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September 19, 2026 · Market & ecosystem

Dubai’s 14,000-Company AI Programme Creates an Implementation Market

Dubai Chambers has launched specialised agentic-AI training for more than 14,000 private-sector companies, backed by a wider programme that includes support for businesses developing and deploying agentic AI and planned incubators. For smaller AI consultancies and vertical SaaS founders, this creates a geographically concentrated market where thousands of companies are simultaneously being encouraged to move from AI awareness toward practical implementation.

September 13, 2026 · Enterprise AI

Mainframe AI Creates a Specialist Modernisation Market Around Hidden Business Logic

Washington-based rhino.ai has launched an agentic mainframe-modernisation platform on AWS that maps business logic across legacy applications before AI coding tools begin rebuilding them. The development creates a useful opening for smaller specialist consultancies: enterprises may increasingly automate code conversion, but they still need people who understand the business rules, integrations and regulatory evidence surrounding decades-old systems.

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