The UAE currently stands at the forefront of a new era in artificial intelligence, one defined not by speed or scale, but by agency. This February edition examines a profound transition through “The Battle of the Agents: Who Really Has the Agency?”, our cover story exploring the moment when AI systems stop assisting and start deciding, shaping workflows, markets, and institutional priorities in real time.
Across this edition, we trace how agentic intelligence is being embedded into enterprise operations: automating IT environments, reconfiguring customer engagement, and orchestrating productivity in ways once reserved for human teams. The question emerging from boardrooms to policy circles is simple yet urgent: in a world of autonomous systems, who is truly in control?
We go deeper into understanding why one-size-fits-all storage architectures no longer serve the generative enterprise, and decoding how private credit and revenue-based finance are fueling technology expansion through exclusive interviews.
Key initiatives have been broken down to highlight the nation’s drive to secure digital sovereignty and expand advanced manufacturing capacity such as “UAE Joins Pax Silica: Charting New Frontiers” and “Why Make it in the UAE Matters”. Insight reports from big tech organisations reveal the scale of momentum: over 90% of UAE enterprises now view AI as central to business strategy, yet the gap between readiness and deployment remains a defining challenge.