#UAE #AgenticAI - Dubai Chambers has signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s technology industry association the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to build cooperation in agentic AI and support Indian companies in the field expanding into Dubai. Under the deal, the two organisations will develop partnerships across their agentic AI ecosystems, exchange knowledge and launch joint initiatives, with the aim of connecting Indian deeptech firms to Dubai’s wider innovation and investment network.
SO WHAT? - NASSCOM represents a $315 billion tech industry with more than 3,500 member companies, giving Dubai Chambers a direct channel to a huge pool of established agentic AI and deeptech firms. For Dubai, it’s a practical extension of the Agentic AI Executive Committee and its plans to empower 295,000 companies with Agentic AI within two years. The deal with NASSCOM could help fast-track Agentic AI adoption by importing companies that are already developing solutions and giving them a base to scale from.
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Dubai Chambers has signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to build cooperation in agentic AI and support Indian companies expanding into the Gulf.
The MoU commits Dubai Chambers and the association to developing strategic partnerships among stakeholders across the agentic AI innovation ecosystems in Dubai and India, alongside knowledge exchange and joint initiatives.
The agreement is designed to help leading Indian agentic AI and deeptech companies establish and expand operations from Dubai. It will facilitate connecting Indian firms to business opportunities and the emirate’s broader innovation and partnership ecosystem.
Planned cooperation includes specialised agentic AI business events and joint initiatives aimed at strengthening engagement between companies, investors and entrepreneurs across both markets.
Dubai Chambers describes Dubai’s push to support the private sector’s shift to agentic AI as a pioneering initiative to strengthen business competitiveness and create new opportunities for economic growth.
NASSCOM represents India’s $315 billion technology industry and counts more than 3,500 member companies, spanning startups to multinational corporations across the full technology sector.
The MoU builds on the formation of Dubai Chambers’ Executive Committee for Agentic AI, formed in June 2026. The committee helps to accelerate adoption of agentic AI technologies and strengthen the private sector’s AI readiness.
The committee’s responsibilities include approving specialised agentic AI training tracks, designing incubators for agentic AI companies, and supporting the development of firms specialising in agentic AI solutions.
ZOOM OUT - In June 2026, Dubai Crown Prince H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved an executive plan to bring agentic AI to 295,000 companies across the emirate within two years. The initiative also aims to enable the creation of 100 specialised AI assistants and 50 new agentic AI companies. Dubai’s wider ecosystem is already showing traction: the Dubai AI Campus hosts more than 400 specialised companies and has trained over 1,500 people through its AI Academy, the Ignyte platform for entrepreneurs has surpassed 36,000 users, and Dubai Founders HQ attracted over 1,100 members and 500 startups in its first nine months, raising more than AED 200 million between them. Bringing in NASSCOM's 3,500-plus member companies gives Dubai a direct pipeline of established Indian agentic AI firms to help accelerate growth of that ecosystem.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
Source: Dubai Chambers, Emirates News Agency
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