Good morning!Here’s your weekly roundup of Middle East AI News!It comes as no surprise that the UAE has temporarily halted private drone flights over the country, following the fatal drone attacks last week. I'm sure that the authorities will be ensuring that the painful lessons learned from January 17th are fully taken into account before allowing drones back into the air.Big funding news this week, as Abu Dhabi's Chimera Capital reveals it is the UAE asset manager behind the new $10 billion Alpha Wave Ventures II fund, which will invest in global tech ventures. The US fund manager, Alpha Wave Global (previously Falcon Edge Capital), launched an Alpha Wave Incubation fund in 2020 targeting Indian startups and backed by Abu Dhabi's ADQ.And UAE-based IQ Robotics has announced that it has won a multi-million dollar deal with Brands For Less to provide robotics solutions for warehousing and logistics. The exact deal value was not disclosed.Meanwhile, after its launch last week, SCAI (the Saudi Company for AI) signed its first collaboration deals this week, with and agreement to develop AI apps for the energy sector together with Aramco and a strategic partnership with AI cloud platform DataRobot (no further details).Scroll down to check out these and more stories below!Stay safe and have a great day!/Carrington