GITEX GLOBAL 2025 Opens Landmark 45th Edition

The world’s largest tech and AI event, GITEX GLOBAL 2025, opened to capacity crowds and the largest coalition of global government leaders, tech enterprises, start-ups, investors, and business executives. It capped a formidable 45-year journey at Dubai World Trade Centre.

Set from 13-17 October 2025, this epic edition brings together over 6,800 exhibitors, 2,000 start-ups, 1,200 investors, and delegations from 180+ countries. Beyond the scale lies the global impact. This year’s edition blends the dynamic fusion of technology, economic strategy, and geopolitical ambition. It further positions Dubai as a convening force: a place where governments, industry leaders, and innovators meet to confront the challenges and opportunities of building intelligence-driven economies.

Ministers Collaborate On AI’s Economic & Policy Impact

H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism, opened the event by addressing the theme The Race Beyond Innovation: AI, Geopolitics, and the Global Economic Reset. It underscored how innovation and economic diversification remain at the heart of the UAE’s national strategy. “The UAE is not merely participating in the global race for innovation; it is shaping its contours and cementing its foundations by building an economic model defined by resilience and a future orientation, grounded in knowledge and advanced technology.”

Shifting into the global impact of deep tech, Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups, Research & Innovation at the European Commission, said, “The European Union and the UAE share a vision to drive innovation that benefits our citizens. We are aligned on the importance of start-ups and scale-ups for our economies. This journey starts at GITEX 2025.”

Hon. Evan Solomon, Minister for AI and Digital Innovation, Government of Canada, stated that GITEX is “an absolutely core example of entrepreneurs being launched at a speed we’ve never seen,” adding that the connections established would deepen Canada’s ties with the UAE.

Meanwhile, Andrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras, a unicorn that launched the world’s largest supercomputer for AI training in partnership with G42, said Cerebras, the company that achieved the fastest AI inferencing speeds, would redefine high-performance computing. “We built the largest chip in the history of the computing industry – the size of a dinner plate. By going big on chips, we were able to keep more information on the chip and move it less. This meant less power was used, and the results were delivered more quickly.”

Enterprises Unveil The Future Of Cloud, Mobility & AI

The show floor, designed to provide an experience of breakthrough technologies from global tech enterprises, draws massive crowds with showcases of mobility, robotics, digital healthcare and consumer tech. Some jaw-dropping highlights included the eVTOL prototypes powered by six independent batteries and multiple engines, air taxis, to autonomous solutions and record-setting electric vehicles running for thousands of kilometres on a single charge.

Oracle presented a suite of enterprise AI solutions, including agentic AI tools that can plan finances, smart supply-chain management, alongside the popular Oracle Red Bull Racing, while showing the power of Oracle cloud-powered real-time data. BlackBerry launched its mission-critical communications platform as a partner for several G20 governments and eight of the top 10 banks.

The world’s largest cloud company, AWS, showcased the true power of their cloud with built-in cybersecurity and operational capabilities. And HCL Software unveiled innovations enabling real-time website and application customisation through generative AI, enhanced cybersecurity systems, and its endpoint management platform, BigFix. With a focus on AI education and practical implementation, HCL’s showcase highlights how businesses can securely and intelligently evolve.

The day was also marked by a record level of international participation, with Brazil joining as Country Partner with its largest-ever delegation, alongside national pavilions from Canada, Spain, Türkiye, Chile and Ecuador, and expanded representation from Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Levant.

What Next – AI-Native Societies Take Centre Stage

Day two is expected to continue with exciting unveilings and insightful discussions, such as Sam Altman’s first GITEX GLOBAL address in a virtual conversation with Peng Xiao, Group CEO of G42 as they explore the structural foundations of AI-native societies.

The nation-scale discussions across the global conference will include senior leaders from G42, OpenAI, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Khazna Data Centres, Cerebras, TAMM-Department of Government Enablement (Government of Abu Dhabi), Presight, Core42, Inception, AIQ and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence.

High-level policy briefings, major tech launches, and cross-sector business networking will also continue to buzz through the halls.