Author: Art Ryan

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is pleased to welcome Ksenia, Founder of NODE Communications and Chief Communications Officer at AngelsDeck Global Ventures, as a featured speaker and expert moderator at this year’s premier AI and innovation summit, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. Ksenia is widely recognized for her ability to translate complex ideas into clear, strategic narratives — a critical skill in global innovation, venture ecosystems, and emerging technology sectors. A Global Leader in Strategic Communications & Investor Relations With a career spanning multiple regions and industries, Ksenia has built a reputation…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is pleased to announce Dr. Yousef Saadeh, CEO and Managing Director of the Global Center for AI Excellence (GCAIE), as a featured speaker at this year’s premier AI and digital transformation summit, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Yousef Saadeh is a global authority in AI governance, national AI readiness, applied innovation, and digital transformation, leading one of the most influential institutions shaping the future of responsible and high-impact AI adoption. Leading a New Standard for Global AI Excellence Dr. Yousef heads the Global Center for AI…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is excited to announce Jason Barsema, Co-Founder and President of Halo Investing, as a featured speaker at this year’s landmark AI and innovation summit, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. Jason Barsema is recognized globally for transforming access to modern investment solutions and democratizing structured products for investors worldwide. A Financial Innovator Redefining Investment Access Before co-founding Halo Investing, Jason spent years managing portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) clients at Credit Suisse, where he developed deep expertise across wealth management, investment strategy, and risk mitigation. In 2017, he helped…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is delighted to welcome Tannya Jajal, Founder of AIDEN Global, as a featured speaker at this year’s premier AI and innovation summit, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. Tannya is a globally recognized voice at the intersection of artificial intelligence, education, creativity, and the future of work, inspiring audiences worldwide with insights into how emerging technologies are reshaping human potential. A Global Educator & Thought Leader in the AI Era Tannya Jajal has built a distinguished career as an: Across her work, she champions a powerful mission: to…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is excited to announce AB Ark Tech as an official Startup Exhibitor at this year’s flagship AI event, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. AB Ark Tech is pioneering the next wave of AI-driven software innovation—building intelligent tools that help organizations stay competitive, adaptive, and future-ready in a rapidly evolving digital world. Building Smarter Software for a Smarter Future AB Ark Tech combines deep technical expertise with a practical understanding of business needs to create products that enhance productivity, streamline operations, and empower digital growth. Their flagship solutions…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is thrilled to announce Amira AI – Almost Human, a next-generation autonomous AI solutions provider, as an official Exhibitor at this year’s landmark AI gathering, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. With its cutting-edge, human-grade AI capabilities, Amira AI is redefining the future of intelligent customer operations for enterprises worldwide. AI That Feels “Almost Human” — Engineered for Performance, Built for Scale Amira AI, developed by AI Middle East, delivers a fully autonomous AI ecosystem trusted by some of the world’s most respected brands, including: The platform is…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is pleased to welcome Tetr College, an innovative global business school redefining higher education through real-world, action-based learning, as an official Startup Exhibitor at this year’s flagship event, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. Tetr College represents a new generation of educational institutions — borderless, experiential, and built for the AI-powered world. Reinventing Business Education for a Global, AI-Driven Era Tetr College offers a radically modern approach to business education through: Students learn by doing — tackling real business challenges, working with international companies, and developing leadership skills…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is proud to announce LOCALS, Kuwait’s leading cultural-commerce platform, as an official Exhibitor at this year’s premier AI event, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. With a mission to celebrate Gulf identity while integrating cutting-edge technology, LOCALS is transforming how communities connect, shop, and gift — all powered by the region’s first emotionally intelligent, culturally aware AI agent. Introducing Lolwa: The Gulf’s First Emotionally Intelligent AI Agent At the core of the LOCALS experience is Lolwa, an advanced AI agent designed specifically for the Gulf region. Lolwa understands:…

At a moment when the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is dominated by headlines and the consumer race for viral features, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei delivered a counter-intuitive message at this week’s DealBook Summit: The future of AI’s economic value lies not in chasing fleeting consumer mindshare, but in a relentless, technically rigorous focus on enterprise needs and disciplined, long-term infrastructure planning. This is central to Anthropic’s strategy, he said. As competitors sprint for mass-market adoption, Amodei positioned his firm as having a “privileged position” to methodically “keep growing and just keep developing our models,” deliberately rooting its value in the stability and consistency…

Payments infrastructure FinTech Stripe signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metronome, a usage-based billing platform for software companies. Stripe CEO Patrick Collison announced the agreement in a Tuesday (Dec. 2) post on X, saying the company will integrate Metronome’s capabilities with the rest of the Stripe Billing platform. “Metered pricing is the native business model for the [artificial intelligence (AI)] era,” Collison said in the post. “As far as we can tell, the associated shift in how businesses generate revenue will be as big as the advent of SaaS. (It may even turn out to be considerably bigger.)” Metronome CEO Scott Woody said in a Tuesday post on X that he was proud to announce…

The New York Times sued Perplexity Friday (Dec. 5), alleging that the artificial intelligence (AI) startup repeatedly violated its copyrights. The New York Times reported Friday (Dec. 5) that the suit accuses Perplexity of violating its copyrights by retrieving The Times’ content with its AI-powered search engine and displaying large parts of that content in a way that competes with The Times. The suit also accuses Perplexity of damaging the publisher’s brand by in some cases making up information and falsely attributing that information to The Times, according to the report. The New York Times contacted Perplexity several times over the past 18 months, demanding…

The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has long centered on the vision of an autonomous diagnostic engine, a machine that sees disease where human eyes fail. Yet, the current reality in the banking, payments, and digital health ecosystem is far more strategic and immediate: AI is stepping in not to replace the doctor, but to save their time. This shift is the financial and operational linchpin of the newest wave of healthcare technology adoption. With rising patient loads, staffing shortages and a volume of imaging and documentation that has simply outpaced human capacity, health systems are actively embracing…

Verification systems built for yesterday’s fraud no longer work in today’s threat landscape. While firms could once assume that criminals needed skill, capital and patience to mount sophisticated attacks on onboarding or identity systems, that old playbook has fallen out of sync with a world defined by generative imagery, deepfakes and hyper-scalable fraud automation. Cheap artificial intelligence (AI) models now generate convincing synthetic identities. Automated agents can mimic human patterns. Entire fake businesses pop up with registries that pass muster under outdated verification models. But it’s not all gloom and doom. To unpack the opportunities and explore how enterprises are responding, PYMNTS sat down with Zac Cohen, chief product officer at Trulioo,…

Anthropic has announced what it calls a “significant” expansion of its partnership with Snowflake. The artificial intelligence (AI) company has signed a $200 million agreement with Snowflake that will make its Claude model available via Snowflake’s cloud storage platform to more than 12,600 customers worldwide, Anthropic said in a Thursday (Dec. 4) news release. In addition, this collaboration establishes a “joint go-to-market initiative” aimed at deploying AI agents across the world’s biggest enterprises, the companies said. “Enterprises have spent years building secure, trusted data environments, and now they want AI that can work within those environments without compromise,” Anthropic’s CEO/co-founder Dario Amodei said. “This partnership brings…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is proud to announce Snowflake, the world’s leading AI Data Cloud company, as an official Gold Sponsor for this year’s flagship event, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. With over 12,000 enterprises worldwide relying on Snowflake to unify, mobilize, and maximize the value of their data, the company stands at the forefront of global AI transformation. The Platform Built for the AI Era Snowflake is redefining how organizations build, use, and share data and AI. Through its AI Data Cloud, Snowflake empowers enterprises to: From financial services to…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Global AI Show 2025 is thrilled to announce Zealogics, a global AI engineering and digital transformation partner, as an official Exhibitor at this year’s flagship AI event, taking place 8–9 December 2025 at Space42 Arena, Abu Dhabi. With a mission to make AI empowering—not overwhelming, Zealogics enables enterprises to transform data, workflows, and operational processes into intelligent systems that deliver measurable business impact. Engineering the Next Generation of Enterprise Intelligence Zealogics brings deep expertise in designing, implementing, and scaling AI systems across complex enterprise environments. Their portfolio spans a powerful suite of solutions, including: 🔹 ZeaIQ…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — The countdown has reached its final stretch. In just 3 days, the world’s most influential leaders in artificial intelligence will gather in Abu Dhabi for Global AI Show 2025, a landmark event poised to redefine the future of AI across industries, governments, and global society. Taking place on December 8, 2025 at the cutting-edge Space42 Arena, the Show — organized by VAP Group in partnership with Times of AI — will unite global innovators for two days of breakthrough insights, technology showcases, and high-level policy dialogue. A Defining Moment for the Global AI Movement Global AI…

Abu Dhabi, UAE — The countdown has officially begun. In just 5 days, the world’s gaming, esports, and digital-entertainment leaders will converge in Abu Dhabi for Global Games Show 2025, one of the most anticipated interactive-entertainment events of the year. Scheduled for December 10–11, 2025, the show is set to electrify the region with groundbreaking announcements, exclusive reveals, and immersive gaming experiences. Hosted at the ultra-modern Space42 Arena, Global Games Show 2025 is organized by VAP Group in partnership with Times of Games, and supported by the Abu Dhabi Convention & Exhibition Bureau — cementing the emirate’s rise as a…

TD Bank Group implemented 75 artificial intelligence (AI) use cases that generated 170 million Canadian dollars (about $122 million) in value this year, according to TD Bank Group President and CEO Raymond Chun. “These use cases span from transforming loan underwriting to creating intelligent leads to deepening relationships to meet more of our clients’ needs,” Chun said Thursday (Dec. 4) during the bank’s fourth quarter earnings call. TD Bank Group expects these AI use cases to generate 200 million Canadian dollars (about $143 million) in incremental value in 2026 as the bank continues to “reimagine end-to-end processes,” Chun said. “We are prioritizing our…

Anthropic has announced what it calls a “significant” expansion of its partnership with Snowflake. The artificial intelligence (AI) company has signed a $200 million agreement with Snowflake that will make its Claude model available via Snowflake’s cloud storage platform to more than 12,600 customers worldwide, Anthropic said in a Thursday (Dec. 4) news release. In addition, this collaboration establishes a “joint go-to-market initiative” aimed at deploying AI agents across the world’s biggest enterprises, the companies said. “Enterprises have spent years building secure, trusted data environments, and now they want AI that can work within those environments without compromise,” Anthropic’s CEO/co-founder Dario Amodei said. “This partnership brings…