Abu Dhabi stories
Laundryheap pushes into four new markets worldwide
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On-demand laundry platform Laundryheap has expanded into Colombia, Mexico, Malaysia and Scotland, as it accelerates its global rollout.
Oracle NetSuite unveils AI-centric NetSuite Next in UAE
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digital transformation
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Oracle NetSuite unveils NetSuite Next in the UAE, embedding AI assistants, agentic workflows and analytics across its cloud ERP suite.
Abu Dhabi's Falcon H1R 7B raises bar for compact AI
Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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Abu Dhabi's TII unveils Falcon H1R 7B, a compact open AI model it says rivals much larger rivals in reasoning power while using less compute.
UAE's Falcon-H1 Arabic tops Open Arabic LLM rankings
Tue, 6th Jan 2026
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Abu Dhabi's Falcon-H1 Arabic AI model debuts with a hybrid Mamba-Transformer design, topping the Open Arabic LLM Leaderboard.
UAE launches first AI Centre of Excellence to boost local talent
Wed, 8th Oct 2025
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digital transformation
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ai
The UAE has launched the Gulf's first AI Centre of Excellence in Abu Dhabi to develop local talent and advance sovereign AI capabilities with Australian partners.
Cisco pushes forward on AI with new partnerships & tech advances
Wed, 4th Jun 2025
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firewalls
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network security
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quantum computing
Cisco advances in AI with new partnerships, tech breakthroughs, and strong Q3 results, including joining the Stargate UAE consortium and launching a Quantum Network Chip.
Cisco joins Stargate UAE in major Abu Dhabi AI data centre push
Thu, 22nd May 2025
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digital transformation
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ai
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cloud services
Cisco joins Stargate UAE consortium to develop a 1 GW AI data centre in Abu Dhabi, partnering with G42, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and SoftBank Group.
Airwallex secures USD $300 million to drive global expansion
Wed, 21st May 2025
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fintech
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expense management
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airwallex
Airwallex has secured USD $300 million in Series F funding, valuing the fintech firm at USD $6.2 billion and fuelling plans for global expansion.
Binance secures USD $2 billion institutional backing by MGX
Thu, 13th Mar 2025
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crypto
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blockchain
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binance
Binance has secured its first institutional investment, a groundbreaking USD $2 billion from Abu Dhabi's MGX, marking a pivotal moment in cryptocurrency.
SingularityNET & Bitgrit form partnership for AGI boost
Fri, 21st Feb 2025
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blockchain
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ai
SingularityNET has partnered with Bitgrit, uniting over 35,000 AI engineers to enhance its decentralised AI marketplace and accelerate AGI development.
High-performance computing market on the rise – report
Thu, 13th Apr 2023
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hpc
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healthtech
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cloud services
Global high-performance computing (HPC) market to reach $62.0 billion by 2032, driven by IT sector expansion and hybrid HPC devices, reports FMI.
Data centre operator PDG closes US$350 million equity deal
Wed, 23rd Feb 2022
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Singapore-based Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has closed an equity investment from Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) as a lead investor for US$350 million.
Avaya makes contact-centre-as-a-service solution available on Azure
Mon, 7th Oct 2019
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saas
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crm
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uc
The service will launch in the first half of 2020, initially covering the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries before general worldwide availability.
Hitachi Vantara delivers digital evidence management solution for law enforcement
Mon, 24th Sep 2018
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storage
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data privacy
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cloud services
Law enforcement officials are challenged by compliance policies and procedures such as evidence disclosure rules.
Huawei & ADMA-OPCO bring Cloud Ready Data Center online
Tue, 8th Nov 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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oracle
ADMA-OPCO launches Cloud Ready Data Center for oil exploration and production industry in the UAE, developed by Huawei.
Airline passengers want more smartphone control
Thu, 20th Dec 2012
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smartphones
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travel
70% of airline passengers now want more mobile control, like self-boarding and flight updates, to ease travel stress, a survey reveals.