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.