Topic: Strategic Partnerships
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ZainTECH, Microsoft Launch 'AI-Ready Kuwait' to Boost National AI
ZainTECH and Microsoft have launched the 'AI-Ready Kuwait' initiative to accelerate the nation's AI capabilities and support Kuwait's Vision 2035, coinciding with the upcoming Microsoft Azure Region launch to enhance data sovereignty and infrastructure resilience. The initiative emphasizes a sync...
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HyperPay, Mastercard, Mozn Team Up to Boost MENA Digital Payments
HyperPay has partnered with Mastercard and Mozn to enhance digital payment infrastructure and security in Middle Eastern markets like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. The Mastercard collaboration focuses on issuing secure business cards for SMEs, leveraging HyperPay's recent EMI license from SAM...
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Bupa Arabia Drives Healthcare Innovation at Money20/20 as Platinum Sponsor
Bupa Arabia reinforced its role as a healthcare innovator by serving as the Platinum Sponsor for the Money20/20 Middle East conference, emphasizing its commitment to integrating advanced technology with health insurance. The company showcased its Bupa CareConnect division, presenting digital tool...
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Abu Dhabi Debuts World-First Innovations at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi has announced a record 19 strategic partnerships and unveiled advanced AI innovations at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, aiming to become the world's first fully AI-native government by 2027. The upgraded TAMM super app now integrates over 1,100 services, featuring AI-powered tools like AutoGov, AI ...
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Ambani Enlists Google, Meta to Build India's AI Infrastructure
Mukesh Ambani has launched Reliance Intelligence to build India's AI infrastructure, partnering with Google and Meta to develop enterprise and consumer AI solutions. A key initiative includes a collaboration with Google Cloud to establish an AI cloud infrastructure in India, starting with a data ...
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Samsung, SK Hynix to Supply Chips for OpenAI's Stargate
Samsung and SK Hynix will supply advanced memory chips for OpenAI's Stargate project, ramping up production to meet a demand of up to 900,000 semiconductor wafers monthly. OpenAI is discussing the establishment of two new AI data centers in South Korea with the companies, and Samsung is exploring...
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Abu Dhabi Debuts World's First AI Public Servant at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi aims to become the world's first fully AI-native government by 2027, introducing innovations like TAMM 4.0 with AutoGov, the first AI-powered public servant that handles services from license renewals to utility payments. The emirate showcased advanced infrastructure and public safety s...
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Nscale Partners with Microsoft on Major AI Infrastructure Deal
Nscale has partnered with Microsoft to deploy nearly 200,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs across data centers in Europe and the U.S., significantly expanding AI infrastructure and establishing Nscale as a key global player. The deployment includes 104,000 GPUs in Texas, 12,600 in Portugal, and additional un...
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ASUS Unveils Pervasive AI Vision at GITEX 2025
ASUS will present its pervasive AI vision at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, featuring AI-first devices and solutions across infrastructure, workspaces, and mobile platforms to drive digital transformation. The exhibition highlights business and education devices like the ExpertBook series with AI capabilitie...
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Mistral AI: The OpenAI Competitor You Need to Know
Mistral AI is a rapidly growing French startup challenging global AI leaders with its innovative models like Le Chat and strategic partnerships, backed by significant investment and high-profile endorsements. The company offers both open-source and premium AI products, including consumer and ente...
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EDB Opens Dubai Hub to Boost GCC's Sovereign AI Leadership
EnterpriseDB has opened a new regional headquarters in Dubai to advance sovereign AI capabilities in the GCC, announced during GITEX Global 2025. Research shows that 17% of enterprises in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are "Deeply Committed" to sovereign AI, surpassing the global average and achieving ...
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Saudi's UmrahCash Enters Indonesia via Sharia Partnerships
UmrahCash has launched in Indonesia with strategic partnerships to enhance the sharia fintech ecosystem for pilgrims, aiming to support millions undertaking hajj and umrah annually. The company provides secure, transparent, and sharia-compliant financial services, including direct access to Saudi...
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Mistral AI: All You Want To Know About OpenAI Rival
Mistral AI is a rapidly growing European AI company, founded in France in 2023, with a mission to democratize AI and a valuation nearing $14 billion, backed by significant funding and strategic partnerships. The company's flagship product, Le Chat, has gained traction with over a million download...
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What Truly Successful AI Projects Do Differently
Only a small fraction of AI initiatives deliver meaningful business outcomes, with just 5% of generative AI projects producing measurable value, due to inadequate tailoring and integration. Successful AI implementations focus on customization, targeting narrow use cases and deeply integrating AI ...
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Mistral AI Explained: The Rising OpenAI Competitor
Mistral AI is a leading European AI startup, competing with OpenAI through innovative models like Le Chat, backed by strong funding and partnerships while prioritizing openness and sustainability. Le Chat's mobile launch gained rapid traction in France, hitting 1M downloads in two weeks and intro...
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Anghami: Middle East Beats to Nasdaq Feats
In the heart of the Jewel of the Middle East Beirut, two young men, Eddy Maroun and Elie Habib, dared to dream of a revolutionary music platform. In 2012, their vision materialized as Anghami, a music streaming service tailored specifically for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Today, Anghami stands tall as a beacon of success for the global music industry. Join us on Anghami's extraordinary journey.
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Veeam Names Doriane Groene Senior Director for Microsoft Alliance in EMEA
Veeam Software has appointed Doriane Groene as Senior Director for the Microsoft Alliance in EMEA to strengthen collaboration and accelerate innovation in cloud services, data resilience, and AI. Groene brings over 20 years of technology experience, including leadership roles at Intel, where she ...
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MGX, AIP, and BlackRock's GIP to Buy Aligned Data Centers for $40B
A consortium including MGX, AIP, and BlackRock's GIP is acquiring Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion, marking AIP's first investment toward its goal of deploying $30 billion in equity capital. The acquisition aims to accelerate the development of scalable, efficient digital infrastructure essen...
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Abu Dhabi's RAAD Smart Vehicle: AI-Powered Emergency Response
Abu Dhabi has launched the RAAD smart vehicle, a multi-mission platform integrating AI, robotics, and drones to enhance emergency response, marking a regional first in comprehensive emergency technology. The vehicle supports strategic goals to improve response efficiency and on-site command, alig...
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CommBank Named a World Leader in AI Banking
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia ranks among the world's top four banks for AI maturity and leads the Asia-Pacific region, according to the 2025 Evident AI Index, which evaluates banks on Talent, Innovation, Leadership, and Transparency. Its rise in the rankings reflects significant investments...
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Boosting UAE's Cyber Security and Digital Innovation
GITEX GLOBAL is a key event for the UAE, establishing it as a global hub for technology and cybersecurity by bringing together international leaders and innovators. The event emphasizes advanced technologies like AI and quantum computing, highlighting their dual potential for innovation and new s...
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Abu Dhabi Unveils 15 Strategic Partnerships at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi announced 15 strategic partnerships and 55 projects at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, aiming to become the world's first fully AI-native government by redesigning public services around citizen needs. The emirate showcased AI-driven innovations across sectors, including Smart Hotel Check-In using f...
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Finder Group AI Debuts 'By AI, For AI' at GITEX 2025
Finder Group Ai has launched at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai, aiming to reshape AI startup growth by connecting entrepreneurs with investors and partners using its proprietary AI infrastructure. The GCC region is a fertile ground for AI, with startups securing over $1.2 billion in funding last year...
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BCG: Quantum Computing to Unlock $50B+ in Industry Value
Quantum computing could generate over $50 billion in value across industries, with major opportunities in energy and transportation, including up to $30 billion in savings for oil and gas operations. The technology poses significant cybersecurity risks, threatening current encryption and enabling...
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Egypt's MNT-Halan Targets GCC's Underserved Market with Expansion
MNT-Halan is expanding in GCC nations, targeting underserved consumers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to increase access to digital financial services. The company has grown rapidly, gaining 1.5 million users and offering loans, salary advances, and auto loans through strategic partnerships. Leverag...
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Damco Solutions Joins as Founding Member of Trustworthy AI Center
Damco Solutions has become a founding member of the Center for Trustworthy AI, reinforcing its commitment to advancing responsible and ethical artificial intelligence through global collaboration. As a founding member, Damco will help shape governance frameworks and leverage its expertise, includ...
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Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards 2025: Applications Now Open
The Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards 2025 is now accepting applications to honor innovative entrepreneurs, offering recognition and support to boost their growth and elevate the ecosystem. Applications are open from September 9 to 30, 2025, with eligibility criteria including Egyptian founder involvem...
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Latam-GPT: Latin America's Free, Open-Source AI
Latam-GPT is Latin America's first major open-source AI initiative, backed by a $10 million investment and powered by advanced NVIDIA H200 GPUs to boost regional computational capacity. The project is designed to address Latin America's unique cultural, linguistic, and social nuances, avoiding th...
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Ex-Anduril Team Secures $24M to Modernize Military Logistics
Defense tech startups like Rune Technologies are revolutionizing military logistics, shifting focus from weaponry to AI-powered supply chain solutions, with TyrOS aiming to replace outdated manual processes. TyrOS combines AI-driven forecasting and edge-computing to predict supply needs and opera...
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Europe's Battery Goals in Peril After Northvolt's Downfall
Northvolt's bankruptcy highlights Europe's need to either collaborate with Asian battery giants or innovate in next-gen technologies.
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Submer Expands Digital Infrastructure Across Middle East, Africa & Turkey
Submer is expanding its digital infrastructure in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, establishing a regional hub in Saudi Arabia to serve as a design-build and sustainability partner for AI-ready datacenters. This expansion supports regional transformation agendas like Saudi Arabia's Vision 203...
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GITEX Expands to Latin America, Fuels $950B Digital Boom
Latin America's digital economy is projected to reach nearly $950 billion by 2026, with GITEX launching its inaugural Latin American edition in São Paulo in 2027 to accelerate this growth. GITEX LATAM will showcase Brazil as a tech hub, leveraging its digital infrastructure and economic leadershi...
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AI Search Impact: A Local Agency's Guide
AI-powered search engines now generate instant summaries instead of traditional link lists, requiring businesses to maintain accurate and optimized online listings to avoid digital invisibility. Consumer behavior has shifted, with only 8% clicking through to websites, meaning most decisions are m...
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Hytera's AI Innovations Shine at GITEX 2025
Hytera showcased its leadership in AI-driven mission-critical communications at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, emphasizing solutions for public safety, energy, transportation, and enterprise sectors through live demonstrations and product launches. The company introduced flagship products like the P60 Smart ...
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Dubai's Global Platform: Fund Your Startup and Scale Worldwide
Expand North Star in Dubai is a premier global event for startups seeking international expansion and investment, organized by the Dubai World Trade Centre and hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, with the 2025 edition taking place from October 12th to 15th at Dubai Harbour. The event ...
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Mindware Unveils AI Innovations at GITEX Global 2025
Mindware will showcase its focus on Artificial Intelligence at GITEX Global 2025, aiming to equip regional enterprises with advanced infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions for intelligent transformation. The company will launch MAGIC 2.0, an upgraded digital platform featuring AI-driven use c...
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Top 3 Companies for Deploying Agentic AI
Microsoft leads the agentic AI market with its Copilot platform, integrated into Microsoft 365 and Azure, enhancing enterprise productivity through automation and generative models. Nvidia holds a key position by providing essential GPU hardware for training AI models, supporting innovation acros...
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8x8's Vision: How AI is Revolutionizing Customer Experience
AI is transforming customer experience by serving as the foundation of modern engagement strategies, not just a standalone feature, with significant growth in AI-powered interactions (84% increase). 8x8 has evolved into a communications intelligence platform, integrating AI tools like Journey IQ ...
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Mistral AI Explained: The Rising OpenAI Competitor
Mistral AI, a Paris-based startup valued at $6 billion, is emerging as France's leading AI contender with products like Le Chat, gaining attention as a potential rival to OpenAI. The company emphasizes openness and accessibility, offering both proprietary and open-source models, and has seen rapi...
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DeepSeek: A Rising AI Powerhouse
What is DeepSeek? DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup founded in May 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a prominent figure in both the hedge fund and AI industries. The company is…
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Extreme Networks: AI Slashes Networking Tasks from Hours to Minutes
Extreme Networks will debut its AI-driven networking platform at GITEX Global 2025, using conversational and multimodal AI to drastically speed up network operations from hours to minutes. The platform automates up to 90% of manual tasks, enhances compliance and device onboarding, and offers full...
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Rackspace Unveils 2025 Sustainability Report
Rackspace Technology released its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing progress toward net-zero emissions and alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals, including a 10% reduction in total emissions from 2023 to 2024. The company's greenhouse gas reduction targets are validated by the Scien...
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Boomi Named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 API Management Magic Quadrant
Boomi was named a Leader in the Gartner 2025 Magic Quadrant for API Management, highlighting its strong execution and strategic vision in advancing API innovation for agentic business transformation. The company's rapid rise from a Niche Player to a Leader reflects its evolution and commitment to...
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IonQ Unveils Quantum Breakthroughs at GITEX Dubai 2025
IonQ will present quantum computing advancements and commercial applications at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai, alongside partner ID Quantique, to drive enterprise adoption worldwide. The company is expanding globally through strategic partnerships and acquisitions, with its IonQ Forte systems delive...
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Why Your Supply Chain Needs Continuous Improvement Now
Modern supply chains are highly complex and interconnected, making continuous process improvement essential for resilience and maintaining a competitive edge in the global market. Organizations must embed flexibility into their operations to handle daily disruptions, with effective inventory mana...
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Mondoo Secures $17.5M to Expand Vulnerability Management Platform
Mondoo raised $17.5 million in a Series A extension, bringing total funding to over $32 million, with HV Capital leading the investment to support platform enhancements and regional expansion. The company offers an agentic vulnerability management platform that identifies, categorizes, and priori...
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"PressPectives" Podcast Reveals How "Are Media" is Conquering the Multi-Channel World
The media landscape is in constant flux. What worked yesterday might be obsolete today. So, how do established media giants adapt and thrive in this ever-evolving digital world? A recent interview with Joe Revill, Head of E-Publishing and Syndication at Are Media, offers some fascinating insights. And it also gives us a great opportunity to highlight the already-running podcast series, "PressPectives," that dives deep into these very topics.
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MBRHE Adopts Oracle AI on Azure to Streamline Housing Services
MBRHE has integrated Oracle Database@Azure to enhance its digital infrastructure, improving efficiency in planning, project management, and customer services while supporting the Dubai Urban Plan 2040. This initiative combines Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure to boost operational p...
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AI, Digital Consumers & Trust: The Future of GCC Commerce
Gulf Cooperation Council businesses are entering a new era driven by digital-first consumers, AI, and modern infrastructure, with companies focusing on seamless customer experiences and trust poised to lead growth. Digital adoption is accelerating rapidly, with the UAE having the world's highest ...
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Nvidia's AI Startup Investments: Powering the Future
Nvidia is leveraging its dominant position in high-performance GPUs and financial power to strategically invest in and shape the AI ecosystem through extensive venture capital activities. The company has significantly increased its startup investments, participating in numerous large funding roun...
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