The UAE Cybersecurity Council (CSC), e&, and Open Innovation AI (OI) launched the UAE Sovereign AI Platform for national-scale infrastructure, an initiative delivering secure AI capabilities across defense, national security, critical infrastructure, and classified government environments. The launch was announced at ISSNR 2026 in Abu Dhabi, with the platform available for onboarding as of today.
The platform enables organizations to deploy and operate advanced AI technologies, including generative AI, large language models, AI agents, advanced analytics, and autonomous workflows, within fully UAE-controlled infrastructure designed for the highest levels of security, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
At its core, the platform introduces a Sovereign AI Security Framework that validates, governs, and monitors AI models, agents, applications, and workflows before deployment into sensitive environments. The framework is designed to address emerging national security challenges associated with AI adoption
- model integrity and governance
- operational isolation
- cyber resilience
- data sovereignty
- sovereign AI executions
- secure AI operations
- secure execution of classified AI workloads
The initiative brings together the UAE Cybersecurity Council’s national governance and cyber resilience frameworks, e&’s national-scale digital infrastructure and secure connectivity, and Open Innovation AI’s AI orchestration platform and end-to-end technology stack. The complete platform, covering GPU orchestration, AI infrastructure management, model deployment, AI agents, secure inference, and operational controls, was designed, engineered, and built in the UAE.
The platform is designed for sectors requiring air-gapped, cyber-secure AI environments:
- national security and defense
- intelligence and cyber operations
- emergency response
- critical infrastructure
- smart government
- regulated strategic industries
The platform is expected to support a range of secure AI use cases, including AI agents, advanced analytics, classified workload processing, decision-support capabilities, knowledge management, workflow automation for sensitive environments, and controlled AI applications for government and defence settings.
The collaboration builds on e& UAE’s broader AI strategy and its ongoing work with national partners to support secure digital transformation, cyber resilience and sovereign technology development across the UAE.
About the UAE Cybersecurity Council
The UAE Cybersecurity Council is the national authority mandated to develop and govern the United Arab Emirates’ cybersecurity strategy, policies and regulations. The Council leads national cyber resilience, protects UAE cyberspace, oversees sector-specific cyber policies, including for artificial intelligence and cloud, and coordinates the country’s response to cyber threats in partnership with federal and local government entities, the private sector and international allies.
About e&
Etisalat UAE, branded as etisalat by e&, is the telco pillar of e&, providing fixed-line and mobile services to individuals and enterprises. With a focus on 5G deployment, artificial intelligence, and cutting-edge ICT solutions, the company focuses on delivering a premium experience while enabling the digital transformation of the UAE.
About Open Innovation AI
Open Innovation AI is a UAE-based technology company enabling enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence through a sovereign, hardware-agnostic platform. Its core product, the Open Innovation Cluster Manager (OICM), delivers GPU orchestration and full lifecycle management for AI workloads, from development to deployment. The company also offers OI AI Security, a solution for testing and securing AI models and applications, helping organizations deploy trusted AI systems at scale.
Media Contacts
UAE Cybersecurity Council: media@csc.gov.ae
Open Innovation AI: press@openinnovation.ai
e&: media@eand.com
