President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Sam Altman, the Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI, at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi on 27th September, 2025. Their discussions centered on opportunities to enhance cooperation between OpenAI and its UAE counterparts, focusing particularly on artificial intelligence research and its practical applications.
This collaboration reflects the UAE’s ambition to build an integrated AI ecosystem, supporting the country’s development plans and aspiration to create a knowledge-based economy. The UAE aims to strengthen its global leadership in the field of artificial intelligence and foster innovation and cooperation across both the public and private sectors.
The OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, commended “the UAE’s artificial intelligence vision and its global partnerships in this key sector.”
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