Infrastructure
ADNOC put AI across its whole rig fleet, and the critical data never leaves the country
The software is American. The cloud is Emirati. That pairing is becoming the default shape of Gulf AI deals.
Chandni Melwani · UAE · Aug 6, 2026
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Infrastructure
The software is American. The cloud is Emirati. That pairing is becoming the default shape of Gulf AI deals.
Chandni Melwani · UAE · Aug 6, 2026
Platform Updates
Four to five cents a message, not a conversation. And on October 1 your human agents' replies start costing money too.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Aug 5, 2026
Marketing AI
Same catalogue, different shelf. Only 0.8% of products showed up on both surfaces for the same query on the same day.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Aug 4, 2026
Policy
The agreement covers goods, services and investment barriers. The instrument the Gulf capital actually runs on was signed in Abu Dhabi last November.
Chandni Melwani · Canada · Jul 31, 2026
Platform Updates
Put a product in a campaign and every order it gets counts as the campaign's. TikTok says that's the design, and there's one way to check it.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Jul 29, 2026
Platform Updates
A New York disclosure law took effect in June. Amazon just turned it into a platform rule, with a specific metadata keyword, worldwide.
Chandni Melwani · North America · Jul 24, 2026
Infrastructure
A Korean internet company, an American chipmaker and a Canadian asset manager are building Korea's national AI capacity together. Look at who is funding whom.
Chandni Melwani · South Korea · Jul 24, 2026
Retail Adoption
When orders grow faster than visits, the visitors are different. Shopify's numbers say AI-referred shoppers arrive closer to buying than anyone else.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Jul 23, 2026
Labs
Washington built export controls to keep advanced chips out of Chinese hands. The allegation is that a Chinese lab reached them in Thailand instead, and that the model capability never needed to cross a border at all.
Chandni Melwani · China · Jul 23, 2026
Conversational Commerce
A shopping agent and an onboarding agent are the expected part. The dispute agent is the one that tells you where this is actually stuck.
Chandni Melwani · Europe · Jul 22, 2026
Infrastructure
For a Gulf bank, the question was never whether sovereign AI was a good idea. It was what it costs, and who has to file the export paperwork. There is finally an answer to both.
Chandni Melwani · UAE · Jul 22, 2026
Conversational Commerce
A million businesses already run one. Meta says paid tiers are coming, and has not said what the meter is, which is the number merchants should be waiting on.
Chandni Melwani · Global · Jul 21, 2026