Ai Everything Abu Dhabi 2026 brings 150 AI startups to the UAE capital

From 6 to 7 October, the world's largest AI-first Expo and Summit, Ai Everything Abu Dhabi, will take place at the ADNEC Centre in the UAE capital. Over 400 global tech companies and award-winning startups will gather at the event, with a startup showcase featuring more than 150 startups connecting with 200+ investors representing $100 billion in assets under management from 30 countries. Among these startups are VisionHammer, Ailytics, Lucidya, MetisJean, and Newrunio, each showcasing their innovative AI solutions.

Portuguese startup VisionHammer presents a platform that maps, diagnoses, and resolves risks hidden in enterprise software systems. In one deployment, incident resolution time was reduced from around five hours to an average of four minutes, allowing engineers to focus on product development. Ailytics, a Singapore-based company, has deployed its AI-powered video analytics for industrial safety across 400+ deployments worldwide, detecting safety hazards, verifying compliance, and reducing false alarms.

Lucidya, a Saudi Arabian Agentic CX Platform, supports 17 Arabic dialects and demonstrates its Agentic Workflows designed to orchestrate end-to-end customer journeys across enterprise systems. Dubai-registered MetisJean, an AI research and development company, will launch Jean 1001, its sovereign operating system for AI, enabling sovereign enterprise AI in the Gulf region.

Finally, US-based Newrunio introduces Personal Super-Intelligence (PAI) 1.2, an always-on screen-aware floating AI agent designed to work seamlessly within a user's digital environment.