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Verifying the development of AI in the area, a report launched by PwC earlier this month said that the use of AI among the labor force in the Middle East continues to rise, with 75 percent of staff members in the region using it in their tasks over the past 12 months.

In November, a report launched by KPMG highlighted Saudi Arabia's progress in the innovation sector and said that 84 percent of CEOs in the country are prepared to deploy AI responsibly, well above the 76 percent international benchmark, supported by the Kingdom's information governance community, including nationwide initiatives led by the Saudi Data and Expert System Authority.

Policymakers are thinking holistically about how to make the area attractive, including having more pragmatic laws to permit experimentation and development," stated the report.

Top organization leaders, policymakers and financiers from the GCC and Latin America just recently checked out how countries from the two areas can grow trade in between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 regional and worldwide policymakers, heads of state, CEOs, magnate, financiers, and market professionals went to the first Global Company Forum Latin America held at the Atlantis Palm - Dubai.

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In 2015 the GCC made up of the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, imported $11 billion worth of items from Latin America. And exports to Latin America from the region were $5.6 billion, a statement from organisers stated. Both regions count on each other for important products.

In 2015 Latin America supplied almost half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 percent of the area's total sugar imports, it added. Brazil is by far the biggest trading partner for nations in the region, followed by Argentina and Mexico. Amongst the Latin American states, the GCC depends on Brazil for meat (mainly poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for cars and Chile for wood products, stated a declaration.

The online forum was organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the style "Moving Synergies", explores how businesses can gain from the altering patterns of worldwide demand and what function Dubai can play in helping with the next action in organization relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not only in the UAE and in the GCC but globally too, by acting as an information and research centre, by supplying service documentation, using legal services, assisting in networking chances via signature company events and delivering practically every imaginable business service, it specified.

GCC growth will enhance in 2026, led by faster expansion in hydrocarbons; non-oil development will remain solid but sluggish somewhat. Non-oil activity will be supported by population development, brand-new industries, and public financial investment; inflation will stay soft, while financial policy will loosen up. Hydrocarbons sector growth will accelerate, offsetting in part lower oil rates; financial balances will be blended, with surpluses in UAE and Qatar, but deficits persist elsewhere.

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SHARJAH (WAM) The GCC and larger Middle East area is poised for the next wave of investments in AI and tech-led sectors, with business-friendly and innovation-focused federal government policies drawing in funds and skill, said magnate at the 9th edition of Sharjah Entrepreneurial Festival (SEF 2026). Throughout a panel conversation on the first day of SEF 2026 analyzing "What Does the Next Year of Venture Capital Appear Like", speakers concurred that the emerging regional investment landscape appears appealing.

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Reacting to a concern on local startups' potential customers of taking advantage of recent investments in digital infrastructure, Tala Al Jabri, Founder and Managing Partner of Wyld VC stated: "We have so much opting for us in the region: the low cost of energy, an extremely progressive federal government that is ahead in policy, policy and data personal privacy; and really strong universities that are significantly taking a look at AI and ending up technical talent in AI."She added: "Our supreme goal is to see this area, particularly the GCC, become an AI superpower.

Our most significant driver right now is investing in skill, due to the fact that in the AI race, it's the technical talent that truly wins.

"International development funds are being available in, which reveals clear signs of maturity of the ecosystem The capability of the UAE and regional governments to bring in skill; their innovation-first method, abundance of capital here as well as inflow globally are the crucial foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Investment Officer at Injaz Capital stated that within the region, Saudi Arabia is leading the variety of handle the highest values, with 250 "biggest ticket size" deals recorded in 2025 in the country.