Dubai ready to welcome AI innovators from around the world

Dubai is committed to keeping pace with the latest trends and nurturing innovators and creative minds working in the vital sectors of the future.

That's the message from His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, who met with participants of the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence’s (DCAI) accelerator programme on Thursday.

Sheikh Hamdan interacted with entrepreneurs, innovators and specialists in the AI domain during his tour of AREA 2071 at Emirates Towers.

He underscored that Dubai has always believed in providing the best platform for creating impactful products and solutions that can be of use to the whole world.  

The AI experts gathered represent 30 startups from around the world, who are actively involved in the final stage of the DCAI accelerator programme, which launched recently.

Sheikh Hamdan stressed that Dubai will maintain its position as a global hub for testing and implementing AI applications in smart healthcare, mobility, logistics, supply chains, e-commerce, knowledge transfer, among other sectors that are central to the advancement of nations and societies.

"We are keen to continue building capabilities, developing skills and attracting talent brimming with future ideas and technologies so we have the expertise needed to keep pace with rapid transformations and develop innovations to reimagine, inspire and design the future," he added.

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AREA 2071 is hosting the final stage of the DCAI accelerator programme, which has attracted startups from around the world including from the UK, the US, Canada, Egypt, Pakistan, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and the UAE.

These companies were selected out of 615 firms from 55 countries that had initially applied to participate in the programme.

They are working in cooperation with a group of Dubai government entities for a period of 8 weeks to develop innovative solutions and applications that employ AI tools for two key sectors: government services, and media and communications.

The DCAI aims to train 1,000 government employees from more than 30 government entities on the uses of AI, which will contribute to raising the productivity of government employees, in addition to launching pilot projects and improving government services that can tap these applications.

In July, Sheikh Hamdan also announced the Dubai Assembly for Generative AI, which will be organised by the Dubai Future Foundation from October 11-12 at the Museum of the Future and AREA 2071 at Emirates Towers.

The assembly is set to host ministers, officials, CEOs and experts from major technology companies, entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, academics and emerging technology companies, with the ultimate aim of highlighting the importance of adopting AI tools for the betterment of the government and private sectors.

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