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Omar Sultan Al Olama, in glasses, a dark suit and a blue tie, gestures with his right hand as he speaks on a dimly lit stage, framed by blurred silhouettes in the foreground

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Chancellery in Berlin

Computer render of gold-coloured satellites with solar panels orbiting above Earth, with the planet's cloud cover below

Black-and-white studio portrait of a man in a white T-shirt seated on a stepladder and a woman in a white vest top standing beside him, both smiling

Euno raises $23m to give enterprise AI agents the context they lack

Cristian Dina
Sep 10, 2026

The Abu Dhabi Downtown district skyline with flag

Abu Dhabi says $100bn of AI capital sits in its financial centre. Its own announcement cannot decide whether that money is held there or spent.

Cristian Dina
Sep 9, 2026

Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori speaks from a lectern to a seated business audience in a wood-panelled conference room at Dubai Chambers

Dubai is training 14,000 companies to run AI agents, on a two-year clock

Alina Maria Stan
Sep 7, 2026

The Abu Dhabi Downtown district skyline with flag

Huawei

G42 gave up Huawei, then let Washington watch its data centres. Majority US ownership is reportedly next.

Alina Maria Stan
Sep 4, 2026

Customers enjoying the enhanced privacy offered by Emirates’ new Premium Economy seat

Emirates has wired a privacy screen into premium economy. The harder sell is the hub underneath it.

Alina Maria Stan
Sep 4, 2026

Apollo Go’s sixth-generation RT6 is a purpose-built, fully electric robotaxi designed for fully driverless operations

Uber

Baidu’s Apollo Go is now on Uber in Dubai, with no safety driver

Darius Popa
Aug 20, 2026

Data center

Funding

Nvidia stopped funding the AI boom alone, Saudi banks cannot fund theirs, and 500 US towns have banned the buildings

Alina Maria Stan
Aug 11, 2026