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Stake launches Dubai real estate prediction market with property prizes

StakePredict turns crowd-sourced investor sentiment into fractional property ownership, a first for the Gulf's most-watched real estate market.
StakePredict turns crowd-sourced investor sentiment into fractional property ownership, a first for the Gulf's most-watched real estate market.
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AI & ML
Defence
Energy

Presight picks 12 global AI firms for Abu Dhabi accelerator Cohort II

Abu Dhabi's Presight selects 12 AI companies from 376 applicants, deepening the UAE's sovereign AI ecosystem strategy.
Abu Dhabi's Presight selects 12 AI companies from 376 applicants, deepening the UAE's sovereign AI ecosystem strategy.
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Robotics
Sustainability
Real Estate

UAE 3D Printing Programme Graduates First Cohort in Al Ain

ADGM Academy and partners graduate 50 Emirati job seekers in advanced manufacturing, backing Abu Dhabi's industrial diversification push.
ADGM Academy and partners graduate 50 Emirati job seekers in advanced manufacturing, backing Abu Dhabi's industrial diversification push.
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Robotics
Real Estate
AI & ML

Innovo and FieldAI deploy AI robots on Dubai construction site

A UAE construction giant and a global robotics firm are running autonomous site-monitoring robots at a $463m Dubai residential megaproject.
A UAE construction giant and a global robotics firm are running autonomous site-monitoring robots at a $463m Dubai residential megaproject.
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Media & Publishing
Fintech
Real Estate

Canadian University Dubai and FINTECH.TV open NYSE-linked studio

A live broadcast studio at CUD's Dubai campus creates a direct link to the New York Stock Exchange, fusing fintech media with higher education.
A live broadcast studio at CUD's Dubai campus creates a direct link to the New York Stock Exchange, fusing fintech media with higher education.
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Real Estate
Travel
Fintech

Dubizzle Group backs Tern to rewire UAE rental payments

The MENA classifieds giant takes a stake in a rental rewards platform, folding fintech loyalty logic into GCC property infrastructure.
The MENA classifieds giant takes a stake in a rental rewards platform, folding fintech loyalty logic into GCC property infrastructure.
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Cybersecurity

UAE Launches Quantum-Safe Crypto Discovery Tool

UAE Cyber Security Council and QuantumGate introduce a national tool to support post-quantum cryptography migration and cyber resilience.

The UAE Cyber Security Council has partnered with QuantumGate on the national Crypto Discovery Tool (CDT), an Abu Dhabi-built solution that helps the country transition to quantum-safe security through comprehensive cryptographic discovery, inventory management, a

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AI & ML

ParaZero wins second C-UAS order from Tier-1 defence firm

ParaZero's net-based drone interceptor wins a second business unit order, signalling autonomous Counter-UAS as a serious defence procurement priority.
ParaZero's net-based drone interceptor wins a second business unit order, signalling autonomous Counter-UAS as a serious defence procurement priority.
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Fintech

BlackRock Report Highlights GCC Retirement Savings Gap

A BlackRock report highlights a gap in long-term retirement preparedness across the GCC and calls for stronger funded savings systems to support capital markets and econo

A new BlackRock report finds the Middle East at a defining moment in how individuals prepare for retirement, with strong financial confidence today contrasting with preparedness for the future, and a clear opportunity to strengthen systems that support long-term f

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Fintech

Arqaam Capital Conference Highlights MENA Capital Market Growth

Arqaam Capital’s 13th MENA Investor Conference explored how diversification, foreign investment, and deeper capital markets are strengthening the region’s global investme

The Middle East and North Africa is entering a new phase of capital market growth, supported by rising foreign investment, expanding debt and equity markets and increasingly diversified economies, according to investors, policymakers and business leaders gathered

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Fintech

ADGM Academy Graduates Third Financial Market Pioneers Cohort

ADGM Academy and its partners graduated 28 Emirati participants from the third Financial Market Pioneers Programme, bringing the total number of graduates to 86.

ADGM Academy (ADGMA), the knowledge arm of Abu Dhabi’s international financial centre, ADGM, in collaboration with the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA) and Sandooq Al Watan, celebrated the graduation of the third cohort of the Financial Market Pioneers Programme

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AI & ML
Fintech

Qatar Insurance Group Reinvents Insurance with Agentic AI

Scale Gross Written Premium with Agentic Models as Qatar Insurance Group Reinvents the Value Chain

Lars Gehrmann , former Group Chief Digital and AI Officer at Qatar Insurance Group, is driving a structural shift across the Middle Eastern insurance sector by transitioning corporate operations from generative AI testing to a fully

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AI & ML
Internet of Things
Datatech
Fintech

Middle East Banks Leapfrog Legacy Systems to Pioneer Cloud & AI

Middle East Banks Leapfrog Legacy Systems to Pioneer Sovereign Cloud and Agentic AI Architecture

The Middle East financial sector is rapidly outstripping its Western counterparts by bypassing traditional core banking legacies in favor of cutting-edge sovereign cloud infrastructures and agentic artificial intelligence systems.

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Fintech

Scale Capital Inflows and Regulatory Sandboxes Power Growth for Middle E

Money20/20 MEA’s MoneySurge winners are scaling fintech infrastructure across the region, supported by new funding, partnerships, and regulatory sandboxes.

Event organiser Tahaluf is collaborating with regional financial institutions to showcase how the four cohort winners of the Money20/20 MEA MoneySurge pitch competition are accelerating the deployment of institutional financial infrastructure across the Middle Eas

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AI & ML

ParaZero wins two Counter-UAS deals as autonomous drone defence scales

Two Israeli integrations for ParaZero's net-interception pods signal a maturing autonomous counter-drone market with cross-sector defence implications.
Two Israeli integrations for ParaZero's net-interception pods signal a maturing autonomous counter-drone market with cross-sector defence implications.
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Hub71 Startups Surpass $2.7 Billion in Funding as Abu Dhabi Gains Moment

Startup revenue reaches $1.5 billion (AED 5.4 billion), reflecting Abu Dhabi's growing appeal for founders, investors and technology companies applications

Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, announced that startups in its community have raised more than $2.7 billion (AED 9.9 billion) in funding and generated $1.5 billion (AED 5.4 billion) in revenue by the end of 2025, marking a new milestone in Abu Dhabi’s emergence as a

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Cybersecurity

ParaZero scales counter-drone production as defence demand surges

The Israeli UAS firm's subcontractor deal signals how the counter-drone sector is industrialising at pace across defence and critical infrastructure.
The Israeli UAS firm's subcontractor deal signals how the counter-drone sector is industrialising at pace across defence and critical infrastructure.
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AI & ML

ParaZero lands first US Tier-1 defence order for drone-intercept pods

Israeli counter-UAS firm ParaZero secures its first US major-defence order, signalling non-explosive drone interception's entry into mainstream defence procurement.
Israeli counter-UAS firm ParaZero secures its first US major-defence order, signalling non-explosive drone interception's entry into mainstream defence procurement.
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