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Vol. I., No. 63 Tuesday, September 1, 2026 From the Archive
Federal Workforce
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UAE Government Taps MBZUAI To Train 80,000 Employees In Agentic AI

The federal partnership turns the Cabinet-approved shift to agentic government into a named capability programme for ministries and public entities.

By The Otonomi Investment Desk

The UAE Government has launched a strategic knowledge partnership with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence to build Agentic AI expertise across the federal government workforce. The agreement was signed by Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future and Chairwoman of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, and Professor Eric Xing, MBZUAI President and University Professor.

The partnership supports the national programme approved by the UAE Cabinet to train 80,000 federal employees as Agentic AI experts across all occupational categories. MBZUAI will deliver specialised capability-building and executive education in collaboration with national universities and technology companies, with training focused on Agentic AI-driven transformation, responsible adoption, implementation requirements and practical applications in government work.

Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary General of the Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council and Chairman of MBZUAI’s Board of Trustees, said the training programme and the target of moving 50 percent of government services and operations to Agentic AI marked a pivotal moment in the UAE’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. Al Roumi said the partnership translates the leadership’s directives to embed Agentic AI across UAE Government operations, services and procedures.

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AI Governance

National Experts Programme Moves Emirati Cohort From AI Stack To AI Value

Thirty-two Emirati experts have completed the second module of the National Experts Program’s AI Track, a course built around identifying sector-relevant AI use cases, understanding cost structures and return on investment, applying UAE governance principles and integrating technical, economic and ethical considerations into AI decisions. The module was titled From AI Stack to AI Value and followed a first technical module held in July.

The cohort engaged with institutions shaping the UAE AI ecosystem, including the Prime Minister’s Office, the UAE Cyber Security Council, the Department of Government Enablement Abu Dhabi, the Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and the TAMM app. Participants examined how AI is being operationalised at scale, with sessions on governance, risk management, data frameworks, cost, organisational readiness and whether pilots can become sustainable operating solutions.

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Sovereign AI

AVELIN AI Raises $3.7 Million To Expand Regulated Sovereign AI Platform

Dubai-based AVELIN AI has closed a $3.7 million pre-seed funding round from angel investors to accelerate commercial expansion across the Middle East, Europe and North America, scale its GPU infrastructure and develop its Cross-Model Fusion technology. The company builds a sovereign AI platform for enterprises, governments and regulated industries seeking to deploy frontier-grade AI while maintaining control over data, infrastructure and compliance requirements.

Founder and chief executive Yury Akinin said enterprises and governments increasingly recognise that AI cannot come at the expense of security, compliance or control. AVELIN is supported by technology partners including NVIDIA Inception, AWS Activate and the Dubai Future Foundation, alongside programmes with Red Hat, DigitalOcean and OVHcloud, and said it will focus on converting existing commercial agreements into signed contracts through the rest of 2026.

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Further Dispatches
Proptech AI

Rentify Launches Earn AI With $2 Million Seed Round And Five Enterprise Customers

UAE-born fintech and proptech company Rentify has raised $2 million in seed funding from a syndicate of real estate and fintech investors, bringing total capital raised to $2.5 million. The round supports the launch of Earn AI, an agentic platform that autonomously manages rental revenue for landlords and property managers, dispatching rent reminders, sending payment links, provisioning tenant accounts and flagging renewal windows without manual action at the unit level.

Five enterprise customers, Gargash Real Estate, New Star Property Management, Arabian Acres Real Estate, Purecare Management and RSH Holiday Homes Rental, are live on Earn AI and collectively manage thousands of residential and commercial units across the UAE. Rentify said the funding will be used to deepen model performance, scale the autonomous agent layer, expand its property manager access programme and enter its first international markets.

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Enterprise Operations

Algebra AI Emerges From Stealth With $7 Million To Run Mid-Market Workflows

Dubai-based Algebra AI has launched with clients across financial services, food and beverage, distribution and manufacturing, and $7 million in financing from investors including Infinity Constellation, BECO Capital, Silicon Badia and Waseel Investments. The company designs, builds and operates AI-enabled workflows as a managed service for businesses whose needs sit between off-the-shelf tools and full enterprise implementations.

Co-founder and chief executive Anis Harb said there are more than 30,000 mid-market businesses in the GCC but that the market has not produced an AI model that works for how they operate. Algebra AI said it plans to expand its client base across the GCC and grow its operations and AI engineering team in the coming months.

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