Global Tech Leaders Unite to Propel Emerging Future-Critical Sectors at GITEX GLOBAL 2025
With
capabilities of AI advancing every year, its potential to address challenges
once thought unsolvable is rapidly expanding, from the possibility of curing
genetic diseases to transforming urban mobility or enabling green data centres.
With the global AI market set to reach $4.8 trillion by 2033 (UNCTAD), the race
to deploy AI for critical sectors has never been more urgent. Against this
backdrop, GITEX GLOBAL 2025 (www.GITEX.com) convenes as the world’s largest
tech and AI event, with this year’s edition highlighting significant
developments in biotech, physical AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and
data centres.
From
13-17 October at Dubai World Trade Centre, the show unites over 6,800 tech
enterprises and 2,000 startups, with participation from 180 countries, bringing
together the companies leading the world’s most ambitious AI infrastructure
expansion. Global tech enterprises including Alibaba Cloud, AMD, AWS, Dell,
e&, G42, Google, HPE, Huawei, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Siemens, and
Snowflake anchor the showcase, with new incoming innovations from Cerebras,
Datadog, Mitsubishi, Qualcomm, Rital, ServiceNow, Tata Electronics, Telecom
Italia, and Tenstorrent.
Running
in parallel is GITEX’s startup showcase, Expand North Star, from 12-15 October
at Dubai Harbour, hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy. Celebrating
its 10th edition, the show connects 2,000 of the world’s most promising
startups, with the highest percentage of growth & late-stage startups
anywhere, with over 1,200 investors managing US$1.1 trillion assets.
Trixie
LohMirmand, EVP of DWTC, the organiser of GITEX globally, shared,
“Future-critical sectors including data centres, biotech, quantum, and robotics
are where AI ingenuity is converging with humanity’s most pressing challenges.
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 gives new impetus to these transformative technologies, while
continuing to being the harbinger of innovation-led progress across industries
and global economies.”
Record Participation from Fast-Emerging Tech Economies – Brazil,
Serbia, Chile
The show marks a
record year for international participation, with Brazil joining as Country
Partner with its largest-ever tech delegation, alongside the Serbian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry and Tech Destination Pakistan as key partners. New
pavilions debut from Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, and Türkiye, in addition to
expanded representation from Europe, Central Asia, LATAM, Africa, and the
Levant.
Tatiana Riera, COO,
ApexBrasil, shared: “ApexBrasil is excited to be at GITEX GLOBAL and Expand
North Star with over 50 incredible startups and innovation hubs. It's a great
opportunity to show how Brazil is driving innovation and creating tech
solutions for global challenges."
Marko Čadež,
President, Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, added: “In the age of
ubiquitous AI solutions, Serbian startups at this year’s edition demonstrate
practical examples of AI applications across diverse fields: from well-being
and energy to sentiment diagnostics on social media, showcasing the full depth
and breadth of Serbian tech.”
Super Data Centres - The AI Factories of the Future
With global data
centre investments set to exceed $500 billion in 2025 (BofA Research), GITEX
GLOBAL welcomes one of the biggest global investors in this sector, O’Leary
Ventures, building the world’s largest AI data centre industrial park in
Canada. Paul Palandjian, CEO & Co-General Partner, O’Leary Ventures,
commented: "The UAE has become the crossroads and a world leader in the
development of technology and AI. No other place has the leadership vision,
resources and commitment to attract a world-class cohort across every
industry.”
Adding a regional
perspective, Hassan Alnaqbi, CEO of Khazna, MENA’s largest hyperscale data
centre provider and a G42 company, leads the discussions on whether
infrastructure, energy and policy can scale fast enough to keep pace with giga
AI factories.
GITEX Digi Health & Biotech - The Next Frontiers of Medicine
Breakthroughs in gene
editing, mRNA vaccines and AI-led drug discoveries are driving biotech spending
towards $1.7 trillion in 2025 – setting the backdrop for the fastest AI
deployment in this sector. At GITEX GLOBAL, Trevor Martin, CEO of Mammoth
Biosciences, presents how CRISPR, their Nobel winning gene-editing technology,
is using AI to potentially cure genetic diseases.
Matt Angle, CEO of
Paradromics, the company behind the world’s first successful computer-brain
implant, dives into decoding thought with AI and neurotech. Adding to this
momentum, South Korean startup HurayPositive unveils AI-powered SaaS to deliver
precision medicine for one million patients with chronic conditions.
Physical AI in Motion
At
GITEX GLOBAL, Tensor unveils the world’s first personal robocar – globally
applauded as “agentic AI on wheels”. Whilst K2 introduces new humanoids and a
concept vehicle designed to extend robotics into industrial environments. With
the robotics AI market projected to quadruple to $94 billion by 2031, these
innovations illustrate how Physical AI is becoming an essential pillar of
industry productivity and business edge.
GITEX Quantum Expo (GQX) – Advancing Quantum Readiness
On
the show floor, IBM unveils Quantum System Two, a major step towards
large-scale fault-tolerant systems capable of solving computing scale
challenges. Shukri Eid, VP and General Manager of IBM Gulf, Levant, and
Pakistan, shared “GITEX GLOBAL is a global stage, but more importantly, it is a
platform for action. It brings together the ecosystems that matter:
policymakers, business leaders, and innovators driving AI forward.”
Prof.
Mark Thompson, Co-Founder of PsiQuantum, a $6 billion unicorn, outlines the
path towards quantum sovereignty. Among the headline exhibitors is also IONQ,
the world's first public pure-play quantum computing company trading at the New
York Stock Exchange.
Ai Semicon - The Chips Behind Sovereign AI
Global leader in
high-performance processors, AMD presents its Instinct™ GPUs and EPYC™ CPUs,
built to handle the most demanding AI workloads and energy-efficient data
centre deployments. Jim Keller, CEO of Tenstorrent, the $2.6bn AI chipmaker on
the Forbes AI50 List, expands on this theme with his talk on “Taking Control of
Your Sovereign AI Future,” as semiconductors become a geopolitical lever.
Startups, Scaleups & Unicorns Lead in AI Supercomputing
Expand
North Star features more than 40 unicorns this year, reinforcing the UAE’s
position as a hub for global scale-ups. Among them, Cerebras presents the
world’s largest AI supercomputer (built in partnership with G42), Fluidstack
unveils the world’s first 1GW decarbonised AI supercomputer, and Xpanceo introduces
five prototypes of AI-powered smart contact lenses -advancing AR, healthcare,
and consumer hardware simultaneously.
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