The world’s largest technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) show, GITEX Global, is coming off this Monday, October 13 to 17 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).
Featuring over 6,800 tech enterprises as exhibitors, including 2,000 startups from 180 countries, alongside 1,200 investors with a combined US$1.1 trillion in assets under management and more than 40 unicorns, this year’s show, the 45th edition, would bring together the companies leading the world’s most ambitious AI infrastructure expansion.
A statement issued on Monday, October 6, by the show's organisers, the Dubai World Trade Centre, said this year’s edition would highlight significant developments in biotech, physical AI, quantum computing, semiconductors and data centres.
It said global tech enterprises, including Alibaba Cloud, AMD, AWS, Dell, e&, G42, Google, HPE, Huawei, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Siemens and Snowflake would anchor the showcase, with new incoming innovations from Cerebras, Datadog, Mitsubishi, Qualcomm, Rital, ServiceNow, Tata Electronics, Telecom Italia and Tenstorrent.
It said running in parallel with the show would be GITEX’s startup showcase, Expand North Star, connecting 2,000 of the world’s most promising startups, with the highest percentage of growth and late-stage startups anywhere, with over 1,200 investors managing US$1.1 trillion assets.
“The show marks a record year for international participation, with Brazil joining as Country Partner with its largest-ever tech delegation, alongside the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Tech Destination Pakistan as key partners.
New pavilions debut from Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, and Türkiye, in addition to expanded representation from Europe, Central Asia, LATAM, Africa and the Levant,” the statement added.
Furthermore, it said that GITEX Global 2025 would welcome one of the biggest global investors in data centres, O’Leary Ventures, which was building the world’s largest AI data centre industrial park in Canada.
Regarding digi health and biotech, the statement said the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mammoth Biosciences, Trevor Martin, would be presenting how their Nobel-winning gene-editing technology, CRISPR, was being used to potentially cure genetic diseases.
It said the CEO of Paradromics, Matt Angle, whose company was behind the world’s first successful computer-brain implant, would also dive into decoding thought with AI and neurotech, adding that South Korean startup, HurayPositive, would unveil AI-powered SaaS to deliver precision medicine for one million patients with chronic conditions.
AI on wheels
The statement said Tensor would unveil the world’s first personal robocar, which was globally applauded as “agentic AI on wheels”, whilst K2 would introduce new humanoids and a concept vehicle designed to extend robotics into industrial environments.
“With the robotics AI market projected to quadruple to $94 billion by 2031, these innovations illustrate how Physical AI is becoming an essential pillar of industry productivity and business edge,” the statement said.
For AI Semicon, the statement said the $2.6bn AI chipmaker on the Forbes AI50 list, Jim Keller, who is also the CEO of Tenstorrent, would expand on this theme with his talk on “Taking Control of Your Sovereign AI Future,” as semiconductors become a geopolitical lever.
“In 2026, GITEX GLOBAL Dubai moves to a new home at the Dubai Exhibition Centre – Expo City, unveiling an entirely new format that begins on 7 December with a premier Summit, followed by the immersive Exhibition from 8-11 December,” it said.