Ai Everything Abu Dhabi 2026: Microsoft, VDURA, IFS to show AI at work

Microsoft, VDURA, and IFS will showcase working AI applications at Ai Everything Abu Dhabi 2026, held on October 6-7 at the ADNEC Centre. The event, organized by inD and hosted by DGE with Solutions+ as a Global Partner, will gather over 400 AI-first companies and 180 speakers from more than 70 countries. This expo and summit is described as the world's largest AI-first event.

Microsoft will demonstrate Copilot for government staff, rolling out to 35,000 Abu Dhabi Government employees to improve informed decision-making, streamline processes, and increase time spent on public service. The program emphasizes security, responsible AI, and in-country data residency. Organizers describe this as the "Frontier Firm," where people work alongside AI agents that reason, plan, and act across workflows.

VDURA, a provider of high-performance data storage for AI factories and neoclouds, will showcase its Data Platform V12, which automatically places data on the appropriate storage to keep computing capacity productive. VDURA's customer, New Mexico State University, uses V12 for large-scale simulations and AI model training without separate systems competing for resources.

IFS, an industrial AI software provider, will focus on asset-heavy sectors such as ports, utilities, aerospace, defense, oil and gas, manufacturing, and energy. IFS sees the gap between warning and repair of at-risk assets as where industrial AI can help most. The company projects US$3 million in annual savings and 90,000 technician hours saved by its Material Replenisher agent at Kodiak Gas Services. IFS will demonstrate AI carrying out tasks across business systems and providing diagnoses and guided repair steps.