This week’s top stories — 10-15 May 2026
Presight Q1 revenue up 22%; UAE leads GenAI adoption
This was the week that Presight reported 22% first-quarter revenue growth driven by sovereign AI deployments and international expansion, while the UAE reinforced its leadership in Generative AI adoption with new government and enterprise initiatives.
In other news, M42 launched an AI kidney health assistant designed to help patients stay out of hospital; Ooredoo partnered with Microsoft to accelerate its AI-powered telecom transformation; and UAE developers unveiled a native Arabic AI application builder capable of generating deployable production-grade code from a single Arabic prompt.
Here are this week’s biggest AI news stories!
Sunday, May 10th
🔥 Egrobots launches Arab World’s first autonomous harvesting robot
Egrobots deploy AI, computer vision and autonomous navigation to transform farming
🔥 UAE AI Office publishes practical guide to GenAI applications
New resource targets government, business and developers across 19 use cases
Monday, May 11th
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🔥 AppyThings opens in Saudi to build AI-native digital infrastructure
Netherlands firm formalises presence after two years of on-the-ground operations
Tuesday, May 12th
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🔥 Native Arabic AI application builder launched by UAE developer
Myndlab generates production-grade, deployable code from a single Arabic prompt
🔥 PM reviews UAE government’s Agentic AI project progress
Sheikh Mohammed briefed on implementation progress by Cabinet Affairs Minister
🔥 AI failure could put 79% of UAE CEO jobs on the line
New Dataiku research reveals personal stakes behind boardroom AI pressure
Wednesday, May 13th
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🔥 M42 launches AI kidney health assistant
kidney.com wants to keep kidney patients out of hospital
🔥 Ooredoo bets on Microsoft to become an AI-powered telco
Qatar’s leading telecom operator targets sovereign cloud and AI at scale
🔥 MENA shoppers are ready for AI agents, but trust remains an issue
New report puts consumer privacy at the heart of AI commerce
🔥 Presight posts 22.2% revenue growth in first quarter
International revenue surges 62.9% as sovereign AI deployments drive global expansion