Italian technology company Vimar said its Eikon Exé electrical control and home automation range has been selected for the newly opened Raffles Jeddah, a luxury hospitality development featuring 182 rooms and suites in addition to 120 apartments with private terraces.
LEAP returns to Riyadh from August 31 to September 3 for its fifth edition, with more than 1,000 investors from over 900 firms representing $14.3 trillion in combined assets under management confirmed to attend, reinforcing Riyadh's growing position as a global destination for technology investment.
The New Taipei City Government will lead 20 New Taipei-based companies to LEAP 2026, a major global technology event taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August 31 to September 3.
Oraseya Capital, the investment arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NQubator, an innovation platform for early-stage tech venture creation, to establish a strategic framework supporting the identification, development, and investment readiness of early-stage technology startups in the UAE.
Technology is becoming a bigger factor in UAE real estate, with tokenisation, artificial intelligence, digital investor platforms and real-time air-quality monitoring likely to reshape how properties are bought, managed and experienced in the second half of 2026, said a leading property developer.
Dubai Chambers has announced that it has signed an agreement with India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) to advance co-operation in Agentic AI and support the growth and expansion of Indian companies specialising in these technologies in Dubai.
Total CX, part of Bahrain-headquartered international technology group Beyon, has announced the signing of a strategic agreement with Ibn Al Nafees Hospital to deliver innovative customer experience services and AI solutions that support and enhance the hospital's operations.
Unique Group, a leader in subsea engineering and technology, has appointed Giovanni Corbetta as its new CEO. An industry veteran, he brings over three decades of leadership experience in offshore energy, subsea, marine services and engineering to the Sharjah-based company.
Zain Omantel International (ZOI), a global hyperscale networking provider, has signed an agreement with Tata Communications to explore the development of a next-generation inter-operator roaming platform powered by AI and blockchain technologies.
AIREV, the Abu Dhabi-based creator of the OnDemand autonomous AI platform, has signed an agreement with Redington, a leading technology aggregator and innovation catalyst, to distribute its agentic AI platform, OnDemand, across the GCC and the whole of Africa.
