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GDP at current prices reached approximately AED505 billion, representing a 0.2% increase year-on-year.

"But I don't think the question is whether AI can do the work. It can do a lot of it. The real question is whether it can do the climb. And from where I stand, it can't."

NOHM Hospitality's relationship with Baoli began in 2022, when the company secured a franchise license to introduce the brand to Dubai.

"Every day, I take a risk, and if I don't, my chances of succeeding drop. I think you fail if you don't take risks.”

Chiraag Jogia, Senior Vice President – Global Head of Customer Value Management at Mashreq NEO, reflects on how the proposition is simplifying wealth-building by bringing banking, saving, investing and financial insights into one accessible, personalized digital experience.

The founder and CEO is building what he calls an operating system for money: one layer that moves fiat and stablecoins across borders and lands them in a bank account, a wallet or a cash-pickup counter.

Work with Marvel, Disney, Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures. Receive commissions from Hollywood stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ryan Reynolds. Have your work publicly acknowledged by the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal. Kode Abdo, the digital artist behind BossLogic, has checked all of these off his list. But the Syrian-Australian illustrator’s creative ambitions are far from satiated as he embarks on the next phase of his career – and the UAE is set to play a significant part in it.

The event covered a range of topics, including the growth of UAE companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and digital financial infrastructure, among others.

"We have very deep pool of talent. We have not seen a negative flow of talent as a result of this conflict. We’ve only seen a positive inflow of talent and wealth."

The launch coincides with etisalat's 50th anniversary, with the group also unveiling a new vision to become an AI-powered telecommunications company.

Investopia Bridge 2026 serves as a lead-in to the next flagship edition of Investopia in 2027.

Among the many aspects of modern-day parenting Nahhas addresses on the platform, the one she advocates quite strongly for is positive and gentle parenting.

Object 1 founder and Chairman Egor Maslennikov discusses driving the developer’s next phase.In this Q&A, Entrepreneur Middle East talks with Egor Maslennikov, founder and Chairman of Object 1, talks about scaling with discipline, building communities, and the strategy shaping the Dubai-based developer’s next chapter of growth.

"Execution creates value, but it comes at a high price."

The agreement would give NEOPAY control of noon's payments arm and take it into Saudi Arabia and Egypt, creating a regional platform spanning online and in-store payments.

The firm said contingency plans remain active to support approximately 20,000 additional people.

Abdullah Asiri built a Saudi AI company on the wager that the region's four hundred million Arabic speakers deserved technology built for them first, not translated for them later.

AI can process volumes of information that would be impossible for a revenue manager to analyze manually. It can identify market movement, recognize demand patterns, compare competitors, evaluate fleet conditions, and support faster pricing decisions.

The companies demonstrated Parallax, Chicago Global's AI-powered investment intelligence platform, which launched in Saudi Arabia earlier in 2026.

For many travelers, the overall experience matters just as much as the destination. Virtuoso’s 2026 Luxe Report points to continued interest in family travel, active holidays, privacy, and highly personalized experiences. These preferences suggest that luxury is increasingly connected to how a trip feels, rather than simply what is included.

Led by BECO Capital, the round will support regional expansion, product development, and recruitment, with Saudi Arabia as the next priority market.

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Maven Robotics develops autonomous robots for logistics and manufacturing operations.

Innovation City and Salesforce said they believe the implementation is the world's first AI-powered company registration platform of its kind.

“If we only ask what to do with food once it becomes waste, we’re already asking the question too late.”

Featuring Ramesh Murthy, Senior Executive Officer at CUSP Wealth; Viktor Uzunov, co-founder and CEO of UEB3; and Naeem Hussain, founder and CEO of LockThreat, the panel explored how technology is changing who gets to invest, how they invest and whom they trust.

At the Tech Innovation Forum 2026, media personality and entrepreneur Joelle Mardinian reflected on nearly two decades of building Joelle Group and the costly lessons that changed how she thinks about growth.