Business & Economy
UAE Central Bank Lifts 2026 GDP Forecast to 5.6% on Non-Oil Strength
By EmiratesInsight • 3 min read
• 15 May 2026
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Mid-May Roundup: Agents Are the Real Story of 2026 So Far
UAE Non-Oil Foreign Trade Climbs 24.6% to Dh2.5 Trillion in Nine Months
DIFC and ADGM Expand Founder-Friendly Pathways as UAE Hub Strategy Deepens
Stargate UAE Lines Up 200MW First Phase for Q3 Launch
US-UAE Investment Surge Tops $100 Billion in Year Following Trump Visit
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Stargate UAE Lines Up 200MW First Phase for Q3 Launch
G42's joint AI campus in Abu Dhabi, with OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, Cisco and SoftBank in the stack, is on track to light up its first 200MW block this quarter. A 1GW total is the strategic horizon.
Beyond Invoicing: Why Payxem Is Betting Freelancers Need a Brand, Not Just a Wallet
UAE Joins World's Top AI Hubs in Stanford AI Index 2026
UAE to Power Half of Government Services With AI Within Two Years
Digital Dubai Launches AI Integration Matrix to Standardise Government AI
UAE Non-Oil Foreign Trade Climbs 24.6% to Dh2.5 Trillion in Nine Months
Trade statistics confirm an accelerating diversification trajectory, supported by an expanding CEPA network and a growing role in global merchandise rankings.
US-UAE Investment Surge Tops $100 Billion in Year Following Trump Visit
GCC Fintech Defies the 2026 Funding Slowdown
Why Currency Swap Lines Matter for the UAE's External Position
DFSA's Updated Crypto Token Rules Push Suitability Onto Firms
DIFC and ADGM Expand Founder-Friendly Pathways as UAE Hub Strategy Deepens
The UAE's two principal financial-zone authorities continue to extend programmes that make it easier for founders to establish, raise capital and operate from the Emirates.
Payment Platforms Continue Regional Expansion as Open Banking Frameworks Mature
MENA Proptech Holds Second Slot With $228.6M Across Twelve Q1 Deals
Hub71+ AI Adds Fifteen Partners as Abu Dhabi Reinforces Its AI Founder Push
Google's MENA Startups Accelerator Cohort Heads Into June Demo Day
Mid-May Roundup: Agents Are the Real Story of 2026 So Far
Looking across two weeks of AI announcements, the dominant theme is the rapid industrialisation of agentic AI in regulated industries, not new headline benchmarks.
OpenAI's Tomoro Buy Signals That Frontier Labs Want the Implementation Layer Too
OpenAI Says Enterprise AI Adoption Is at a Tipping Point as Revenue Mix Shifts
Google Issues Cyber Warning as AI-on-AI Defence Becomes a Real Market
$1.5 Billion Anthropic Vehicle With Blackstone and Goldman Sachs Aims at Portfolio Deployment
