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The initiative forms part of the country’s Vision 2040 strategy to expand AI adoption across key sectors and boost foreign investment in emerging technologies.

The deal comes as Microsoft seeks to convert more Microsoft 365 users into paying AI subscribers.

Agentic systems will analyze, decide, and execute across ministries under centralized oversight.

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Most AI pilots perform well in controlled environments. But when deployed at scale, many fail—not because the technology is flawed, but because the conditions they were built for don’t exist outside the demo.