Abu Dhabi, UAE — Machines Can Think 2026, the premier global summit for AI adopters, innovators, and decision-makers, today announced DDN as an official Gold Partner of the AI Adopters Summit, taking place January 26–27, 2026, in Abu Dhabi.
As artificial intelligence models grow rapidly in scale, complexity, and real-world impact, data infrastructure has emerged as one of the most critical constraints to AI performance. DDN’s participation as a Gold Partner underscores the summit’s focus on solving the foundational challenges that determine whether AI succeeds beyond experimentation.
Addressing AI’s Biggest Bottleneck: Data
DDN is a global leader in AI-optimized data infrastructure, powering some of the world’s largest enterprise and large-scale AI environments. Through its Data Intelligence Platform, DDN enables organizations to eliminate data bottlenecks that slow down AI pipelines — from model training and fine-tuning to scalable, production-ready inference.
By optimizing how massive volumes of data are moved, managed, and accessed, DDN helps enterprises unlock higher performance, faster time-to-insight, and measurable business outcomes from AI investments.
From foundation models to enterprise AI applications, DDN’s technology plays a critical role in ensuring data flows at the speed modern AI demands.
DDN at Machines Can Think 2026
As a Gold Partner of the AI Adopters Summit, DDN will engage directly with global AI leaders, enterprise decision-makers, and practitioners focused on deploying AI at scale. Attendees will have the opportunity to:
- Learn how modern data infrastructure accelerates AI performance
- Explore best practices for eliminating data bottlenecks in AI pipelines
- Understand how scalable storage and data intelligence enable real-world AI deployment
DDN’s presence reinforces Machines Can Think 2026’s mission to bridge cutting-edge AI research with practical, production-grade implementation.
A Strategic Summit for AI Adoption
Machines Can Think 2026 convenes leaders from across AI research, enterprise, startups, and government to address the technologies and strategies shaping the next era of intelligent systems. Hosted in Abu Dhabi, the summit reflects the region’s growing role as a global hub for AI innovation, infrastructure, and policy leadership.
Event Details
📍 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
📅 Dates: January 26–27, 2026
🔗 Learn more: https://machinescanthink.ai/
About DDN
DDN is the world’s leading provider of AI and data-centric infrastructure solutions, enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data at scale. Trusted by global enterprises and research institutions, DDN delivers performance, scalability, and intelligence for the most demanding AI workloads.
About Machines Can Think
Machines Can Think is a global AI summit dedicated to advancing responsible, scalable, and impactful artificial intelligence. By bringing together leading voices across research, enterprise, and policy, the summit accelerates collaboration and real-world AI adoption worldwide.
