We publish independent research and analysis on the state of data and AI in the region. It reflects how we think, and what we believe decides who profits from this moment.
Net Zero is a data problem before it is an energy problem. Most governments are not set up for it yet.
The instinct is to buy a platform. The better first move is much smaller.
‘Trustworthy data’ is used so often it has stopped meaning anything. Here is what it actually requires.
AI projects rarely fail because the model was wrong. They fail because the ground underneath was never built to hold one.
Regulators are starting to ask examiners' questions about AI-driven decisions. Here is what that means for banks.
They fail in the data layer underneath it, usually about eighteen months in.
Traffic, utility and public safety systems increasingly run on live feeds few operators have stress-tested.
In healthcare, the bar for an AI system is not accuracy alone. It is defensibility.
Sustainability commitments are increasingly judged on the credibility of the data, not the ambition alone.
Predictive maintenance, crew scheduling and route optimisation depend on data built for operations, not analytics.
The country leads the world in AI adoption. The harder question is whether the data underneath is ready to turn that lead into returns. A view from the foundation.
Adoption has raced ahead of value. Most organisations now have AI running somewhere, but few can show what it changed. The reason is not the models. It is the foundation underneath.
The UAE leads the world in AI adoption, yet most AI spend returns nothing, because the data underneath was never built for it. Ten honest questions, scored out of 20, in five minutes.
Ten questions across foundation, quality, governance, pipelines and AI readiness. Score each Yes (2), Partly (1), No (0), out of 20. Most organisations score lower than they expect, which is exactly the point.
Our writing stays in four disciplines: data and business intelligence, artificial intelligence, governance and trust, and blockchain. We cover what is new through the lens of the decisions it affects, never the hype.
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