AI & ML

Stripe's reported acquisition of model-routing platform OpenRouter signals that AI infrastructure, not models, is becoming the next consolidation battleground.

The Uber-Baidu tie-up creates the first multi-partner autonomous ride network, with Dubai as the launchpad for a global AV rollout.

Toast, Block, Shopify and Adyen are quietly sidelining their lending arms as agentic AI rewrites the merchant-services value chain.

Starling's user-built AI finance tools signal a shift from product-led banking to platform-led personalisation.

UAE in-principle approval positions Fintech Galaxy at the centre of the Gulf's regulated financial data infrastructure buildout.

The Moody's-backed regtech firm says firms across 160 jurisdictions face systemic blindness as regulatory volumes hit unsustainable levels.

Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered have adopted Ant International's time-series AI model for FX and cashflow management.

The UK mortgage software giant names a data chief as the government's Smart Data initiative promises £14bn in homebuying social value.

The partnership puts alternative credit intelligence inside FICO Platform, reaching 90% of top US lenders and over a billion credit-invisible consumers.

From Spain's face-swap heist to a $17.7bn US fraud toll, AI is systematically dismantling biometric identity defences across sectors.

Austin startup Parachute ties advisory fees to client outcomes and writes cheques, as Big Three consultancies edge toward performance pricing.

A $5m Bessemer-backed AR platform partners with the UK credit profession's chartered body to prepare members for autonomous AI agents.

Confluence POINT brings AI-driven document validation and conversational workflows to investment management's compliance and reporting stack.

Bjoern Doehrer joins from Morningstar as FE fundinfo accelerates its AI-powered investment data strategy.

OPPO's three-product Gulf rollout tests whether premium audio and AI-tablet features can convert mid-market consumers in Saudi Arabia.

New Middle East research from Accenture finds a widening gulf between national AI ambition and enterprise execution across the region.

Unitree's Star Market debut drew demand 8,000 times over, putting humanoid robotics at the centre of China's next industrial capital cycle.

NUS Business School argues Indonesia's AI advantage rests on human capability, not hardware, as it targets high-income status by 2045.

Cost discipline and AI-assisted engineering help Iress UK more than offset a 1% revenue dip in a consolidating wealth-management market.

The Dubai-founded firm is expanding beyond digital assets into AI infrastructure and private equity under a new chief executive.