Abu Dhabi launches survey to measure AI and digital economy contribution
The Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi is building a clearer evidence base for AI-enabled services, cloud activity, fintech and other digital business models.
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UAE leads global generative AI adoption ranking as use spreads across public life
New Microsoft data places the UAE well above the global average for generative AI use, with adoption extending across government, education and workplaces.
Microsoft commits more than $10 billion to Gulf AI and digital infrastructure framework
The framework initially covers the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, with investments in cloud, AI infrastructure, connectivity, cybersecurity and AI for Good.
New Riyadh forum to examine AI, agentic systems and economic transformation
The inaugural AlEqtisadiah forum will bring business leaders and technology experts together on 5 October to examine how AI is changing economies and business models.
Saudi Arabia declares 2026 Year of Artificial Intelligence and unveils 480MW Hexagon supercomputing center
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and SDAIA launch the national Year of AI alongside the world's largest sovereign government computing hub in Riyadh.
Saudi Aramco scales Metabrain generative AI platform across upstream oil and gas operations
The national energy titan integrates 7 Terabytes of subsurface data into a proprietary foundation model driving reservoir simulation and predictive maintenance.
PIF-backed HUMAIN and Turing debut global enterprise AI agent marketplace at FII Priority
The venture accelerates commercial autonomous agent deployments for supply chain, healthcare, and sovereign compliance across the Arabian Gulf.
Saudi venture investments in artificial intelligence eclipse $9.1 billion across Vision 2030 sectors
Sovereign matching funds, corporate venture arms, and global accelerators catalyze a record funding cycle for domestic deep-tech innovators.
Abu Dhabi sovereign investor MGX closes inaugural fund, targeting $100 billion in global AI infrastructure
Chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, the fund cements cornerstone partnerships in leading semiconductor fabrication, frontier labs, and hyperscale data centers.
MBZUAI inaugurates specialized undergraduate degree and expanded Falcon foundation model lab
The world's first graduate AI university expands its academic mandate into undergraduate engineering and dedicated foundation model evaluation.
Oman Ministry of Economy allocates OMR 25 million for deep-tech AI and robotics venture grants
The sovereign financing program provides non-dilutive capital and commercial pilot guarantees for domestic machine learning founders.
Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN and AMD plan a 500MW open AI compute network
The five-year collaboration carries an investment ambition of up to $10 billion, with delivery and utilisation now the measures that matter.
Bahrain targets 50,000 citizens with three-track AI training
Tamkeen's programme separates executive adoption, broad workforce fluency and specialist tool-building in a national skills push running to 2030.
HUMAIN and Cohere plan dedicated 50MW AI compute deployment in Saudi Arabia
The partnership will combine Saudi infrastructure with Cohere’s enterprise model expertise and explore sovereign Arabic-language AI systems.
UAE sets two-year target for agentic AI across half of government operations
A new federal framework aims to convert 50 percent of UAE government sectors, services and operations to agentic AI models within two years.
Saudi Arabia joins Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
SDAIA’s membership brings Saudi Arabia into a multilateral forum focused on responsible AI, international cooperation and shared policy practice.
HUMAIN and Saudi infrastructure fund agree framework for up to $1.2bn AI expansion
The non-binding framework could support up to 250MW of AI data-centre capacity and a future investment platform for Saudi infrastructure.