#UAE #awards - Dubai’s AI for Business Institute has announced the winners of the third annual AI World Series Awards, presented at a gala at Dubai Silicon Oasis on Thursday. Sixteen categories were awarded, with Intent HQ named AI Solution of the Year. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) won awards for both customer engagement and customer virtual assistant, and was also highly commended for the AI Solution of the Year category. Meanwhile, ADNOC was awarded first in the AI Workforce Transformation category and was highly commended in AI for Business Transformation. German biotech firm QIAGEN took home the AI for Business Transformation award, while Czech bank Česká Spořitelna won AI for Risk, Fraud and Security and was named the awards Overall Winner.
SO WHAT? - As enterprises race to transition from AI pilots to broad rollout, there’s a clear role for credible third-party awards to highlight industry excellence. The AI World Series Awards is truly global and judged by an independent expert panels. Winners include a German pharmaceutical firm, a Czech bank, a Spanish maritime group and a Saudi food company’s brand, alongside UAE public sector organisations. RTA’s two wins and a special commendation show public sector AI is now competing on equal terms with private firms.
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The AI World Series Awards presented 16 category awards on Thursday 8 October 2026 at Dubai Silicon Oasis. The Dubai-based AI for Business Institute organises the annual programme.
Intent HQ won AI Solution of the Year, with Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) highly commended. QIAGEN won AI for Business Transformation, with ADNOC highly commended. Noatum Maritime won AI for Operational Excellence.
RTA won two awards: AI for Customer Engagement & Experience, and Best Conversational AI (Customer Virtual Assistant). It was also highly commended in AI Solution of the Year category. Neohype was highly commended in customer engagement.
ADNOC won AI Workforce Transformation, with Bounce Technologies highly commended. ADNOC was also highly commended for AI for Business Transformation.
Česká Spořitelna won AI for Risk, Fraud & Security. It was also highly commended in AI in Marketing and in the customer virtual assistant category. Bank ABC won Best Conversational AI (Employee Virtual Assistant).
INDECX won AI Enabled Product or Platform, with Create Group and the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism highly commended. Deep Knowledge Group with Keel Comms won Data, Analytics & AI Insights, with INDECX highly commended.
Real estate honours went to Gaia Living for Data & AI for Real Estate, with Broll Property Group highly commended, and Exalogic Consulting for Proptech Innovation, with Gaia Living highly commended.
Afia with Savola won AI in Marketing, Ureka won AI Ethics, Governance & Responsible AI, DLady App won the startup award and Kezana won AI in Education.
Entries for the 2027 awards are now open (until 28 May 2027).
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
Full list of winners
The list of winners is:
Overall Winner 2026 — Česká Spořitelna
AI Solution of the Year — Intent HQ
AI for Business Transformation — QIAGEN
Data & AI for Real Estate — Gaia Living
AI for Operational Excellence —Noatum Maritime
AI Enabled Product or Platform — INDECX
Data, Analytics & AI Insights — Deep Knowledge Group with Keel Comms
Proptech Innovation — Exalogic Consulting
AI Workforce Transformation —ADNOC
AI in Marketing — Afia with Savola
AI Ethics, Governance & Responsible AI — Ureka
AI for Risk, Fraud & Security — Česká Spořitelna
AI for Customer Engagement & Experience — RTA (Dubai)
AI Innovation Startup / Emerging Company — D Lady App
Best Conversational AI Implementation (Customer Virtual Assistant) — RTA (Dubai)
Best Conversational AI Implementation (Employee Virtual Assistant) — Bank ABC
AI in Education — Kezana
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