories, unfiltered. In this episode, host Muhammed Roshan sits down with Sulthana Safeer, the young Kerala-born innovator who won the Dubai Create Apps Championship and USD 150,000 (₹1.28 crore) for her AI-powered app BieBite — an award presented by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai. Competing against 4,710 participants from 132 countries, Sulthana won the "Best Youth-Made App" category with BieBite — an app that uses AI and barcode scanning to detect food that could be harmful or allergic to you, and suggests safer alternatives available in the UAE market. In this honest conversation, she shares the real story behind the win: where the idea came from, the struggles along the way, the mindset that kept her going, and what comes next. IN THIS EPISODE: How Sulthana came up with BieBite and what the app actually does Winning the "Best Youth-Made App" at the Dubai Create Apps Championship What it felt like to receive the award from Sheikh Hamdan Beating 4,710 participants from 132 countries Turning a prototype into a real product and building a team Being a young woman founder in the UAE tech scene Her advice for students and aspiring entrepreneurs Whether you're a founder, a student, or someone with an idea you haven't started yet — this story will push you to begin. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for new episodes of Founders Unfiltered. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙 FOLLOW FOUNDERS UNFILTERED JRHQ Instagram:   / jrperformancehq   👤 HOST — Muhammed Roshan Instagram:   / theroshaneffect   🌐 POWERED BY JRHQ Website: https://jrhqae.com/ JRHQ is a Dubai-based, AI-driven creative consulting firm that helps businesses across the UAE & MENA build complete digital systems — AI & CRM automation, custom development, marketing & brand growth, and global sourcing. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #FoundersUnfiltered #SulthanaSafeer #BieBite #MuhammedRoshan #Podcast #UAE #Dubai #Entrepreneur #Malayali #JRHQ #SheikhHamdan #CreateApps