Mubadala committed $170 billion, 44% of its total portfolio, to the US across AI, semiconductors, energy and advanced manufacturing, cementing its role as one of America's most consequential long-term investors.

CENTCOM and the UAE launched Task Force Talon Synapse, the world's first bilateral military AI unit, pairing American and Emirati specialists on intelligence, infrastructure security and regional monitoring.

Abu Dhabi's MGX co-led a $5 billion round valuing Databricks at $190 billion, marking its third consecutive investment in the AI data company alongside top US investors.

Coinbase secured FSRA approval to launch its international tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi Global Market, giving the UAE two of the company's most ambitious operations outside the US.

ADNOC deployed an AI-enabled operations platform with Houston-based SLB across its full fleet of 120+ rigs, cutting incident response times and expanding US technology's footprint in UAE energy operations.

ADNOC awarded Houston-based McDermott a $1 billion+ contract to build a major gas facility at its Umm Shaif offshore field, deepening US-UAE energy infrastructure ties.

G42 became a founding member of Nvidia's 70+ company coalition building security standards for open-source AI, placing the UAE alongside Microsoft and IBM in shaping global norms.

GenBio AI, spanning labs in Palo Alto and Abu Dhabi, unveiled AIDO Cell, the first AI model to simulate a full human cell's response to drugs, opening new pathways for AI-driven drug discovery.

Boston-based Insilico Medicine nominated its second AI-discovered drug candidate from its Abu Dhabi facility, a non-addictive painkiller developed in a fraction of the industry's typical timeline.

Mastercard Lighthouse UAE selected six AI startups, including San Francisco-based Loyyal, for its inaugural accelerator cohort, connecting them to Mastercard's global financial network.