The UAE has launched a sovereign artificial intelligence platform aimed at supporting secure AI deployment across government, national security and critical infrastructure sectors. The initiative, unveiled at ISNR 2026 in Abu Dhabi, brings together the UAE Cyber Security Council, e& UAE and Open Innovation AI…reports Asian Lite News
The UAE Cyber Security Council, e& UAE and Open Innovation AI have launched a new sovereign artificial intelligence platform designed for national-scale infrastructure and secure government environments.
The initiative was announced during ISNR 2026 in Abu Dhabi, with the platform now available for onboarding. It is intended to support advanced AI deployment across national security, critical infrastructure, emergency response, intelligence operations and other mission-critical sectors requiring high-security environments.
According to the organisations behind the project, the platform enables users to deploy and operate technologies including generative AI, large language models, AI agents, advanced analytics and autonomous workflows within infrastructure controlled inside the UAE.
The system has been developed to support secure AI operations in classified and highly regulated environments. At the centre of the platform is a Sovereign AI Security Framework designed to validate, govern and monitor AI models, agents, applications and workflows before deployment.
The framework focuses on areas including model integrity and governance, operational isolation, cyber resilience, data sovereignty, sovereign AI execution and secure execution of classified AI workloads.
The project combines the UAE Cyber Security Council’s governance and cyber resilience frameworks, e& UAE’s digital infrastructure and secure connectivity, and Open Innovation AI’s orchestration platform and technology stack.
The organisations said the platform, including GPU orchestration, AI infrastructure management, model deployment, AI agents, secure inference and operational controls, was designed and built in the UAE.
The platform is intended for sectors operating air-gapped and cyber-secure systems, including national security operations, intelligence and cyber operations, emergency response services, smart government programmes and regulated strategic industries.
Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security for the UAE Government, said: “AI adoption in sensitive environments must be supported by strong governance, secure infrastructure and clear national controls. This platform is an important step in enabling government entities and mission-critical organisations to benefit from AI while maintaining the highest levels of cyber resilience, data protection and policy alignment. By working with e& UAE and Open Innovation AI, we are supporting a secure national AI ecosystem that is built around trust, sovereignty and operational readiness.”
Abdulla Ebrahim Al Ahmed, Chief Government & VVIP Relations Officer at e& UAE, said: “National security and high-assurance government environments require AI platforms that are secure by design, sovereign by architecture and built for real-world deployment. Through our collaboration with the UAE Cyber Security Council and Open Innovation AI, we are building a platform that keeps sensitive workloads within UAE-controlled infrastructure while enabling advanced AI, analytics and agentic AI capabilities. This reflects e& UAE’s role as a trusted technology partner for government entities and strategic sectors.”
Dr Abed Benaichouche, CEO and Co-Founder of Open Innovation AI, said the platform had been built for organisations handling critical national data and sensitive operations.
He said: “Built for organisations that manage sensitive operations and critical national data, the platform is designed to help government entities and mission-critical organisations adopt AI while maintaining control over data, compute, models, applications and security policies. It will also support compliance with UAE cyber security and AI policy requirements through an advanced AI Security Framework. The platform’s technology stack, from GPU orchestration and model deployment to AI applications and intelligent agents, has been developed and built in the UAE. This local development approach is designed to strengthen national capabilities, accelerate secure AI adoption and support the UAE’s position as a global hub for trusted digital infrastructure.”
The platform is expected to support a range of applications including AI agents, classified workload processing, advanced analytics, workflow automation, knowledge management and decision-support systems for government and strategic sectors.
The announcement forms part of e& UAE’s wider AI strategy and its work with national partners on digital transformation, cyber resilience and sovereign technology development across the UAE.
