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The Emirates Intelligencer

An Independent Daily Bulletin on Artificial-Intelligence Investment, Adoption and Deployment. Published by otonomi.co

Vol. I., No. 72 Thursday, September 10, 2026 From the Archive
Space Infrastructure
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UAE-Backed Consortium Commits $1 Billion to AI Satellite Network

The Altair Next Gen investment places Abu Dhabi manufacturing at the centre of a fifty-satellite network intended to serve Emirati, European and commercial users.

By The Otonomi Investment Desk

Marlan Space, the UAE-based space technology investor and an IHC subsidiary, and Loft Orbital are leading a $1 billion consortium investment to build Altair Next Gen, an artificial intelligence satellite infrastructure. The agreement was signed at the International Space Summit in Paris in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron.

The initial phase comprises fifty satellites with radar, optical and other sensors for government, commercial and sovereign customers, including users in the UAE. The network is intended to analyse observations in orbit and transmit alerts rather than raw imagery, with maritime awareness, wildfire detection, disaster response, ports and critical infrastructure among its first applications.

Orbitworks will produce the satellites at its facility in KEZAD, Abu Dhabi, giving the programme capacity to scale from ten satellites to fifty. IHC agreed to acquire an 80 percent stake in Marlan Space on 8 September, according to WAM.

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Sovereign Compute

G42 and MBZUAI Join India’s Eight-Exaflop Supercomputer Project

G42 will deliver an eight-exaflop national-scale AI supercomputer in India with Cerebras, MBZUAI and India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. The project was announced at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi and follows the India-UAE strategic framework established this year.

The system will be hosted in India under Indian governance frameworks, with data remaining within national jurisdiction. G42 said the infrastructure will serve research institutions, startups, small and medium enterprises, and government ministries under the India AI Mission.

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Mobility Systems

Salik Extends TransCore Partnership to Pursue AI Tolling Uses

Salik renewed its partnership with TransCore for five years, extending work on the systems that support Dubai’s road-toll operations. The agreement includes continued development of tolling technologies and exploration of artificial intelligence and advanced digital solutions.

The two companies said the work will focus on operational efficiency, system performance and mobility services. Their collaboration on Dubai tolling dates to the original system’s development in 2006.

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Further Dispatches
Autonomous Systems

Abu Dhabi’s A2RL Takes Autonomous Racing to Italy

Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League made its international debut in Imola with up to five fully autonomous race cars based on the Dallara Super Formula SF23. The series is organised by ASPIRE, the grand-challenges arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council.

A2RL said the competition gives teams a controlled setting to develop and validate algorithms through multi-car racing, overtakes, incident-response scenarios and other edge cases before the Abu Dhabi season finale.

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Enterprise Adoption

Siemens Energy Forum Brings UAE CIOs Into AI Scaling Talks

Abu Dhabi School of Management, Siemens Energy and the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry convened CIOs, technology leaders, academics and students for a forum on moving artificial intelligence from experimentation to business impact.

The programme examined data governance, workforce capabilities, organisational change and executive sponsorship, and included three use-case presentations from Siemens Energy, Accenture and academia.

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Global AI in Action
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