Rwanda's Paul Kagame, Salesforce's Marc Benioff and the ITU have launched a 40-plus-member AI for Good Global Commission, stacked with tech CEOs and heads of state, to widen access to AI. With 2.2 billion people still offline, the divide it is targeting is vast.
G42's Inception42 and Microsoft are wiring their AI agent platforms together so governments and enterprises can move past scattered pilots, with data kept in-country. It's a sovereignty pitch aimed squarely at the UAE's goal of running half of federal operations on AI agents.
Chery's international brands delivered 75,102 vehicles in June, up 178% year over year, with new energy vehicle sales rising roughly 310%.
Dubai resale app LUVED has added LUVBOT, an AI assistant that coaches buyers and sellers, plus a My Impact dashboard that tallies the carbon and water each secondhand purchase saves.
The Kuaishou-owned video generator just pulled off the largest single funding round ever for an AI video model. Abu Dhabi's BlueFive Capital co-led it — the latest sign of Gulf money pouring into Chinese AI.
The critical-infrastructure maker is expanding manufacturing with a new Malaysian facility, aimed squarely at surging demand for AI data-center power and cooling.
UAE bank Mashreq is letting SME customers buy Workmen's Compensation and Third-Party Liability cover directly inside MashreqBiz — fully paperless, with Sukoon Insurance behind the scenes.
The Gulf gifting company rebuilt customer service on Infobip's AgentOS, using multi-agent AI and WhatsApp flows to survive Valentine's Day — 54,000 conversations in a single day — with far fewer humans.
