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Aquanow awarded Initial Approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Aquanow, a leading digital assets infrastructure provider, announced today that it has received initial approval from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), while it undertakes the in-depth process of applying for a license in accordance with VARA requirements. Aquanow was granted initial approval by VARA, following a demonstration
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Joyalukkas Exchange Oman adopted Artificial Intelligence aided technology to enhance the efficacy of sanctions screening

Muscat, Oman — With the success story in UAE, Joyalukkas Exchange has expanded the rollout of Artificial Intelligence-enabled compliance solutions to other countries. Joyalukkas Exchange is one of the leading money exchange houses in the Gulf and Effiya is the analytics technology partner in their journey of transforming AML/CFT compliance with AI and Machine learning.
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Hevolution Foundation to Host Panel on Healthspan Investing at 2023 BIO International Convention

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Hevolution Foundation, a global non-profit organization that provides grants and early-stage investments to incentivize research and entrepreneurship in healthspan science, announces its participation at the upcoming BIO International Convention, taking place at the Boston Convention Center, June 5-8, 2023. As part of its commitment to advancing
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Child restraint systems: Lack of ownership, usage and knowledge remain a key issue of road safety in the UAE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — CYBEX, a leading German car seats and stroller brand and RoadSafetyUAE announce their partnership to address an important topic of road safety. The partners analysed the data of 3 research waves conducted before and after the introduction of the holistic seat belt law in 2017 and come forward with their […]
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UAE pledges additional $2.7bn in industry offtake agreements, invites global investors to leverage incentives

Abu Dhabi, United Arab of Emirates — His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, today announced $2.7 billion in offtake agreements for the UAE’s industrial sector in a move to boost local manufacturing, strengthen supply chains and attract international investors. Addressing the second Make it in the Emirates Forum, HE […]
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UAE’s Falcon 40B, World’s Top-Ranked AI Model from Technology Innovation Institute is Now Royalty-free

Abu Dhabi- United Arab Emirates — The Technology Innovation Institute’s (TII) Falcon 40B, the UAE’s leading large-scale open-source AI model, is now free of royalties for commercial and research use, in response to global demand for inclusive access to AI. Ranked #1 globally on Hugging Face’s leaderboard for large language models (LLMs), Falcon 40B outperforms […]
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UAE’s Falcon 40B Dominates Leaderboard: Ranks #1 Globally in Latest Hugging Face Independent Verification of Open-source AI Models

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Falcon 40B, the UAE’s first large-scale open-source, 40-billion-parameter AI model launched by Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) last week, soared to the top spot on Hugging Face’s latest Open Large Language Model (LLM) Leaderboard. Hugging Face, an American company seeking to democratize artificial intelligence through
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NewLink and Dubai Chambers Forge Strategic Partnership to Support Bilateral Innovation Exchange and Collaboration

BEIJING — On May 22nd, 2023, a pre-launch event launched at Dubai Chambers headquarters, aiming to empower Chinese technologies and innovative companies to leverage Dubai as a global hub for international expansion, further strengthening bilateral ties and fostering innovation between Dubai and China. Chinese digital energy service enterprise, NewLink, was also invited as
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500 Global and Sanabil Investments announce Batch 5 of the Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator Program

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — 500 Global, a leading multi-stage venture capital firm, and Sanabil Investments, a financial investment company focused on global private investments in venture capital, growth, and small buyouts, today unveiled the 14 startups in Batch 5 of the Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator Program 2023. The final set of companies that have been […]
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UAE’s Technology Innovation Institute Launches Open-Source “Falcon 40B” Large Language Model for Research & Commercial Utilization

Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates — The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a leading global scientific research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), today strengthened its growing international influence in the field of artificial intelligence by announcing that “Falcon 40B,” the UAE’s first