The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC), e& UAE, and Open Innovation AI have launched the UAE Sovereign AI Platform, a national-scale infrastructure offering aimed at securely deploying advanced artificial intelligence inside government and critical sectors (per Zawya). The platform was unveiled at the ISNR 2026 security and resilience exhibition in Abu Dhabi and opened for onboarding immediately (per TahawulTech).
What the platform delivers
The Sovereign AI Platform lets UAE organisations deploy and operate generative AI, large language models, AI agents, advanced analytics, and autonomous workflows inside a fully UAE-controlled environment built for the highest levels of security, resilience, and regulatory compliance (per Telecompaper). Target use cases span national security, mission-critical operations, critical infrastructure, and classified government environments.
How the three parties divide the work
The UAE Cyber Security Council contributes national cybersecurity governance and resilience frameworks, e& UAE supplies national-scale digital infrastructure and secure connectivity, and Open Innovation AI provides its AI orchestration platform and end-to-end technology stack (per Security MEA). The combined offering is positioned as a one-stop sovereign alternative to public cloud AI services for sensitive workloads.
A built-in security framework
At the core of the platform sits a Sovereign AI Security Framework that validates, governs, and monitors AI models, agents, applications, and workflows before they enter sensitive environments (per Zawya). The framework is intended to give regulators and government customers a controlled gate for inspecting AI systems against UAE policy before they handle classified data.
Designed and built in the UAE
The partners stressed that the complete stack � covering GPU orchestration, AI infrastructure management, model deployment, AI agent runtime, secure inference, and operational controls � was designed, engineered, and built in the UAE (per TahawulTech). That national-origin claim is central to the �sovereign� positioning, which seeks to reduce dependence on foreign hyperscalers for AI workloads that the government considers strategic.
Part of a wider AI push
The launch follows earlier related work between the same partners, including a National AI Test and Validation Lab set up by the UAE Cyber Security Council with Cisco and Open Innovation AI to test AI systems before deployment (per CXO Insight Middle East), and an earlier e& UAE-Open Innovation AI tie-up to establish a national AI lab (per Open Innovation AI). Together they signal that the federal government wants core AI capabilities developed and operated inside UAE jurisdiction, rather than rented from abroad.
