This week's top stories — 28 Sep-4 Oct
This was the week that Ras Al Khaimah announced two groundbreaking deals: a partnership with US-listed WeRide to introduce robotaxi services into the emirate and another with eVTOL company Joby Aviation to begin air taxi services both connecting local destinations and Dubai.
In other news, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) announced an agreement with the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing to create the MIT–MBZUAI Collaborative Research Programme; Saudi AI CX startup DOO secures $1.7 million funding; and Riyadh-headquartered nbyl and IBM announce new AI solution integrated with IBM’s Maximo Application Suite!
Here are this weeks biggest AI news stories!
Sunday, September 28th
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Monday, September 29th
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🔥 Ras Al Khaimah, Joby to launch air taxi service
Joby Aviation targets fifteen-minute RAK-Dubai route
Tuesday, September 30th
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🔥 DOO secures $1.7 million to expand AI CX platform
Saudi investment firm Merak Capital leads DOO Seed funding round
Wednesday, October 1st
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🔥 IBM and nybl partner for industrial AI
nbyl image analytics solution now integrates IBM Maximo
Thursday, October 2nd
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🔥 WeRide expands into Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah debuts robotaxis, commercial services to begin early 2026
Friday, October 3rd
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🔥 MBZUAI, MIT launch joint AI research programme
Transcontinental research programme addresses societal challenges