Innovation
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
The Great Agentic AI Shakeout: Why 40% of Projects Fail. Can the Middle East Defy the Odds?
Nearly 50% of agentic AI initiatives are expected to fail by 2027. Industry leaders discuss governance, data strategy, and scalable execution to secure real-world impact.
Jennifer George
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Data, AI, & Machine Learning
The Great Agentic AI Shakeout: Why 40% of Projects Fail. Can the Middle East Defy the Odds?
Nearly 50% of agentic AI initiatives are expected to fail by 2027. Industry leaders discuss governance, data strategy, and scalable execution to secure real-world impact.
Jennifer George
Automation
Cisco and G42 Deepen Partnership to Build Secure AI Infrastructure in the UAE
The collaboration will power G42’s new AI cluster using Cisco’s full-stack infrastructure and AMD’s new GPUs
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Disrupt-X, Intel, and Rekeep Partner to Advance AI-Driven Sustainability
The three-way partnership will merge AI, IoT, and edge technologies to create real-time, data-driven infrastructure systems across the Gulf, Europe, and Asia.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Automation
Qualcomm Challenges Nvidia With New AI Chips
The AI200 and AI250 will compete with Nvidia’s GPUs, promising more memory and lower energy use.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Why LQMs, Not LLMs, Will Drive AI Sovereignty in the Middle East
The ability to discover and originate new science, IP, and solutions has become sovereignty's true frontier.
Jennifer George
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
5 Days of GITEX 2025 Unpacked: Key Moves, Trends, and Takeaways
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 concluded in Dubai after five fiery days of AI, autonomy, and enterprise breakthroughs. Here’s what leaders need to know.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Space42 Signs MoU With e& For V2X technologies
The two will co-develop pilot projects, regulatory frameworks, and business models to pave the way for large-scale connected and autonomous mobility nationwide.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
GITEX 2025: Sam Altman Calls for Cheap, Plentiful AI to Close Global Gap
The ongoing tech meet acts as a platform to bring to light innovation that can change the future of mobility, communication, healthcare, and technology, to name a few.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Innovation
Ericsson, e& Ink Deal to Upgrade UAE’s 5G Core Network
The core network overhaul, announced at GITEX 2025, builds on an earlier radio upgrade and positions e& UAE to deliver faster, lower-latency 5G services across industries.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Reinventing e& from the Inside: Khalifa Al Shamsi’s Framework for Scale and Trust
Once the region’s archetypal telecom operator, e& has been quietly remaking itself into a global technology group.

