Dubai has taken a clear step to bring artificial intelligence into its private economy. On May 4, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, announced a two-year plan to speed up the use of Agentic AI in private sector across Dubai. He said the goal is to make the emirate the world’s top city in using these technologies for business and the economy. The programme is not a test. It is a structured and funded plan with a set deadline and clear targets.
What Agentic AI Means
The term needs explaining first. Agentic AI is artificial intelligence that does not just answer prompts or study data. It acts on its own. It looks at a situation, makes decision, does a task, and gets better in real time without waiting for a human order. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum spoke about it on April 24.
He said, “AI is no longer a tool. It analyses, decides, executes and improves in real time. It will become our executive partner to enhance services, accelerate decisions and raise efficiency.”For companies, this means AI can run supply chains, manage client accounts, file compliance reports, and improve operations without a human starting each step.
What The Plan Covers
The programme has three parts. The first step is training. The Dubai Chamber of Commerce will run special training tracks for all its business councils. This helps companies in every sector learn how to use Agentic AI systems. Second is incubators, where the Chamber will build dedicated incubators for Agentic AI companies inside its system. These give AI startups a place to build, test, and grow solutions made for private sector use. The third part of the plan is funding. Sheikh Hamdan told the Chamber to set up funds to support this shift. The funds will help companies move their operations to autonomous AI systems.
In his announcement, Sheikh Hamdan stated: “Our objective is to empower our companies to adopt these technologies that will boost productivity, expand business volumes, and reshape the city, making its economy the best in the world in adopting Agentic AI technologies.” The plan runs with a government programme announced on April 24. Under that plan, 50 percent of all UAE government services will use Agentic AI within two years. Autonomous systems will be added to ministries and federal departments based on regular performance checks.
Two-Year Timeline
The public and private sector push together is Dubai’s most coordinated technology move yet. For the private sector, the two-year timeline is tight but planned. It matches the midpoint of the We Are UAE 2031 vision and Dubai’s Economic Agenda D33. Both set goals for technology use, productivity growth, and global competition.
The plan aims to turn Dubai’s private sector into self-innovating hubs. The goal is to raise efficiency, cut costs, and grow the economy through automation.For businesses in Dubai today, from large multinationals to SMEs in free zones, the question is not whether to use Agentic AI. It is how fast they can start. The Chamber’s training gives the entry point. The incubators give the support system. The funds give the money. The plan now needs the private sector to move from watching to acting before the two years end.
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