DAY 1: GITEX GLOBAL 2025
A LIVE blog of key events and announcements at GITEX GLOBAL 2025
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 begins today!
Welcome to the GITEX GLOBAL 2025 live blog, where we’ll be sharing the latest news and events for the week’s programme.
The 45th annual GITEX event, GITEX GLOBAL takes place from 13-17 October at Dubai World Trade Centre. Organised by the trade centre, it stands as the world’s largest tech and AI event and features over 6,800 exhibitors, including 2,000 startups from 180 countries, alongside 1,200 investors with a combined US$1.1 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and more than 40 unicorns.
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18:00 — du launches AI Park, targets 1GW AI data centre capacity
UAE telecom leader du has unveiled a 500,000 sqm AI Park in Warsan and its National Hybrid AI platform under du Tech. The AI Park will deliver up to 1 GW capacity through liquid-cooled data centres, while National Hybrid AI enables secure sovereign AI deployment across cloud environments. Read more here.
17:00 — Bain & Company and Inception announce collaboration
Bain & Company has partnered with Inception to deliver productised, enterprise-grade AI solutions worldwide. See Bain & Company for more.
15:30 — Cerebras to deploy AI infrastructure in UAE, South Asia
California-based Cerebras Systems plans to expand its AI chip infrastructure to the UAE, India and Pakistan to support regional growth, CEO Andrew Feldman told Reuters. Read more here.
13:45 — Core42 debuts self-service AI Cloud at GITEX Global
Core42 has launched a self-service AI Cloud platform offering on-demand, pay-as-you-go access to Nvidia-powered computing for AI workloads. Read more here
12:15 — Presight signs strategic MoU with UAE Cyber Security Council
G42 company Presight signed a strategic MoU with the UAE Cyber Security Council, to bring the CyberE71 program into the Presight AI Accelerator, making cybersecurity integral to every AI breakthrough. Via Presight CEO Thomas Pramotedham on LinkedIn.
12:00 — Orbitron AI unveils NovaOS for enterprise AI agents
Dubai-based startup Orbitron AI, founded by former EY partner Saul Adomaitis, has launched NovaOS, an operating environment for deploying autonomous AI agents with built-in governance, security and compliance. Read more here
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at GITEX GLOBAL
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 was officially opened by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Video by Gulf Today.
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 opens
