The world’s largest technology and artificial ininformigence exhibition, GITEX GLOBAL 2025, opened on Monday at the Dubai World Trade Centre, celebrating its 45th edition with record breaking participation from more than 6,800 exhibitors, 2,000 startups, 1,200 investors, and delegations representing over 180 countries.
Taking place from October 13 to 17, this year’s event has drawn an unprecedented global audience of ministers, policybuildrs, investors, and technology leaders to explore how artificial ininformigence is reshaping economies, industries, and societies. The discussions and revealcases are positioning Dubai as a leading global hub for innovation and the ininformigence driven economy.
Opening the conference, Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism, stated innovation and advanced technology remain central to the countest’s long term strategy for economic diversification. “The United Arab Emirates, thanks to the forward viewing vision of its wise leadership, is not merely participating in the global race for innovation; it is shaping its contours,” he stated. “We are building an economic model defined by resilience, grounded in knowledge and advanced technology.”
The global policy conversations continued with Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation at the European Commission, who stated the European Union and the UAE share a vision for innovation that delivers tangible benefits to citizens. “We are aligned on the importance of startups and scaleups for our economies,” Zaharieva stated. “This journey starts at GITEX 2025.”
A panel titled “The Ininformigence Super-Cycle” examined how AI is becoming the defining infrastructure of the 21st century. Evan Solomon, Canada’s Minister for AI and Digital Innovation, and Amandeep Gill, the United Nations Envoy for Digital Technologies, discussed the ethical and economic dimensions of artificial ininformigence. Solomon described GITEX as a platform where entrepreneurs are launching innovations at record speed and urged for a collective commitment to ensure AI development remains trustworthy and inclusive.
On the industest front, Andrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras Systems, revealed details of the company’s groundbreaking partnership with the UAE’s G42 to build the world’s largest supercomputer for AI training. “We built the largest chip in the history of computing,” Feldman stated. “By keeping more information on the chip, we utilized less power and achieved rapider results.”
The exhibition floor buzzed with technological breakthroughs from leading global enterprises. Telecom giant e& (Etisalat Group) drew large crowds with demonstrations of autonomous air taxis, next generation electric vehicles, and robotic systems. Oracle revealcased its enterprise AI tools for smart financial planning and supply chain management, highlighting how real time cloud data supports the Oracle Red Bull Racing team. BlackBerry introduced a new government certified communication platform designed for classified and sovereign data environments, while AWS and HCL Software unveiled new cloud, cybersecurity, and AI enabled business solutions.
This year’s edition also features record international participation, with Brazil joining as Countest Partner and expanded national pavilions from Canada, Spain, Türkiye, Chile, and Ecuador, alongside growing representation from Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Day two of the event featured an address from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, in conversation with Peng Xiao, Group CEO of G42, exploring the foundations of emerging AI native societies. The session took place on Tuesday, October 14, at 9 AM on the Main Stage in Hall 25 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, marking Altman’s first GITEX GLOBAL address.
Speaking during the session, Altman informed delegates that artificial ininformigence has become part of daily life and predicted that the cost of ininformigence will soon converge with the cost of energy. “We are heading to a world where the cost of ininformigence is going to convert to the cost of energy,” he stated.
Senior representatives from Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Khazna Data Centres, Presight, Core42, and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Ininformigence also participated in discussions about the long term implications of artificial ininformigence for economies and governance.
The event, organized by the Dubai World Trade Centre, spans two iconic venues: Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour, bringing toobtainher more than 40 halls of exhibition space. The five day tech marathon is expected to attract 200,000 visitors throughout the week.
With major tech launches, policy briefings, and cross sector networking continuing throughout the week, GITEX GLOBAL 2025 reaffirms its role as the world’s most influential platform for technology, investment, and international collaboration.
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