Events
GITEX unveils World RobotiX at Expo City Dubai for the 2026 edition
A new robotics and embodied-AI showcase will run 8–11 December at Dubai Exhibition Centre, after the GITEX Summit on 7 December at DWTC.
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Companies & Labs
ADNOC announces a multi-year partnership with OpenAI and G42 on Frontier technology
Announced at ADIPEC, ADNOC said it is the first energy company to deploy OpenAI Frontier, connecting operational, capital and commercial decisions on UAE-based sovereign infrastructure.
Startups & Funding
Hub71 selects a record 40 startups for Cohort 19, 90% of them AI-centred
The Abu Dhabi ecosystem received 2,502 applications, and the selected companies have collectively raised $296 million. The intake is Hub71’s largest to date, the official 29 October statement says.
Policy & Government
Qatar’s Amir ratifies a decision establishing a National Centre for AI
Cabinet Decision No. (34) of 2026 reorganises units in the communications ministry and creates a national AI centre and a digital-capability department, Qatari newspapers reported.
Models & Research
MBZUAI’s IFM and Inception42 launch Jais 3, an Arabic-native model fleet
Six open language models from 900 million to 375 billion parameters, plus Jais Speech, are built on the K2 Horizon fleet and released on Hugging Face.
Policy & Government
UAE ministerial AI council reviews progress on FedAI and national capabilities
Chaired by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed at Qasr Al Watan, the council discussed connecting federal entities to the Agentic AI ecosystem, training, and the phased rollout of AI agents.
Tools & How-to
Inception42 launches Insight, a decision-intelligence platform for boards
Unveiled at AI Everything Abu Dhabi, the product is offered as SaaS or on a private cloud, with Arabic and English interfaces across web, mobile, desktop and voice.