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AI research and news from across the Gulf Cooperation Council.

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ United Arab Emirates

Home to MBZUAI, TII (Falcon), G42, and Khalifa University. The most active GCC country in AI research and investment.

MBZUAI Β· TII Β· G42 Β· Khalifa University Β· Inception

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦ Saudi Arabia

Driven by Vision 2030, KAUST leads research while SDAIA oversees national AI policy and the National Data Bank.

KAUST Β· SDAIA

πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡¦ Qatar

Qatar Foundation and QCRI (Qatar Computing Research Institute) lead AI and NLP research, with HBKU hosting major research programs and CMU-Q, Georgetown-Q as key academic partners.

QCRI Β· Qatar Foundation

πŸ‡§πŸ‡­ Bahrain

Bahrain is a regional cloud gateway (AWS, Microsoft, Google data centers) building AI in fintech, smart governance, and digital economy through MoTT and the national AI strategy.

Bahrain AI

πŸ‡°πŸ‡Ό Kuwait

Kuwait's AI development is supported by KFAS and the National AI Strategy, with growing private sector investment across oil, healthcare, and public services.

Kuwait AI

πŸ‡΄πŸ‡² Oman

Oman Vision 2040 drives digital transformation led by the ITA. Oman Data Park and OmanTel anchor the country's AI and cloud infrastructure.

Oman AI