سلام لينك

Speak your language.Hear their heart.

A handshake becomes a private, real-time conversation bridge — so any two pilgrims can truly understand each other in the Haram.

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180+ countries in the Haram 30M+ annual pilgrimage visits 1 universal greeting Advanced to Stage 2 · Hajj & Umrah Tech Challenge 2026

Jul 2026

SalamLink has been selected to advance to Stage 2 of the Hajj & Umrah Tech Challenge 2026. Competing in the Language and Communication Technologies track, the team now joins an intensive bootcamp delivered by the Digital Entrepreneurship Center (CODE), with program partners including the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah and the Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites.

The problem

Millions share the Haram.
Most cannot speak to each other.

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Pilgrims arrive from 180+ countries speaking dozens of languages.
Translation apps feel transactional, slow, and awkward.
Spontaneous, human connection is lost in the crowd.

SalamLink handshake mark and Arabic calligraphy surrounded by the flags of 180+ nations represented at the Haram

Where help gets lost

When every minute and every word matters

Medical emergency

A pilgrim in distress can’t explain symptoms, allergies, or medication history to staff when every minute counts.

Lost pilgrim

In crowded sites, a lost pilgrim struggles to ask directions, find their group, or follow a volunteer’s instructions.

Security & crowd control

Guides and security teams must give urgent instructions across language barriers during crowd movement and checkpoints.

Hotel & logistics desk

Front desks serve thousands from every country, where language gaps delay check-ins, transport, and basic assistance.

Our insight

The handshake is already the universal Islamic greeting.

What if that single moment opened a private conversational channel — with real-time translation — so two pilgrims could speak heart-to-heart, without apps to fumble or numbers to exchange?

SalamLink wearable on the back of the hand

Our solution

SalamLink — wearable + app

A minimal wearable on the palm. A phone app for the conversation. One ritual to connect.

The wearable — a light, breathable palm strap that connects two pilgrims the instant they shake hands.

The app — push-to-talk translation and consent on your phone. No accounts. No typing. Just understanding.

Private & secureUmrah glossaryWudu-friendlyOffline roadmap

How it works

Three steps. One move.

Shake hands the Sunnah way — that’s the only thing you do. The phones link and translation follows automatically. No tapping, no setup in the moment.

The only move

Shake hands

The two wearables recognize each other the moment you shake hands — you keep shaking hands, not tapping phones.

Then automatically

Apps link

Both phones quietly confirm the connection in the background — nothing to tap in the moment.

Then automatically

Speak naturally

Talk in your language; the other hears and reads the translation. Heart to heart.

Live demo · working today

A handshake that starts a translated conversation, already running.

Our app runs a real-time translated conversation in the lab today — a handshake starts the conversation, and two people speak across languages in seconds.

Real-time translationTwo-phone mode

Two pilgrims shaking hands wearing the SalamLink wearable, triggering a translation session

Our wearable · lab prototype

Designed for the hand, built for the Haram.

A device on the palm leaves the hand free for everything else — and turns the natural handshake into the connection.

Minimal strap — comfortable & breathable

Designed around the natural handshake

Instant, effortless pairing

Wudu-friendly & lightweight

Palm placement keeps the hand free

Private & secure by design

Aligned with Saudi Vision 2030

A communication layer for a safer, more inclusive pilgrimage

As Saudi Arabia scales toward 30 million pilgrims a year, multilingual communication becomes core infrastructure — not just an app feature.

Capacity expansion

A human-to-human communication layer for pilgrims, guides, volunteers, and service teams at scale.

Digital pilgrim experience

Technology-enabled services that make meeting and helping fellow Muslims effortless.

Spiritual & cultural enrichment

Pilgrimage is also about connecting with Muslims from every part of the world.

Operational readiness

Easing bottlenecks across hotels, transport, medical support, and crowd management.

Market opportunity

A vast, unmet need for dignified connection

180+

countries represented every season

30M+

annual Umrah + Hajj visits

Daily

friction for pilgrims without fluent Arabic

Roadmap

From working prototype to pilot & scale

May–Jun 2026

Working prototype

Lab wearable, two-phone mode, live translation.

Now · Jul 2026

Stage 2 bootcamp

Developing SalamLink through intensive training in AI, investment, customer experience, data governance, visual identity, marketing, and pitching.

Q4 2026–2027

Hotel pilot

500+ rentals through partner-first distribution.

2027+

Production

Offline models, P2P mode, multi-language scale.

I shook his hand. We spoke — me in Urdu, him in Arabic — and for a moment, we were not strangers. We were brothers.

— The SalamLink promise

Get involved

Join us in connecting the ummah

Pilgrim waitlist

Interested in renting SalamLink for your next Umrah? Be first to know when we launch.

Partner inquiry

Hotels, tour operators, and institutions — bring dignified multilingual connection to your guests.

Team & contact

Builders behind SalamLink

Jawad Mansoor

Design & Engineering

Imaad Mansoor

Business & Operations

Naufil Hassan

AI Specialist

Ateequa Yaqoob

Creative Design

Waneeza Zaheer

Software Engineer

Hamzah Zaheer