Sitemap - 2025 - Middle East AI News

Presight posts 115% revenue surge in blockbuster quarter

Qatar launches national data & statistics strategy

G42 and Cisco join forces on AI infrastructure development

UAE cybersecurity firm CPX acquires AI innovator spiderSilk

Qatar unveils ambitious AI-powered data & statistics strategy

SDAIA has trained over 779,000 in AI & data

NEOM backs MemryX to scale Edge computing AI chips

Lucid, KAUST partnership to boost EV & AV tech research

SDAIA trains 779,000 in data & AI skills

UAE to introduce AI curricular to all government schools

UAE moves to embed AI learning across entire school system

Six startups selected for Qualcomm-backed accelerator

ADIO partners with Alpheya to advance AI wealthtech

Qualcomm, Aramco, RDIA select six startups for DISAI

MBZUAI study reveals bias in AI music models

US considers easing UAE AI chip restrictions

Khazna expands to Türkiye; KAUST's Future Mobility Sandbox

GETS 2025 to discuss policy for AI, Web3, quantum computing

Khazna to build 100 MW data centre in Ankara

G42's Khazna to build 100MW AI data centre in Türkiye

Digital services group TP opens AI Innovation Centre in Dubai

Saudi Arabia launches Future Mobility Sandbox

Saudi Arabia launches Future Mobility Sandbox at KAUST

MBZUAI launches 6th cohort of Executive Programme

Sidra & Vitafluence to collaborate on AI healthcare

Sidra Medicine signs AI innovation deal with Vitafluence.ai

AI@70 to celebrate 70th anniversary of AI

Dubai launches AI Academy to train 10,000 leaders

Dubai to convene great AI thinkers for AI@70 global summit

AI Academy to train next wave of tech leaders

Antler, DFF pick 96 AI founders for Dubai residency

Dubai partners with South African AI Association

QuikBot to roll out delivery robots in Dubai Silicon Oasis

Dubai backs launch of AI trade hub across three continents

Big news from Dubai AI Week; Abu Dhabi plans AI life sciences hub

Dubai RTA launches new AI Strategy

DAY 4: Dubai AI Week 2025

Dubai RTA's AI strategy to reduce travel times by 30%

Senior managers in Dubai government use GenAI tools weekly

Dubai Health announces UAE’s first AI Literacy Framework

Dubai launches first AI-compliance for public finance

DAY 3: Dubai AI Week 2025

Rising interest in AI PCs in Saudi Arabia & the UAE

Arabic.AI launches with enterprise-grade Arabic AI platform

Dubai unveils first-of-a-kind AI oversight for public finance

Egypt & Microsoft to train 100,000 in AI

DAY 2: Dubai AI Week 2025

Abu Dhabi to develop Population Health Intelligence

G42 report reveals what AI talent really wants

325 companies apply for Dubai AI Seal

Abu Dhabi, Microsoft partner on Population Health Intelligence

New Dubai AI initiative to support Arab media with AI tools

Dubai AI Week begins today

DAY 1: Dubai AI Week 2025

Abu Dhabi AI & Healthcare Innovation Hub

Abu Dhabi launches global digital health Innovation Hub

Abu Dhabi launches life sciences cluster

Abu Dhabi launches AI-driven Life Sciences cluster

Gulf healthcare group Burjeel Holdings to deploy GenAI agents

UAE develops facial recognition system to replace ID cards

AI to enhance UAE lawmaking; Saudi unveils National Skills Platform

Saudi-based TruBuild raises $1 million

100 Emiratis graduate UAE AI Programme

AI procurement platform TruBuild raises $1 million Seed Round

e& UAE deploys autonomous drones for cellular base stations

VentureWave invests in UAE AI startup AIREV

24 finalists selected for Global Prompt Engineering Championship

Venturewave invests in UAE-based AIOS pioneer AIREV

UAE Cabinet to employ AI law ecosystem

Saudi regulator opens consultation on Global AI Hub Law

UAE Cabinet approves first-of-its-kind AI regulatory ecosystem

Saudi Arabia launches AI-powered National Skills Platform

Saudi Arabia awards global start-ups for quantum innovation

UAE's NextGen FDI attracts 90 advanced tech firms

HEC Paris in Doha & Mastercard deliver executive AI education

Saudi Arabia & UAE surge ahead in global AI talent race

STUCK? raises six-figure pre-Seed round for Arabic AI push

SDF & Quantcube to form economic intelligence joint venture

Saudi Arabia & UAE surge ahead in global AI talent race

Capgemini opens New Cairo AI hub; Lucidya nets SAR 5m grant

Lucidya secures SAR 5 million NTDP grant

Lucidya secures SAR 5 million grant to scale operations

Llama 4 model available via Groq's Saudi cloud

UAE national AI programme launches 6th edition of AI course

Presight launches AI platform for emergency response

Llama 4 now live via Middle East GroqCloud service

Capgemini to open AI CoE in New Cairo

Tuwaiq Academy & Berkeley aim to equip CEOs for AI

Capgemini to open AI hub in Egypt for global clients

Oman, Saudi Arabia & UAE attend AI summit in Kigali

RAKEZ empowers RAK businesses to unlock AI potential

Terra Drone & Aramco to develop drone solutions

Uber & WeRide sign with Dubai RTA; Apollo Go expands to UAE

Uber, WeRide & RTA to pilot robotaxis in Dubai

RTA, Uber & WeRide partner to create Dubai robotaxi services

Ma'aden saves 2,200 hours a month with Copilot

Ma'aden saves 2,200 hours monthly with Copilot

Ramadan 2025 the most empowered by AI

Apollo Go to launch robotaxi service in UAE

Baidu's Apollo Go to expand robotaxi services to UAE

SDAIA digitises over 3.3 billion transactions

New evaluation tools released for Arabic LLMs

Cleveland CIinic-G42 task force; DEWA's AI-native roadmap

Inception & MBZUAI share Arabic AI Leaderboards Space

Cleveland Clinic & G42 to form AI healthcare task force

Cleveland Clinic & G42 form task force to identify AI opportunities

Egypt boosts AI startups with new National AI Strategy

New AI lab to serve people with Down Syndrome in Dubai

DEWA sets sights on becoming AI-native

Tarjama& deploys powerful Arabic model: Pronoia v2

DEWA aims to become first AI-Native utility

The UAE's Sheikh Thanoon ends officail US visit

Intelmatix announces decision intelligence advisor

Intelmatix announces AI Advisor for enterprise decision-making

UAE commits to $1.4 trillion US investment

White House: UAE commits to $1.4 trillion in US investment, over 10 years

Presight AI Accelerator deadline nears

Deadline approaches for Presight opens AI startup accelerator

Nvidia, xAI join MGX-backed AIP; Abu Dhabi sovereign cloud deal

AI Infrastructure Partnership adds NVIDIA and xAI

Dubai forms new government data & statistics committee

ADQ, ECP to form $25 billion energy venture to power AI

AI infrastructure consortium expands with NVIDIA, xAI

G42 & NVIDIA establish Earth-2 Climate Tech Lab in Abu Dhabi

Digital Dubai, Microsoft partner for government AI skills programme

Abu Dhabi signs strategic sovereign cloud deal

Abu Dhabi signs sovereign cloud deal with Microsoft and G42

AtlasIA releases smarter Moroccan Arabic AI models

Abu Dhabi launches AI training for school teachers

AtlasIA releases smarter, faster Moroccan darija AI models

Registration for Global Prompt Championship open

UAE to push for more US AI chip imports

Abu Dhabi $2.5b smart city deal; $340m ADNOC-AIQ AI contract

Saudi uses AI for crowd management in Mecca

Synapsia secures $2.5B Abu Dhabi smart city deal

AI firm Synapsia secures $2.5 billion Abu Dhabi smart city deal

A 10,000 drone show fleet could soon light up Abu Dhabi skies

ADNOC awards $340 million agentic AI contract

ADQ deploys AI advisor to board of directors

ADNOC awards AIQ ­$340 million agentic AI contract

AI healthcare payment platform nets $26 million funding

New robot in Mecca answers questions from pilgrims

UAE-based Micropolis debuts on NYSE

Dubai-based robotics firm Micropolis to debut on NYSE

Microsoft plans new Azure Region for Kuwait

Microsoft, Kuwait plan new AI-ready Azure region

YALPOP reimagines learning with AI-driven platform

Microsoft urges US AI export changes; GSMA launches LLM benchmark

Qatar to host five Mobile World Congress events

ADNOC and 42 Abu Dhabi unite to build tech talent pipeline

Fujairah launches Young Techpreneurs initiative

New initiative to teach Fujairah school kids AI fundamentals

MBZUAI launches AI bachelors degree

MBZUAI introduces its first AI undergraduate programme

Qatar launches AI and XR sandboxes

Microsoft urges Trump to change AI export regs

Microsoft chief urges Trump to scrap two-tier AI export policy

Disrupt.com aims to invest $100 million in AI-first ventures

Italy-UAE $40 billion deal; e& exits Khazna Data Centers

GSMA releases telecom AI benchmarks ahead of MCW 2025

Presight launches unified AI development platform

Presight launches integrated data & AI development platform

UAE's Khazna Data Centers changes shareholders

Khazna welcomes MGX & Silverlake as e& makes $2.2 billion exit

Riyadh Air taps IBM to create AI-driven enterprise

Invest Qatar signs digital transformation pact with Uzbekistan

UAE to invest $40 billion in Italy

Digital twin takes traffic signals to next level in Dubai

Journify secures $4m to advance AI-powered marketing data

Albania, Presight sign landmark smart city deal

AI close to the heart of UAE-Italy $40 billion investment deal

Thailand's TIDC partners with G42 to boost digital infrastructure

Scale AI signs Qatar government deal

Qatar signs 5-year deal with Scale AI to enhance government services

IDEX concludes with $7 billion of deals

Databricks to invest $300 million in Saudi Arabia

Databricks to invest $300m in Saudi expansion

Mistral AI's Arabic LLM; stc & SambaNova launch sovereign cloud

MongoDB to double regional headcount

Qualcomm joins UAE’s NextGen FDI to expand in Abu Dhabi

Algérie Télécom creates $11 million AI startup fund

MongoDB to double regional headcount as UAE, Saudi business accelerates

STC launches biggest Sovereign AI Cloud

AI71 call for 'Future of AI' proposals

Expo City, Heriot-Watt to create AI & robotics research hub

Inception & MBZUAI unveil Kazakh LLM

Saudi Arabia launches world's largest Sovereign AI Cloud

Mistral AI launches regional Arabic model

Mistral AI unveils Mistral Saba for Arab world & South Asia

Presight secures $190 million Smart City deal with Astana

Core42 launches free AI playground with inference services

UAE-made AI model tops 54 million downloads

Wa'ed Ventures backs AI native cloud provider Ori

UAE AI model tops 50 million monthly downloads

Saudi to export industrial robots by May

Saudi to export industrial robots by May

$70 billion worth of AI deals; LEAP25; AI Action Summit

Saudi moonshot to build AGI by 2050

AGI by 2050 tops Saudi R&D goals

Abu Dhabi reconstitutes AI policy council

First Microsoft Data Centre Academy

WhiteHelmet unveils AI Agent for Smart Construction

Presight FY 2024 revenue grows 24% on the back of strong sales

Microsoft brings first Data Centre Academy to the Middle East

DataVolt to build $5 billion AI factory

NEOM & DataVolt to build $5 billion net-zero AI factory campus

G42 & AMD to power AI data centre innovation in France

Qualcomm & SDAIA launch ALLaM AI PC at LEAP25

Groq opens Saudi AI inferencing hub

Aramco training over 6,000 AI developers

HP to open AI R&D centre in Saudi Arabia

Responsible AI Foundation launched by G42 and Microsoft

SambaNova to invest $140 million in Saudi AI infrastructure & services

Groq opens EMEA's largest AI compute centre in Saudi Arabia

LEAP 2025 Special Daily Briefing

World’s 1st industrial distributed cloud deployed in Saudi Arabia

France & UAE sign $50 billion AI pact

France, UAE deal to build 1 Gigawatt AI data centre

Global tech to be out in force at WGS 2025

Report: UAE AI market to reach $46.33 billion by 2030

DoxAI joins UAE’s NextGen FDI to expand into Middle East

Google CEO & AI minister to discuss AI's future impact at WGS 2025

Ai Everything 2026 in Abu Dhabi; MBZUAI releases Arabic LMM

MBZUAI releases new Arabic LMM

MBZUAI releases Arabic 'inclusive' multimodal AI model

Ai Everything Global moves to Abu Dhabi for 2026

UAE-based Qeen.ai secures $10 million in mighty Seed round

Saudi AI learning platform nets six-figure pre-Seed funding

Abu Dhabi to host Ai Everything Global in 2026

Meta AI made available in first MENA countries

Meta AI now available in Arabic

New MBZUAI board signals next phase of development

MBZUAI board change signals new phase in university's development

UAE President makes official visit to MBZUAI

UAE President visits MBZUAI

MBRSC and SpaceData to build new digital twins

SDAIA certifies 40 AI Service Providers in Saudi Arabia

MBRSC & SpaceData to develop advanced digital twins of Dubai

GCC CEOs most positive on AI; Saudi to certify AI companies

Imdaad Group opens AI Centre of Excellence

Imdaad opens AI CoE to transform facilities management sector

Qatar launches 2024 Digital Inclusion Index Report

Alice & Bob €100 million Series B round

UAE developer hits 25M downloads on Hugging Face

Research team creates AI framework for peptide discovery

Researchers tap deep learning to tackle microplastic pollution

GCC CEOs very positive on impact of GenAI

GCC CEOs see AI as key to growth - survey

SDAIA announces accreditation for AI service providers

Egypt National AI Strategy 2025-2030 launched

Egyptian president launches 2025-2030 National AI Strategy

Abu Dhabi's $3.5b digital strategy; Egypt launches updated AI strategy

UAE bank FAB will integrate AI throughout HR function

New emerging markets AI readiness report

Emerging markets' AI readiness still lag behind - G42/Economist Impact

TII launches CrowdLabel challenge

Sampo AI raises $750K in Oman’s largest pre-seed round

Abu Dhabi sets $3.5 billion digital strategy

Abu Dhabi to invest in $3.54 billion government digital strategy

Dubai AI Seal launched to help accelerate growth of AI sector

M42 releases MEDIC leaderboard to benchmark clinical LLMs

Gulf presence at Davos 2025 imbued with AI

1,500 NLP experts convene for COLING 2025

Deadline looms for this year's AI World Series Awards

Abu Dhabi welcomes global NLP leaders for COLING 2025

KKR & GDH to invest $5 billion in GCC data centres

KKR & Gulf Data Hub to invest $5 billion to meet demand for AI infrastructure

ADNOC boosts seismic interpretation with AI

'Inclusivity benchmark' for LMMs; New US chip export rules

MBZUAI releases inclusivity benchmark for LMMs

New benchmark challenges inclusivity of global AI language models

AI-driven brand collaboration platform raises $6 million

Dubai opens registration for ‘One Million Prompters’

Halo AI raises $6 million to transform brand-creator collaborations

US further tightens AI chip exports

Malaysia, UAE sign joint AI & digital investment agreement

Saudi AI hackathon draws 400 innnovators

Edge AI pioneer Kneron to open Riyadh subsidiary

Edge AI inferencing pioneer Kneron to open subsidiary in Riyadh

Damac $20b US data centre plan; Groq readies Saudi AI cluster

DAMAC to invest $20 billion in US data centres

MilkStraw AI raises $600k in pre-Seed round to expand in MENA

Edgnex to invest $20 billion in U.S. data centre expansion

KAUST Academy to empower 1500 students with AI & cyber skills

Saudi deep tech startups raise more than $100 million since 2020

45% of organisations in the region using LLMs

New Saudi deeptech ecosystem report

Groq ships hardware to Saudi Arabia

Groq LPUs ship to Saudi to build world’s largest AI infrastructure cluster

DEWA to integrate Microsoft Copilot across all operations and services

New leaderboard launched for LLM safety

Abu Dhabi-based LibrAI creates LLM leaderboard for AI safety

Onda forms UAE JV; Norma signs $2m Saudi IoT deal

SDAIA & NVIDIA launch Gen AI Academy

ONDA and Seed Group form joint venture