Regulation2026-11-02

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed met Sam Altman to discuss AI cooperation. Abu Dhabi aims to become the first AI-native government. Four agreements were signed with OpenAI. ADNOC will deploy OpenAI models for energy operations. Abu Dhabi Government launched an AI-native Machine-Readable Government initiative. Mubadala and Inception42 will use OpenAI for investment analysis. Inception42 and OpenAI signed a five-year adoption agreement. All deployments use UAE-based inference infrastructure. OpenAI models will run on GPUs in UAE data centres.

What it unlocks

Abu Dhabi entities can now deploy OpenAI models in-country for government, energy and investment use.

What you need to act on it

  • agreements with OpenAI
  • UAE-based inference infrastructure

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