Who builds AI in the UAE
12 companies, placed on the map by emirate and checked against their sources. Pick an emirate to see who is there.
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Abu Dhabi: 10 companies
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AI71
Abu Dhabi
An Abu Dhabi AI company launched in November 2023 by the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) and its commercialisation arm, VentureOne.
Core42
Abu Dhabi
G42's enterprise and sovereign AI cloud arm, formed from the merger of three existing G42 businesses - G42 Cloud, Inception and Injazat.
G42
Abu Dhabi
Group 42 Holding (G42) is an Emirati AI and cloud-computing holding company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, founded in 2018.
M42
Abu Dhabi
An integrated, technology-enabled healthcare company formed in 2023 by combining G42 Healthcare with Mubadala Health - joining G42's genomics, AI and digital-health capabilities with Mubadala Health's hospital and clinic network.
Presight AI
Abu Dhabi
A big-data-and-AI analytics company majority-owned by G42, publicly listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) since 2023 - the region's largest AI-analytics IPO to date.
Pure Harvest Smart Farms
Abu Dhabi · Al Ain
An Al Ain-based agri-tech company running climate-controlled, hydroponic greenhouses that produce fruit and vegetables year-round in arid conditions.
Space42
Abu Dhabi
An AI-powered space-technology company formed by the 2024 merger of Bayanat (geospatial AI and data analytics) and Yahsat (satellite communications), listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
The applied-research pillar of Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), with dedicated centres for AI, quantum, robotics and cryptography.
Inception
Abu Dhabi
An AI research group within the G42/Core42 ecosystem, described by G42 as an AI research powerhouse focused on foundational, domain-specific models, and positioned as the core intelligence layer of G42's AI stack.
nybl
Dubai
A Dubai-based, no-code machine-learning platform that connects to live operational data and surfaces predictive analytics and automation without requiring a data-science team to build it - aimed at democratising AI access for Gulf businesses across oil & gas, healthcare and security.
Sarwa
Dubai
A Dubai-based robo-advisory and trading platform offering algorithm-managed, low-cost investment portfolios (Sarwa Invest) alongside commission-free stock and ETF trading (Sarwa Trade).
Yellow.ai
Abu Dhabi · Yas Creative Zone
A conversational-AI platform for customer- and employee-experience automation.
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