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GITEX Global 2025 Puts Nation-Scale AI in Focus as Altman Cites 1 Billion Daily ChatGPT Queries

Record turnout alongside new India and Brazil editions signals the UAE’s drive to anchor sovereign AI.

Overview

  • Day two concentrated on national AI strategies, with speakers stressing that computing capacity and power supply will determine progress as AI scales.
  • Organisers reported the 45th edition hosts more than 6,800 exhibitors, 2,000 startups and 1,200 investors from over 180 countries in Dubai from 13–17 October.
  • The GITEX brand will expand with GITEX LATAM in São Paulo on 16–17 March 2027 and GITEX Ai India in Bengaluru in April 2027, formalising new regional editions.
  • Vendors unveiled sovereign and enterprise AI systems, including HPE’s Sovereign AI Factory and regional AI data tools from Google Cloud, alongside new offerings from Oracle, Huawei and SAS.
  • Applied deployments featured prominently, with Dubai’s RTA trialing AI to monitor 12,000+ delivery riders to cut motorcycle accidents by 2026 and Yas Driving Academy debuting an autonomous training vehicle.