While Ai Everything Global welcomed capacity crowds for a second consecutive day, Wednesday was momentous for several reasons – including the emergence of the world’s fastest-rising startups. As the most reputable and iconic AI and big tech enterprises attracted substantial visitor numbers at the largest public-private global AI gathering of the year. As, so too did pure AI startups.
With over 250 early-stage international AI companies participating – 70% of which are certified award-winning – the Ai Everything Global Exhibition Showcase was the perfect platform for these top-rated startups to shine.
Booster Robotics of China received enormous praise and plaudits on its first-ever appearance in the UAE. The advanced humanoids creator has experienced a meteoric rise since its establishment in 2023, inventing the Booster T1, which has since gained international attention with its crowning as the ‘fastest free-walk robot’ at the 2024 IEEE-RAS Humanoids Championship.
Chaoyi Li, Head of Globalisation at Booster Robotics, said: “Humanoid robots will be everywhere around the world in the future – this is our vision and ambition,” said. “We want to make humanoids as reliable, affordable, and useful as laptops are today.”
“They can help us everywhere, taking responsibility for many of the tedious, tiresome, repetitive, and potentially dangerous jobs out there; enabling people to be more human rather than robotic,” added Li. “This is why we’re actively uniting with AI developers to deploy multi-functional robots for all kinds of scenarios around the world.”
Another earning admiration and attention was Twinsity. The German startup, accelerated by the European Innovation Council (EIC), Europe’s biggest deep tech investor, revealed all about Twinspect – an AI-powered digital twin platform turning drone data into accurate and efficient infrastructure inspection. Already, Twinsity has been awarded a €2.5 million EIC grant to accelerate AI innovation and has raised €3 million in early-stage VC funding.
Additionally, other acclaimed startups receiving rave reviews included Nigeria’s SaaSPro Health, transforming healthcare and redefining how medical data is captured, analysed, and integrated through real-time speech recognition; and Let’s Scan – SWYGMA, the French company helping parents understand their infant’s needs through AI-powered baby translator decoding cry patterns.
Fascinating Insights from the World’s Leading Voices in AI
Elsewhere on an action-packed Day 2, the World AI Leaders stage welcomed audiences for a deep dive into all things AI led by global experts. Alongside arguments for and against AI regulation, including powerful insights into the future directions of developments and the integration of AI across industries – from energy, education, and finance to healthcare, telecom, and creative economy – panellists also predicted an accelerated emergence of AI agents in 2025.
AI agents are not only poised to automate various processes, but can also gather and synthesise information, marking a transformative shift in productivity and business efficiency. Few experts even went further to claim that we will be able to see a multi-agent ecosystem fast rising, with multiple agents capable of interacting with each other to deliver a particular outcome. Gartner has predicted that by 2028, AI agents could make 15% of decisions.
Shukri Eid, General Manager Gulf, Levant & Pakistan, IBM – UAE, said: “Real breakthrough in productivity can only happen with increased automation – and AI agents are game-changing because you are focusing on the outcome. The AI agent is capable of planning multiple steps and engaging multiple systems through autonomous decision-making – and the real shift in productivity happens when we orchestrate different types of capabilities, flexibility models, and automated assistance whilst weaving AI agents into the fabric of your organisation.”
Thomas Pramotedham, Chief Executive Officer of Presight, a G42 company, also hailed the AI and automation evolution taking shape, adding: “AI-enabled workflows will help us. We will see the formation of microgrids and enhanced traffic management. We will see domestic management improvements, reduced carbon footprints, and newfound control at levels we ourselves cannot do. With this, little changes will accumulate, translating to positive change as autonomous assistance takes over.”
Ai Everything Global 2025 concludes on Thursday with an unmissable final day agenda locked in at DEC. For more information, please visit aieverythingglobal.com.
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