Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Tabby Cash hits 1 million UAE accounts in under three months

Tabby's fee-free stored-value account reaches a million users, signalling Gulf consumers' appetite for BNPL-native everyday banking.
Tabby's fee-free stored-value account reaches a million users, signalling Gulf consumers' appetite for BNPL-native everyday banking.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

SouqView launches Arabic-first simulated trading platform in UAE

The Emirati edutainment startup targets GCC financial literacy gaps with gamified, AI-guided market simulation in Arabic.
The Emirati edutainment startup targets GCC financial literacy gaps with gamified, AI-guided market simulation in Arabic.
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Space
Sustainability
Energy

OroraTech cuts wildfire detection to minutes with Kepler orbit deal

Fifteen thermal sensors hosted on Kepler satellites by 2028 will deliver wildfire alerts before the first emergency call reaches a dispatcher.
Fifteen thermal sensors hosted on Kepler satellites by 2028 will deliver wildfire alerts before the first emergency call reaches a dispatcher.
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Datatech
AI & ML
Energy

Riot Platforms' $28bn AI lease marks bitcoin miner's infra pivot

Riot's 910 MW Corsicana deal with an unnamed frontier AI lab signals how bitcoin miners are becoming backbone data-infrastructure plays.
Riot's 910 MW Corsicana deal with an unnamed frontier AI lab signals how bitcoin miners are becoming backbone data-infrastructure plays.
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Space
Defence

Firefly Aerospace lands $1.3bn engine deal with AST SpaceMobile

A $1.3bn rocket engine agreement gives AST SpaceMobile launch sovereignty while turbocharging Firefly's production capacity.
A $1.3bn rocket engine agreement gives AST SpaceMobile launch sovereignty while turbocharging Firefly's production capacity.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Energy
AI & ML

ENOC brings Amazon's Just Walk Out to Middle East petrol retail

ENOC's Dubai ZOOM store becomes the first Middle East deployment of Amazon's checkout-free AI retail technology.
ENOC's Dubai ZOOM store becomes the first Middle East deployment of Amazon's checkout-free AI retail technology.
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Cybersecurity
AI & ML

Proofpoint doubles UAE footprint as agentic AI rewrites cyber risk

Proofpoint's Gulf expansion reveals how agentic AI is forcing cybersecurity to become a cross-sector boardroom priority across the Middle East.
Proofpoint's Gulf expansion reveals how agentic AI is forcing cybersecurity to become a cross-sector boardroom priority across the Middle East.
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AI & ML

India's $1.1bn AI Mission backs homegrown models built for local use

India's state-backed AI Mission has funded three indigenous models, signalling a sovereign-compute strategy that rivals UPI's disruption of financial access.
India's state-backed AI Mission has funded three indigenous models, signalling a sovereign-compute strategy that rivals UPI's disruption of financial access.
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Fintech
Datatech

Equifax UK and Access Group tie up on instant payroll verification

A credit data giant and a payroll platform partner to cut mortgage and loan paperwork for over a million UK employees.
A credit data giant and a payroll platform partner to cut mortgage and loan paperwork for over a million UK employees.
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Fintech
Cybersecurity

ID-Pal and ThirdEye unite to tackle AI-driven fraud in ANZ

Dublin-based ID-Pal brings KYC and KYB capabilities to ThirdEye's AML platform as AI-accelerated fraud reshapes compliance in Australia and New Zealand.
Dublin-based ID-Pal brings KYC and KYB capabilities to ThirdEye's AML platform as AI-accelerated fraud reshapes compliance in Australia and New Zealand.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Cardstream's Flowes targets white-label payments ownership gap

Flowes launches a PayFac-as-a-Service proposition letting software platforms own the merchant payments experience without building core infrastructure.
Flowes launches a PayFac-as-a-Service proposition letting software platforms own the merchant payments experience without building core infrastructure.
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AI & ML
Fintech
Datatech

FTSE 100 AI spend stays hidden as agent costs begin to spiral

New Flexera analysis finds only 2% of FTSE 100 firms disclosed an AI spending figure, even as global AI debt tops $450bn.
New Flexera analysis finds only 2% of FTSE 100 firms disclosed an AI spending figure, even as global AI debt tops $450bn.
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