After EA, the Gulf's next gaming bet is the engine room The Gulf has secured a place in global gaming through investment. Its next opportunity is to shape the technologies that will power the industry's future
From adoption to institutional readiness: How the UAE is building the infrastructure for digital assets Institutional capital does not follow hype – it follows infrastructure. The UAE’s regulatory frameworks, financial ecosystem and innovation environment are laying the foundations for institutional participation in digital assets
Beyond blockchain: Why governance determines success Blockchain provides the infrastructure for decentralised organisations, but effective governance determines whether they succeed. As DAOs evolve beyond cryptocurrency, their future depends on combining technology with transparent decision-making, aligned incentives, and thoughtful organisational design
AI and gaming: The first industry where creativity still leads As AI reshapes game development, automation is streamlining production while leaving creativity, storytelling and human judgement firmly in the hands of creators
Why gaming's creator economy needs a reset The platforms powering game creation have built an economy that isn't working for the people making the games
Your child will live in an AI world. Are we preparing them or just hoping for the best? A practitioner’s honest look at what AI education really means for parents, teachers, school leaders and the children at the centre of it all
Islamic finance was built for this moment As AI and blockchain reshape financial services, Islamic finance's founding principles are finding new relevance in the digital economy
Everyone is racing to build AI games - almost no one is building good ones Prompt-to-game tools make great demos but bad games. The missing piece is an engine built for AI from the ground up
Andreessen Horowitz joins SPARQ's $8.5m seed round as AI-native game engine launches from Innovation City, Ras Al Khaimah An AI-native game engine that puts real game development in the hands of the 250 million creators locked out of it - built by a 20-person team on $2.5m of founder capital, with a 6,000-creator waitlist, before raising a single external dollar
Gaming's TikTok era has officially begun with AI AI-powered creation tools are removing the barriers to game development, opening the door for millions of creators to build interactive experiences