Riyadh is poised to become the global epicenter of artificial intelligence as it hosts the Global AI Show (GAIS) 2026, an international summit where innovation, intelligence, and impact converge. Taking place on February 9–10, 2026, the event brings together global leaders, researchers, and enterprises shaping the future of AI, machine learning, and automation.
Despite soaring AI adoption, many enterprise initiatives fail to deliver meaningful ROI, according to Coupa’s new Clarity AI Impact Report, conducted with Incisiv Research and surveying over 600 business leaders. The report identifies a skills gap at the executive level and fragmented AI deployment as the main culprits behind stalled projects.
AI adoption is accelerating faster than governance frameworks can keep up, and Seekr is stepping in with SeekrGuard, a new platform designed to evaluate and certify AI models for enterprises and government organizations. Unlike generic benchmarks, SeekrGuard provides transparent, mission-specific risk scoring, bias assessment, and model interrogation on an organization’s own data and policies.
Law firms are increasingly turning to AI to streamline case preparation, and the latest collaboration between LawPro.ai and SmartAdvocate highlights just how transformative these tools can be. The partnership integrates LawPro.ai’s AI-powered case intelligence platform directly into SmartAdvocate’s award-winning case management system, giving attorneys a seamless workflow from record intake to strategy execution.
AI video surveillance leader Lumana has reached a major milestone: 50,000 cameras deployed across enterprise, commercial, and public spaces. Just over a year after emerging from stealth, the company is positioning itself as the fastest-growing player in AI security.
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands leaning on AI saw a major payoff this Black Friday/Cyber Monday (BFCM), thanks to MAI.co, a platform that deploys autonomous AI agents to optimize Google Ads campaigns. On average, MAI customers reported 63% revenue growth compared to last year, with some brands seeing 6x year-over-year increases.
Connectivity and embedded computing leader Ezurio has unveiled the Nitrogen95 Connected System-on-Module (SOM), a high-performance platform designed for vision, display, and AI-enabled edge applications. Built on the NXP i.MX 95 applications processor family, the module integrates advanced imaging, AI acceleration, and pre-certified Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth LE connectivity.
Digital engineering and technology consulting giant Nagarro has joined OpenAI’s partner ecosystem, officially becoming an OpenAI Services Partner. The move positions the company to help enterprises across Asia Pacific adopt and scale generative AI technologies such as the OpenAI API and ChatGPT Enterprise.
AI may be getting smarter, but most systems forget as quickly as they process. EverMind, an AI infrastructure company, is tackling this challenge head-on with EverMemOS, its newly released long-term memory system. Achieving 92.3% on LoCoMo and 82% on LongMemEval-S, EverMemOS sets new state-of-the-art benchmarks, significantly surpassing prior methods for durable, coherent machine memory.
