AIREV Names UAE Trade Minister Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi as Chairman to Accelerate OnDemand AI Exports
AIREV appoints UAE Trade Minister Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi as chairman to steer OnDemand AI exports and expand the country’s digital-services footprint worldwide.
Appointment and strategic aim
AIREV announced that Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, will assume the role of chairman of its board.
The move aligns the UAE technology company’s leadership with national trade objectives as the country seeks to grow exports of digital services and advanced AI solutions.
Dr. Al Zeyoudi framed the appointment as a step to link locally developed technology and intellectual property with global markets.
He emphasized exporting not just goods and traditional services, but also homegrown technology and high-value digital offerings as part of the UAE’s trade agenda.
AIREV’s OnDemand platform and capabilities
OnDemand is AIREV’s flagship operating system for assistant AI, designed to build, deploy and manage autonomous AI agents with minimal or no coding.
The platform gives governments and large organisations control over data, models and infrastructure, meeting regulatory and sovereign requirements.
AIREV reports that OnDemand supports more than four million users and offers over 300 specialised agents and tools in more than 50 languages.
The product is positioned for enterprise and public-sector applications where data governance and bespoke deployment are priorities.
Market entry and timeline
AIREV entered the UAE market in February 2024 under a next-generation foreign direct investment initiative with backing from Core42, part of the G42 group.
In roughly two-and-a-half years the company has expanded from market entry to an estimated enterprise value near $200 million.
That growth trajectory underscores the speed at which local AI ventures can scale when supported by strategic investment and government-aligned trade policies.
The company is now pursuing an A2 Series funding round to accelerate its international expansion and product development.
Partnerships with chipmakers and performance push
AIREV has forged strategic technology partnerships to optimise OnDemand’s performance on specialised hardware.
The company signed deals with Intel to tune the platform for its processors and to deliver pre-installed AI agents on Intel-powered devices.
AIREV also partnered with Tenstorrent to co-develop a high-performance assistant-AI stack aimed at enterprise and sovereign applications, including plans for a dedicated AI development centre in the UAE.
These collaborations aim to marry software developed in the UAE with globally recognised semiconductor architectures and device ecosystems.
Commercial expansion and distribution strategy
AIREV has registered OnDemand in the North American market and established distribution networks spanning Abu Dhabi to US technology firms.
In 2026 Redington, a leading distributor across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, was appointed as an official distributor for AIREV solutions for 2026–2027, with plans to extend into European channels.
The combination of global chip partnerships, device pre-installs and formal distribution channels represents a coordinated push to convert every external deployment of OnDemand into an exportable digital asset.
Company leadership says this approach transforms software deployments into non-oil export value generated by local engineering.
Usage metrics and export impact
AIREV reported historic adoption milestones, stating that its products collectively exceeded one trillion generated tokens during 2025.
Usage then accelerated sharply, with the company reporting 6.8 trillion generated tokens in the second quarter of 2026 alone, a near sixfold increase over prior levels.
The company presents each generated token used outside the UAE as a unit of advanced Emirati-developed intelligence exported to international markets.
Executives and trade officials view such metrics as evidence that high-frequency software usage can meaningfully contribute to non-oil export growth.
Leadership perspective and national goals
Mohammed Khalid, AIREV’s founder and CEO, described Dr. Al Zeyoudi’s chairmanship as a strategic junction between the UAE’s external trade strategy and the company’s global export-oriented business model.
He said the appointment strengthens the company’s ability to prove that Emirati AI can compete and be exported at scale.
Officials link AIREV’s expansion to the UAE’s broader economic diversification agenda and the “We the UAE 2031” vision, which highlights moving from technology importer to exporter.
By integrating locally developed software into approved devices and institutional channels, policymakers hope to amplify the country’s share of high-value digital service exports.
AIREV’s trajectory underscores how state-backed investment, targeted partnerships and export-focused governance can accelerate the internationalisation of Emirati tech products while contributing measurable non-oil export value.
