UAE Funding Velocity

AI agents bought coffee and merchandise from real merchants in Abu Dhabi without a card or checkout, as part of a build day hosted by @XDCNetwork that tested autonomous payments using XDC Network Hosts Unsupervised Build Day in Abu Dhabi as AI.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC, Masdar has signed an agreement to acquire and develop one of Greece’s largest solar projects, strengthening the country's clean energy infrastructure and supporting its ambitions as a European digital hub, while deepening the strategic partnership between. ”Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer, Masdar, said, “These agreements represent another important milestone in our European.

Christopher Aleo, Swiss entrepreneur and founder of iSwiss Pay, has expanded his business portfolio into international publishing with the acquisition of Notizie Geopolitiche, an Italian online newspaper specialising in foreign policy, geopolitics and international affairs. "To understand the world, we must first learn to listen to it," Aleo wrote in a letter announcing the acquisition, highlighting his ambition to encourage diverse.

Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, has released new research showing that three quarters (76%) of Middle East energy leaders say their organisation increased investment in autonomous technology over the past 12 months. Just 2% reduced investment in autonomous technology over the past year, and every organisation with at least some level of autonomous operations plans to allocate capital to autonomy in the next 12.

Mistral AI says it may invest in UAE data centres. The more important question is whether Abu Dhabi can control the models, compute and cyber capability running on top of that infrastructure.

According to the latest data from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), outward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from the UAE reached $63.353 billion in 2025, while the country’s outward FDI stock stood at $402.729 billion at the end of the year, compared. He added that CEPAs support two-way investment flows, both into the UAE and from the UAE into partner economies, as the country continues to conclude further agreements.