Sitemap - 2025 - Middle East AI News
GCC & DCO join forces to transform region's future
This week's top stories — 24-30 Aug
Middle East leaders recognised in TIME 100 AI
Egypt calls for Arab AI Council to unify policy, ethics
Egypt proposes Arab AI Council to unify policies
Saudi schools debut AI classes; HUMAIN launches Arabic AI
UAE office workers embrace AI like never before
Yokogawa develops AI control room for Borouge
UAE AI usage jumps to 80% among professionals - LinkedIn
HUMAIN Chat tops App Store in Saudi Arabia
Egyptian Tax Authoriy creates AI task force
Cognite opens Abu Dhabi hub for industrial AI
HUMAIN launches bilingual GenAI app
OmniOps partners with Groq for fast AI inference
HUMAIN Chat goes live powered by ALLaM 34B LLM
HUMAIN reveals Arabic TTS benchmark at Interspeech 2025
Saudi Arabia deploys nationwide AI school curriculum
Saudi Arabia launches AI school curriculum
Skilled prompters show enhanced neural activity, says study
This week's top stories — 17-23 Aug
UAE finance institute partners to explore AI in banking
UAE finance institute partners to explore banking use cases
Google expands AI Mode across MENA
Google AI Mode to soon be available across MENA
UAE schools ready to teach AI; UAE AI Camp ends
UAE rolls out national AI school curriculum
UAE deploys 1,000 school teachers for AI curriculum
Presight AI-Startup Accelerator holds first bootcamp
Pronoia LLM to power Aqaba tourism AI assistant
UAE AI Camp attracts 34,000 participants
Tarjama&'s Pronoia LLM to power Ask Aqaba assistant
MBZUAI benchmark shows agentic AI vision flaws
MBZUAI benchmark exposes AI vision agent flaws
Morocco's Hypeo AI begins Pre-Seed fund raising
Egypt ICT sector targets 60,000 jobs
MBZUAI enrolls largest ever student intake
This week's top stories — 10-16 Aug
Tunisia to create Africa’s first fully digital hospital
Hub71 adds 13 AI startups, total now 52
Abu Dhabi Hub71 attracts 13 AI-powered startups
Presight's 1B H1 results; HUMAIN builds new Arabic model
Presight reports record AED 1B revenue in H1 2025
AI transforms Public Investment Fund's operations
Core42 launches gpt-oss access with choice of GPUs
Presight record H1 revenue exceeds AED 1 billion
Dubai uses AI to transform traffic management
Dubai RTA launches AI traffic analysis platform
Dubai opens AI government services accelerator
Madinah launches global deep tech venture hub
Second Dubai AI Government Services Accelerator open
HUMAIN to launch ALLaM 34B Arabic
HUMAIN to launch a powerful new Arabic AI model suite
This week's top stories — 3-9 Aug
Africa’s AI economy to hit $16.5 billion by 2030
Presight partners with Dow Jones for AI risk solutions
UAE launches Arabic telecom LLM for regional use
Telecom industry partners develop Arabic Telecom LLM
DEEP.SA raises $1.2M; $169B MENA IT spending forecasted
Groq & HUMAIN give Day Zero access to new OpenAI models
Jordan Central Bank issues AI regulatory framework
Groq & HUMAIN deploy Open AI models on Day Zero
Saudi AI deeptech startup raises $1.2 million
DEWA's AI assistant handles 2 million enquiries
Saudi AI startup DEEP.SA secures $1.2m Pre-Seed
AI infrastructure fuels record MENA IT spending
AI infrastructure demand shifts MENA IT spending - Gartner
Saudi MCIT launches AdopTech Phase Three
TII unveils Arabic STEM benchmark for AI models
Abu Dhabi's TII releases new Arabic STEM AI benchmark
This week's top stories — 27 July - 2 Aug
Red Sea Global adopts SAP Joule AI copilot
Red Sea Global deploys SAP Joule AI copilot for HR
ROSHN Business front pilots autonomous food delivery
Startup plans space data centre; KSA, UAE in talent top 20
G42 nears deal for AI compute capacity in Europe
Algeria inaugurates national AI school data centre
G42 nears big European AI compute deal - Bloomberg report
Saudi Arabia & the UAE enter AI talent top 20
e& opens AI Graduate Programme for applications
Saudi Arabia, UAE enter global AI talent top 20
Abu Dhabi space startup plans low-orbit data centres
Bahrain launches national AI policy
Abu Dhabi Police partners with Presight for AI
Saudi AI voice startup Sawt raises $1 million funding
Presight partners Abu Dhabi Police for AI
Saudi Arabia’s public AI training hits 424,000 milestone
NBK deploys Microsoft Copilot to all staff
This week's top stories — 20-26 July
SAMAI AI training reaches 424,000 Saudi citizens
Saudi's Salam & Syria partner to expand digital networks
Saudi Arabia begins robotaxi trial in Riyadh
Riyadh robotaxi trial begins; Tawakkalna superapp sandbox
12 month robotaxi trial begins in Riyadh
UAE Central Bank, Presight launch AI fintech venture
AI71 launches construction lifecycle platform
UAE central bank, Presight form AI fintech joint venture
Onepoint to open AI centre of excellence in Casablanca
Saudi startup launches new AI inference platform
MBZUAI launches youth AI skills programme
First Saudi sovereign AI inference service platform launched
Tajikistan partners with Presight on AI development
Tajikistan partners with Presight for AI development
New sandbox opens Saudi superapp to private sector
UAE opens 2025 AI Award for submissions
2025 UAE AI Award opens for entries
This week's top stories — 13-19 July
Algeria, South Africa sign Pan-African research pact
PGIM and ADGM Academy to launch RealAssetX Lab
Jordan completes key AI government data cleansing project
PGIM & ADGM Academy to launch RealAssetX lab
Jumia launches Arabic voice commerce; New classification for AI content
Dubai launches first AI classification labels
Dubai launches human-AI collaboration classification
Jumia Egypt launches Arabic voice ecommerce
Morocco to create AI CoE network nationwide
Lucidya raises $30M in record Saudi AI deal
Wittify.ai raises $1.5M Pre-Seed funding for Arabic AI
UAE leads global Chief AI Officer adoption - IBM, DFF report
Lucidya raises $30M in Saudi Arabia's biggest AI round
Oman launches space accelerator for startups
DCO launches AI ethics tool at AI for Good
MBZUAI attracts record global internship applications
This week's top stories — 6-12 July
DCO releases global AI ethics tool
Kazakhstan unveils first national supercomputer
Kazakhstan unveils first national supercomputer
Khazna, Eni partner to create 500MW Milan AI Campus
Saudi Arabia to deploy nationwide AI school curricula
Saudi to deploy nationwide AI education in schools
Groq seeks $500 million to fulfil Saudi orders - Report
G42 plans $2 billion Vietnam data centre
Moroccan founder raises $4.2 million to build AI search
ADQ starts corporate AI innovation programme
UAE government pioneers AI system; Mistral AI seeks MGX funding
UAE unveils AI-powered government performance system
UAE deploys AI system to dramatically improve performance
Mistral AI seeks MGX funding in $1 billion round - report
Dubai-based smart lenses startup valued at $1.35 billion
Qatar Shell partners with QASR on AI reservoir analysis
Abu Dhabi University bolsters AI & tech programmes
HBKU AI spin-out, Qatar Shell partner for reservoir research
Omnix deploys AI to transform enterprise support
Beltone launches Robin to lead MENA AI services
UAE embeds AI at the core of government planning cycle
Cairo-based Beltone launches AI subsidiary Robin
This week's top stories — 29 June-5 July
KAIST & King Saudi University discuss joint R&D centre
King Saud University & KAIST discuss joint AI institute
Saudi initiative trains 330,000 citizens in AI
First commercial product from G42's Inception announced
SAMAI trains 330,000 Saudis; Archer & Joby UAE test flights
SDAIA's SAMAI initiative trains 330,000 Saudis in AI
Archer takes inaugural test flight in Abu Dhabi
Archer eVTOL completes first UAE test flight
New Murabba partners with NAVER Cloud
Huawei to train 25,000 Egyptian students in AI
Huawei to train 25,000 Egyptian students in AI
MBZUAI accelerates robot training
New MBZUAI AI framework to fast-track robot learning
Zayed University to integrate AI across organisation, curricula
G42 gets listed in TIME 100 most influential firms
This week's top stories — 22-28 June
AI World Series Awards finalists announced
AI World Series Awards announces 78 global finalists
AI drives $4B value for Aramco; TII leads STX standards body
Egypt gets new deep tech venture studio
Borouge and Honeywell to develop AI control centre
South Korea seeks 27 SMEs for Saudi market entry
Borouge, Honeywell to develop industry-first AI control room
Dubai RTA actively explores Quantum transport solutions
AIREV forms sovereign AI partnership with Tenstorrent
AIREV partners with US AI chip startup Tenstorrent
AppliedAI's $55 million Series A round oversubscribed
Presight selects 10 AI startups to join accelerator
Saudi Arabia's Elm opens office in Oman
TII chairs new industrial wireless standards initiative
PIF-backed Elm opens Oman office
Aramco doubles tech returns as AI strategy pays off
Kneron lands $2 million grant for Saudi expansion
Aramco's AI push drives $4 billion in technology impact
This week's top stories — 15-21 June
UAE researchers define AI & 6G co-evolution requirements
UAE pioneers world's first government-wide AI advisory
UAE embraces future with government-wide AI advisors
HUMAIN Create to revolutionise creative content
HUMAIN & Luma AI form Create to drive a creative revolution
AI to transform Abu Dhabi building permits process
Edgnex $2.3B Jakarta build; New Oracle R&D in Morocco
UAE IT leaders back Agentic AI but face compliance gaps
Riyadh-based Darwinz AI secures $325k Seed round
UAE IT leaders back Agentic AI, but lack readiness
Saudi IT group MIS fully divests $9m stake in Anthropic
G42 targets edge AI with Liquid AI partnership
EDGNEX building $2.3 billion Jakarta AI data centre
Abu Dhabi & Qatar join Applied Intuition's funding round
G42 partners with Liquid AI for enterprise edge computing
Dubai proptech Prop-AI secures $1.5 million Pre-Seed
TII & NIST fix flaw in global cryptographic validation tool
UAE researchers help fix cryptographic validation tool
Uber & WeRide to launch Dubai robotaxi trials
EHang eVTOL takes off in Abu Dhabi
WeRide robotaxi pilot to launch in Dubai this year
DEWA launches AI legislation agent to guide users
This week's top stories — 8-14 June
Core42's HPC systems ranked 1 & 2 in the Middle East
HUMAIN & AMD to build 6GW data centre network
Consortium plans 500MW of AI compute in Morocco
G42 opens European HQ in London
HUMAIN & AMD target 6GW of AI compute by 2034
MBZUAI to present first of its kind VLM at CVPR 2025
MBZUAI to present breakthrough sat VLM at CVPR 2025
Saudi digital twins delivered; GEMS AI hub opened
Naver creates digital twins for Mecca, Medina and Jeddah
Falcon-H1 LLM joins NVIDIA's inference microservice
GEMS launches first Global Education AI Hub in Dubai
NVIDIA certifies Khazna's Blackwell-ready infrastructure
BigBear.ai & IHC's Easy Lease to develop AI solutions
Naver delivers three Saudi smart city digital twins
Aviation startup AeroVecto plans air taxi trials
Saudi deploys AI-powered road inspection fleet
Cisco: UAE organisations embrace AI security solutions
Saudi RGA deploys 18 vehicle AI-enabled road fleet
Saudi launches new AI platform to manage Hajj
This week's top stories —1-7 June
UAE-US AI campus details yet to be finalised
GlobalFoundries invests in $16 billion expansion
MBZUAI to open AI lab at UAE climate ministry
GlobalFoundries commits $16B to support AI chip production
Kuwait joins global AI fund; Algeria to create 1,000 startups
Kuwait backs Global Infrastructure Partnership
Egypt opens AI university courses to tech school grads
Kuwait joins $100 billion AI infrastructure partnership
Middle East manufacturers lead in GenAI
Saudi, UAE manufacturers lead GenAI adoption
MBZUAI releases Egyptian Arabic LLM
MBZUAI releases Nile-Chat: Egyptian Arabic LLM
Malaysia signs strategic AI agreement with Presight
UAE launches Chief AI Officers training programme
New venture studio to create Algerian 1,000 startups
UAE, Ghana in $1 billion tech hub deal
This week's top stories —25-31 May
MBZUAI graduates record AI cohort
HUMAIN developing enterprise AI OS platform
HUMAIN developing game-changing AI OS platform
New $10B HUMAIN VC fund; WeRide opens in Saudi
Saudi HUMAIN to launch $10 billion venture fund
Saudi HUMAIN to create $10 billion venture fund
WeRide launches operations in Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi to create AI-powered energy command centre
Saudi scientists break Quantum security speed records
WeRide announces robotaxi service in Saudi Arabia
IBM to train 100,000 Egyptians in AI skills over 5 years
Report explores role of Sovereign Cloud in the UAE
Majid Al Futtaim introduces mall-bots
New ALJ-Uber deal could advance Saudi robotaxi plans
Pony.ai to start robotaxi trials with Dubai RTA this year
Middle East workers embrace AI revolution
Middle East workers embrace AI revolution
US-UAE partnership could fuel G42 US expansion
New US-UAE agreement sure to accelerate G42's US plans
This week's top stories —18-24 May
MBZUAI opens AI lab in Silicon Valley
Made in UAE AI model hits 100 million monthly downloads
MBZUAI opens Silicon Valley AI lab
Six global tech firms announce plans for Stargate UAE
Tech leaders unite to build Stargate UAE AI hub
Google opens second AI First Accelerator for MENA & Türkiye
UAE, US plan 5GW AI cluster; Arabic Falcon LLM arrives
First Arabic language model added to Falcon series
G42 & WWT launch AI accelerator for industry solutions
IHC to launch Emirati AI marketplace agent ‘SAIF’
Tarjama& secures $15m to scale Arabic.AI across industries
TII's Falcon AI models to join Amazon Bedrock Marketplace
Falcon 3 LLM series gets first Arabic model
Presight to develop smart platform for UAE Media Council
G42 & Mistral AI form strategic partnership
G42 & Mistral AI announce strategic partnership
New partnership strengthens MBZUAI French research ties
UAE embraces GenAI media content, West remains wary
UAE to develop AI to transform national media strategy
MGX backs 1.4GW datacentre for Paris AI Hub
MGX & Bpifrance back 1.4GW Paris AI Campus project
Bold Technologies to develop AI cognitive city platform: Aion Sentia
New AI Accelerator to boost EDGE Group AI development
70% of UAE consumers have used AI assistants to shop
UAE unveils first homegrown AI satellite constellation
WeRide launches first fully driverless taxis in Middle East
G42 & iGenius to build Europe's biggest AI supercomputer
ADIA-LIST alliance tackles multi-agent AI risks
G42, iGenius to build €1B AI supercomputer in Italy
Qualcomm to open AI & IoT engineering centre in UAE
Oman forms national AI committee
UAE-US announce joint 5GW AI campus in Abu Dhabi
UAE-US to launch AI cluster with 5GW data centre in Abu Dhabi
TII releases Falcon-Edge 1.58bit language models
Global firms e& and IBM receive Dubai AI Seal certification
$40B in Saudi AI deals; UAE awaits 0.5m AI chip US export quota
UAE, US on verge of 500,000 AI chip annual quota deal
Oracle to invest $14B in Saudi Arabia by 2035
AWS, HUMAIN launch $5 billion AI Zone in Saudi Arabia
HUMAIN forms AI compute joint venture with AMD
Qualcomm and HUMAIN forge Saudi AI data centre deal
Oracle commits $14 billion to Saudi Arabia's tech future
Saudi forms AI-focused $10B joint venture with AMD
Saudi to build 500MW AI factories with NVIDIA tech
UAE's du launches GPU-as-a-service for AI development
Presight unveils AI-Policing Suite at Dubai summit
Saudi Arabia creates new global AI powerhouse
Presight opens Central Asia hub in Kazakh capital Astana
Saudi Arabia creates future AI powerhouse called Humain
Saudi $50 million AI fund to bridge Silicon Valley & GCC
Scale AI to open Riyadh office, following regional deals
President Trump's Middle East tour begins tomorrow
AI chip breakthrough expected as Trump heads to GCC
LIVE Tech Blog — Trump's Gulf Tour 2025
AqlanX secures $10m to scale Arabic-first enterprise AI
IHC forms AI-native insurance venture
Presight, Uganda sign landmark digital transformation deal
IHC launches $1 billion AI-native reinsurer in Abu Dhabi
IHC confirms AI board observer as strategic cornerstone
Trump set to roll-back Biden AI export restrictions
UAE to add AI to all school curricula; Presight Q1 results
Presight announces blockbuster first quarter
Qatar launches multi-agent platform to review job applications
Saudi Arabia urges citizens to register for SAMAI training initiative
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
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
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
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
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 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
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