Anthropic names KPMG as a preferred consultant for Private Equity KPMG’s 276,000+ global workforce provided access to Claude. KPMG and Anthropic announced a global alliance, bringing Anthropic’s frontier AI directly into KPMG’s client delivery platform. The alliance will initially focus on tax clients and private equity firms, enabling clients to build agentic workflows in real […]
ChatGPT Hits 1 Billion Monthly Active Users Faster Than Any App in History
OpenAI’s ChatGPT app reached 1 billion global monthly active users faster than any other app, Reuters reported Tuesday (June 2), citing data from Sensor Tower. The ChatGPT app reached that milestone in May, about three years after its launch, according to the report. The app is seeing year-over-year growth of 62%. Anthropic’s Claude app had 56 million global monthly active users and […]
Synectics Expands GCC Presence with New Dubai Office to Strengthen Regional Operations
Synectics, a leader in advanced security and surveillance solutions, has extended its presence in the GCC with a new office in Dubai, enhancing its regional capabilities to better serve customers and partners across the Middle East. Located in Dubai Marina, the office expands the company’s ability to deliver global expertise at a local level and […]
Positron AI Expands to Dubai with DIFC Launch to Drive Next-Generation AI Inference
Positron AI has raised over USD 300mn and achieved unicorn status, reflecting strong global demand for its technology The expansion comes at a time when AI inference (real-world deployment of AI models) is becoming the dominant driver of compute demand globally Company’s strategic move positions DIFC as a gateway for advanced AI infrastructure “We are […]
Abu Dhabi’s Phoenix Group Partners with DC Max to Unlock $8 Billion European AI Data Center Opportunity, with Lyon, France as First Deployment
18MW AI-ready facility developed in partnership with DC Max, a French data center developer with a 1GW pipeline Partnership provides preferential access to DC Max’s development pipeline, accelerating Phoenix’s goal towards an excess of 1GW global AI and HPC platform across Europe and the GCC Phoenix has already acquired the land for the Lyon site, […]
Japan Launches Financial Task Force amid AI Security Fears
Concerns have intensified after Anthropic said a preview of Mythos uncovered “thousands” of major vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser, raising fears about the resilience of traditional software security. TOKYO – Japan will set up a task force to address cybersecurity risks in its financial system following concerns about potential vulnerabilities linked […]
NodeShift secures strategic partnership with Presight to scale sovereign AI solutions globally
NodeShift secured a significant investment from the Presight-Shorooq Fund I Abu Dhabi, UAE: Presight, a leading global AI company that designs and deploys intelligent systems for governments and critical infrastructure, and NodeShift, a sovereign AI company which was part of Presight’s inaugural AI Accelerator Program, have announced a strategic partnership that includes joint go-to-market collaboration and […]
Check Point Launches AI Defense Plane to Secure the Agentic Enterprise at Scale
DUBAI, UAE – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader in cyber security solutions, today announced the Check Point AI Defense Plane, a unified AI security control plane designed to help enterprises govern how AI is connected, deployed, and operated across the business. As AI systems move from assistants to autonomous […]
Ajman University launches new PhD in Artificial Intelligence with faculty ranked among the world’s top 0.5% scientists
UAE, Ajman: Ajman University has announced the launch of its PhD in Artificial Intelligence program; a research-intensive program delivered by faculty ranked among the world’s top 0.5% and 2% scientists. The program which is offered by the College of Engineering and Information Technology, is a new graduate program built on the University’s established leadership in this […]
UiPath collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate security and confidence for automated workflows
Dubai, UAE — UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a global leader in agentic automation, announced a new security automation capability, built in collaboration with Microsoft, to help organizations accelerate security operations when applying automation to business workflows. The solution automates threat detection, enrichment, and response workflows across Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, and integrated Microsoft threat intelligence. […]