In a significant move to bolster the UAE’s industrial and technology sectors, the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Presight, a leading global AI and big data analytics company. The agreement, announced during GITEX Global 2025, establishes a framework to advance industrial innovation and empower high-impact startups to drive digital transformation across the nation.
A Strategic Alliance For National Growth
This collaboration is strategically aligned with the UAE’s National Strategy for Industry and Advanced Technology (Operation 300bn) and the ‘Make it in the Emirates’ initiative. The partnership aims to build a robust, diversified, and knowledge-based economy by fostering industrial digitalization and supporting the country’s vision for a competitive, future-ready industrial sector.
His Excellency Omar Suwaina Al Suwaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, stated, “Partnerships with national champions like Presight underscore MoIAT’s commitment to building a robust industrial innovation ecosystem that empowers startups to deliver high-value, technology-driven solutions. Through the ‘Make it in the Emirates’ initiative and the National Strategy for Industry and Advanced Technology, we combine policy, infrastructure, and talent development to enable the next generation of innovators to strengthen the UAE’s position as a global leader in industrial AI and advanced manufacturing.”
Cultivating An Innovation Ecosystem For Startups
Under the MoU, MoIAT and Presight will jointly develop and implement a series of startup enablement programs. Key initiatives include new accelerator tracks, a Startup Global Exchange Program, and the ‘Make it in the Emirates’ Startup Pitch Competition. These programs are designed to provide startups with regulatory support, access to incentives, and opportunities for deal-flow collaboration, helping them scale and commercialize their solutions for pressing industrial challenges. Startups will gain access to MoIAT’s extensive industrial network and Presight’s applied intelligence capabilities to pilot solutions in areas like smart manufacturing, energy efficiency, and supply chain resilience.
Leveraging Applied Intelligence For Industrial Progress
The partnership reinforces a shared mission to transform key industries through technology and entrepreneurial spirit. Building on Presight’s AI-Startup Accelerator and its existing partnerships with tech giants like Microsoft, MBZUAI, Intel, and Dell Technologies, the collaboration will serve as a launchpad for founders aiming to make a global impact from the UAE.
Thomas Pramotedham, CEO of Presight, commented, “This collaboration with MoIAT reinforces our shared mission to transform industries through applied intelligence and entrepreneurial innovation. Together, we are building a connected ecosystem where AI startups can thrive by linking government, academia, and the private sector to co-develop technologies that drive sustainable industrial progress.”
About Presight
Presight is an ADX-listed public company with Abu Dhabi-based G42 as its majority shareholder and is a leading global AI and big data analytics company. It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. Presight excels at all-source data interpretation to support insight-driven decision-making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies. Today, through its range of AI-driven products and solutions, Presight is bringing Applied Intelligence to the private and public sector, enabling them to realize their AI strategy and ambitions faster.
Source: Zawya
