A startup in Abu Dhabi has secured $230 million to build the world's first AI-native Islamic bank, aiming to serve two billion Muslims. In Saudi Arabia, Qiddiya City is implementing Google Cloud's agentic AI to manage millions of annual visitors and accelerate data analysis. Additionally, oil giant Aramco and French firm Pasqal have launched the Middle East's first 200-qubit quantum cloud in Dhahran, focusing on optimizing logistics and industrial processes. AI
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IMPACT These initiatives signal significant investment and adoption of AI and quantum technologies across finance, entertainment, and industrial sectors in the Middle East.
RANK_REASON Cluster covers a major funding round for an AI-native bank, adoption of agentic AI by a large entertainment city, and the launch of a significant quantum computing infrastructure in the Middle East.