This week’s top stories — 9-15 Aug
Presight Q2 revenue jumps 36%; OpenAI brings inference residency to UAE
This was the week that Presight reported Q2 revenue of AED 713 million, up 36%, alongside a record order backlog and 40% growth in international revenue during the first half.
In other news, OpenAI introduced inference residency for UAE enterprise users; du shared what it says is MENA’s first blueprint for AI-native 6G networks; the UAE launched the strategic track for a federal Agentic AI project; and Qualcomm signed a global partnership with UAE-based AI developer AIREV.
Here are this week’s biggest AI news stories!
Sunday, August 9th
🔥 Dubai Municipality to slash building permits approval times
New AI building permits automation issues Dubai villa permits in minutes
🔥 Eighth UAE AI Camp opens next week
Google, Microsoft and Intel join two-week hackathon and workshop programme
Monday, August 10th
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🔥 Jordan deploys AI to cut water losses
US-funded AI project detects leaks in Jordan’s water network
🔥 ‘ruya Bank’ goes live with Agentic AI services
Three use cases now live in production, bank-wide AI roadmap targets fast roll-out
🔥 UAE launches strategic track for federal Agentic AI project
Workshop marks the start of the AI deployment phase for future-ready governance
Tuesday, August 11th
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🔥 du shares MENA’s first blueprint for AI-native 6G networks
Khalifa University partnership produces AI-native network blueprint
Wednesday, August 12th
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🔥 Six startups advance in debut Mastercard Lighthouse UAE
Four-month UAE AI Office-backed mentorship targets global scale-up
🔥 OpenAI now offers inference residency to UAE enterprise users
UAE first country market in MENA to have OpenAI data and inference residency
🔥 Saudi fund offers grants for AI in culture
Grants up to SAR500,000 for small businesses, applications open until 29 September
Thursday, August 13th
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🔥 Presight Q2 revenue jumps 36% to AED 713 million
Presight posts record order backlog, international revenue up 40% in H1
🔥 OnDemand AI apps to run across Qualcomm platforms
OnDemand agents to power Dragonwing chipsets on edge devices