Saudi universities largely provide subsidized on-campus housing, and off-campus shared rentals among unrelated students are far less common than in Western markets, especially given gender-segregation norms. This shrinks the addressable market well below what a Western 'roommate app' analogy suggests.

Rent-splitting is a thin feature, not a business — it's a payments utility most groups solve via existing chat and bank transfers. The real value would be trusted matching and verified listings, but trust and safety for strangers cohabiting carries heavy cultural and legal sensitivity here.

There may be a narrower opening: helping the subset of students (often male, postgrad, or those in cities without sufficient dorms) coordinate verified housing. But that requires validating real demand before building, not assuming a US-style market exists.