Scale AI launches UAE entity at Dubai AI Festival
Scale AI formally established its UAE entity on October 26, 2026, during the Dubai AI Festival. The new operation is based at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), providing a permanent foothold for the company in the region. Scale stated that this move, combined with a memorandum of understanding signed with Presight in early October, marks a new phase of its work in the country. The…
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- Scale AI launched its UAE entity at DIFC on October 26, 2026.
- Scale signed a memorandum of understanding with Presight to build agentic AI for government.
- The partnership targets critical sectors like water, power, healthcare, and transportation.
The partnership with Presight, signed on October 8, 2026, focuses on developing agentic AI applications for government and enterprise customers. The collaboration intends to explore solutions for critical sectors such as water, power, healthcare, and transportation. Both companies plan to pair agent development with continuous evaluation frameworks to monitor accuracy and reliability in live environments. Presight’s COO, Dr. Adel Al Sharji, emphasized that the value of AI will be measured by its real-world outcomes in critical infrastructure.
This expansion aligns with broader UAE initiatives, including the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031 and the Dubai AI Campus at DIFC. The campus, inaugurated in 2024, aims to attract over 500 companies and create more than 3,000 jobs by 2028. Scale AI highlighted its regional track record, noting it has trained nearly 6,000 people in Qatar, and committed to keeping technical capability within the UAE by training local teams to operate and improve AI systems.
Scale AI Formally Launches UAE Entity at Dubai AI Festival
Unite.AI · 26 October 2026
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