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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. 80 Friday, September 18, 2026 From the Archive
Government Adoption
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Abu Dhabi Executive Council Puts Agentic AI Into Its Deliberations

The first use of the AI Committee System at the council level links a large public-investment programme to traceable, real-time analysis of government decisions.

By The Otonomi Investment Desk

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan chaired the first Abu Dhabi Executive Council meeting to use the AI Committee System, an agentic platform deployed to support analysis-based discussion and data-driven decision-making. WAM said the system reviewed public projects and programmes, prepared executive summaries and supplied real-time insights and questions during the meeting.

The council directed an expansion of the Abu Dhabi Liveability Strategy after more than 60 major projects valued at more than AED12 billion were completed under a broader AED42 billion approved programme. The next five-year phase is intended to use predictive, data-driven planning to direct investment and develop public-private opportunities in community infrastructure.

The platform is designed to link outputs and decisions to their original source papers, while producing analytical reports, minutes and follow-up requirements. The council also reviewed AI education across private-school curricula from kindergarten to Grade 12.

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Cybersecurity Model

UAE Cyber Council Backs Sovereign Model for Security Operations

The UAE Cyber Security Council and Open Innovation AI have launched a specialised cybersecurity model developed in the UAE. It is intended for vulnerability analysis, secure-code remediation, incident investigation, cyber-defence reasoning and security operations workflows.

WAM said the model uses proprietary cybersecurity data and can be deployed in controlled, private and sovereign environments, allowing organisations to retain control over sensitive data and AI workloads. The partners said it is designed to support, rather than replace, specialised security decision-making.

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Scale-up Capital

Dubai Future District Fund Extends Growth Route for Regional Founders

Dubai Future District Fund has committed to a global growth fund managed by Nordstar Partners, a UK-based investment manager focused on AI, FinTech and consumer technology. The fund said the commitment addresses the period between Series A and Series C, when companies move from early traction to operational scale.

Nordstar will work with DFDF to support UAE-based companies expanding internationally, opening its operator network and market-entry expertise to regional founders. The manager already holds investments in Middle East ventures including Kitopi and Silkhaus.

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Further Dispatches
Industrial Adoption

UAE Manufacturers Move Faster on Industrial AI, Study Finds

Schneider Electric said 23 per cent of UAE food and beverage manufacturers now consider AI a core part of operations, compared with 16.3 per cent globally, in its 2026 Industrial AI in CPG Study: UAE. The study also found that 59 per cent expect AI to have a transformational impact by 2030, against 42.2 per cent globally.

The study was launched at Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit Middle East and Africa in Abu Dhabi. The company also unveiled a 3,000-square-metre Innovation Hub featuring technologies for AI-powered operations, smart buildings, sustainable data centres, automation and cybersecurity.

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Geospatial AI

Fujairah Examines Geospatial AI for Smarter Public Services

Fujairah Digital Government and the Fujairah Geographic Information System Centre reviewed geospatial AI, digital twins, 3D modelling and advanced surveying technologies at INTERGEO 2026 in Munich. The government said it was examining their use in strategic projects, urban planning, data integration and digital services.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi and Dr Ahmed Hassan Almurshidi led the visit, which also considered infrastructure management and smart-city applications as part of Fujairah’s digital-transformation programme.

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Global AI in Action

Legal Workflows

OpenAI introduces legal workflows and confidential controls.

OpenAI

AI Workshops

OpenAI and AARP offer practical AI workshops.

OpenAI

Public Data

Google and UN launch searchable statistics platform.

Google

AI Hiring

Amazon launches AI-led interviews and candidate assessments.

AWS

RAG Storage

AWS compares vector stores for RAG applications.

AWS
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