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Dubai, UAE, 18 June 2026 — Yango Group, global tech company, is expanding into public transport technology with the launch of an AI-powered management platform. The solution combines real-time data with operational tools in a single interface, helping transport authorities and operators manage complex urban mobility challenges.

Public transport remains one of the least digitised parts of urban infrastructure in many cities. Authorities and operators often rely on fragmented systems, leading to congestion, unreliable services and operational inefficiencies. According to the INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard, congestion increased in 62% of urban areas globally in 2025, highlighting the need for smarter transport management.

The new platform supports key areas of public transport management: network planning, daily operations and revenue control. Its AI layer analyses real-time and historical mobility data to forecast passenger demand, model traffic flows, identify network bottlenecks and suggest more efficient schedules, routes and fleet allocation. This enables authorities and operators to adjust networks of interconnected stops, identify areas with poor transport accessibility, introduce new routes, manage fleets, and monitor fare collection. According to internal estimates, integrated public transport solutions can help reduce traffic jams by up to 28%, lower operational costs by up to 35% and boost fare collection by up to 30%, while real-time data gathering and analysis can support up to 40% faster decision-making for city authorities.

“We work with urban mobility every day in cities around the world, from ride-hailing and navigation to delivery and other services. This gives us a practical view of how cities move and where the challenges are. Bringing that experience into public transport is a logical step. With the platform, we want to help cities build public transport systems that are easier to manage, more financially sustainable and more convenient for people to use, ” said Islam Abdul Karim, Regional head, Yango Group Middle East.

The solution also supports the integration of public transport services into the Yango SuperApp. Depending on the city and local implementation, passengers can access features such as multimodal trip planning, real-time vehicle tracking, digital ticketing, and transport card top-ups through a single interface, helping make urban mobility more convenient and predictable.

The launch reflects Yango Group’s broader focus on applying technology to urban mobility challenges and aligns with government agendas such as the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, including its 20-minute city initiative, which aims to make daily needs and destinations easier to reach through more sustainable and integrated mobility. As cities continue to grow and invest in smarter infrastructure, the company sees increasing demand for digital solutions that help transport authorities and operators make public transport more efficient, accessible and economically resilient.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – June 18, 2026:  Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s lifelong learning company, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced the launch of new research revealing the knowledge gaps that must be addressed to help graduates build stronger AI readiness to prepare for an AI-enabled future.

In Saudi Arabia, the findings show strong alignment between higher education and workforce needs, with a clear opportunity to turn AI access into workplace capability that supports Vision 2030.

The Data
The report, AI Readiness: Building the Bridge from Higher Education to Work, draws on more than 2,700 survey responses from learners, higher education leaders, and employers across six countries, including Saudi Arabia, the U.S., the U.K., Brazil, Vietnam and Malaysia, and is supplemented by in-depth interviews with higher education leaders.

The KSA findings offer a unique view across the learning-to-work journey, with the Kingdom showing strong alignment between institutional investment, learner confidence, and employer satisfaction with graduates.

• 88% of higher education leaders describe AI investment at their institution as significant or moderate.
• Approximately 90% of Saudi employers say graduate workplace readiness is much or somewhat better than it was five years ago, substantially above the cross-market average of 60%.
• 43% of Saudi learners rate themselves as highly ready for an AI-enabled workforce.
• 94% of Saudi higher education leaders report regular interaction with employers, a strong foundation for aligning learning with workforce needs.
• The clearest opportunity is in applied experience: while Saudi learners report strong access to AI tools and instruction, one in three wants more hands-on, workplace-relevant practice to turn access into skills capability. 

This data comes at a moment when artificial intelligence is reshaping entry-level roles, skill durability is declining, and workforce readiness is at risk worldwide. While AI adoption is accelerating across industries, the research shows that AI readiness is breaking down at the point of execution, where learning must translate into applied workplace capability, rather than from a lack of ambition or access.

“Saudi Arabia has created strong momentum for AI readiness by placing skills, education and workforce alignment at the centre of its national agenda. With AI talent development now a clear priority and large-scale capability-building already underway, the opportunity is to translate this ambition into practical, workplace-ready graduate skills. Pearson and AWS are working together to bridge the gap between higher education and employers, supporting institutions with learning, assessment, and credentials that prepare Saudi talent for an AI-enabled economy.” said Tony Lteif, Global Revenue Officer, English Language Learning and Saudi Country Ambassador for Pearson.

“This AI readiness research with Pearson reveals that our primary opportunity is to help translate AI tool engagement into real workplace capability. AWS is committed to working alongside our education partners to ensure every learner develops AI literacy, in addition to the judgment, adaptability, and hands-on experience employers need,” said Kim Majerus, Vice President of Global Education and U.S. State & Local Government at Amazon Web Services.

The Solution
AI readiness does not emerge by accident. It depends on structured, shared systems that connect curriculum to real work. Readiness is built where learning and work connect.

The KSA findings show strong foundations, with the next focus on applied learning, responsible AI trust, and the strategic and human skills employers continue to value.

To help leaders across education and enterprise move from diagnosis to action, the report introduces the AI Readiness Friction Framework, a practical tool that identifies six compounding frictions that slow progress across the education-to-work pathway. The report also provides concrete actions to remediate each friction point.

• Pace Friction: The widening gap between the speed of AI-driven workplace change and the slower cadence of curriculum and institutional decision-making.
• Connection Friction: Weak feedback loops between education and employers, reducing alignment between workforce needs and learning design.
• Capability Friction: Uneven faculty and instructor AI capability, limiting consistent integration of AI into learning experiences.
• Governance Friction: The absence of clear, practical guidance translating AI access into responsible, governed practice, resulting in shadow AI use that carries risk into the workplace.
• Experience Friction: A disconnect between access to AI tools and structured opportunities to practice, apply, and demonstrate real-world capability.
• Skills Friction: Misalignment between the capabilities graduates demonstrate and the applied judgment, adaptability, and collaboration employers require in AI-enabled roles.

By combining Pearson’s expertise in education systems, assessment, learning science, credentialing, and workforce skills with AWS’s deep insight into how AI is built, deployed, and governed in modern organizations, the report offers a shared framework to help institutions and employers align around a common definition of AI readiness and a clearer path forward.

The KSA findings show that continued collaboration between higher education and employers can help translate national AI ambition into workplace-ready capability.

Dubai, UAE, June 4, 2026 — Yango Group has launched an AI consulting service by Yango Tech, b2b division of the company. New service designed to help enterprises and government organisations in the UAE move AI initiatives from pilot stages to production deployment and measurable business outcomes.

The service helps organisations identify high-impact AI use cases, assess operational and business impact, and build clear implementation roadmaps. It also supports governance for responsible use, pre-pilot validation, integration, and embedding AI into existing systems and workflows.

The launch comes as companies across the GCC face growing pressure to turn AI investment into measurable business value. According to McKinsey’s 2025 research, 84% of organisations in GCC countries have adopted AI in at least one business function, but only 31% have scaled AI use cases across operations, while 11% are considered “AI value realizers”. Many organisations continue to face challenges related to unclear ROI, fragmented pilot projects, limited internal capabilities, and operating models not prepared for enterprise-wide AI adoption.

The service is designed for large enterprises, holdings, and government organisations operating in regulated and operationally complex environments. A dedicated part of AI expertise focuses on executive and employee training. These programmes are designed to improve AI literacy among management teams and help specialists develop practical skills for working with AI systems and AI-supported workflows. The goal is to help organisations build stronger internal ownership of AI initiatives and reduce dependency on isolated pilot projects.

AI consulting is delivered by Yango Tech, the B2B technology arm of Yango Group. Yango Tech develops and deploys technology solutions for businesses across retail, logistics, e-commerce, and enterprise sectors, helping organisations improve operational efficiency and accelerate digital transformation. The company combines expertise in artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, and data-driven technologies to address complex business challenges and deliver measurable outcomes.

Alexander Merkushev, Head of AI projects at Yango Tech, said: “Many companies already have AI strategies and pilot projects, but a large share of these initiatives never reach production deployment or measurable business impact. In many cases, organisations need support not only in defining strategy, but also in executing it inside complex operational environments. Unlike traditional advisory models focused primarily on strategy development, Yango Tech supports organisations through the implementation stage. We work with clients from initial assessment to production launch and measures success through operational and business outcomes rather than strategy delivery alone.”

Yango Group also holds the Tier S Dubai AI Seal awarded by the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence. The certification recognises the company’s reliable, secure, and impactful AI solutions, with Tier S representing the highest level of economic contribution and technological safety.

Dubai, UAE, 11 June 2026: Uniquely You Mental Health Center, the UAE’s first publicly neurodivergent-owned and operated mental health clinic, has officially launched in Dubai. Founded by Elaine Maichin, an  American neurodivergent, CDA-licensed psychologist, a US-Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a licensed trauma therapist, the clinic has been established as a  neurodiversity-affirming specialized mental health center, designed to support clients from ages 13 to 60+, individuals  and families,  across healthcare, education and workplace settings in the UAE.

The launch comes as mental wellbeing becomes a stronger priority across the UAE. Cigna Healthcare’s International Health Study 2025 found that mental wellbeing in the UAE improved to 64%, with residents ranking it above physical wellbeing as their top health priority. The center was founded to offer care recognizing that every person has unique nervous system needs, which shapes how they process, and experience the world. Its approach brings together evidence-based therapy, trauma-informed care, and cultural responsiveness practice, with a strong focus on helping clients feel understood rather than reduced to symptoms or diagnoses.

The clinic supports clients navigating emotional, relational, workplace, and life-stage challenges. Elaine observed that many individuals were keen on seeking therapy to manage anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem concerns, parenting pressures, grief, major transitions, and overall psychological well-being.  Additionally, across the UAE’s multicultural community, people are also navigating relocation, expatriate life, loneliness, and limited support networks, not always knowing where to turn for timely care.

The launch of the clinic responds to these concerns as well as areas of mental health that remain underreported or misunderstood. Neurodiversity remains a key area, especially in how autism and ADHD can present in girls, women, adults, high-achieving professionals, and people who have spent years masking their differences.

Elaine Maichin, MSc, NCC, LPC, Psychologist (CDA) and Owner of Uniquely You Mental Health Center said: “Mental health awareness in the UAE has grown significantly, but many people still need spaces where their experiences are understood with depth, compassion, and respect. Especially, when it comes to neurodiversity, it is perceived as something that needs to be fixed or overcome, but it actually is a natural form of human diversity rather than deficits to be cured. Greater public awareness is needed around the importance of acceptance and individualized support. At Uniquely You, we are passionate about bringing neurodiversity-affirming, accessible, and genuinely responsive care into the heart of the community. We aim to help people feel seen, build practical skills, and access support that reflects who they truly are.”

Uniquely You’s range of services include, Individual Psychotherapy and Counseling Sessions, Family Therapy, Autism and ADHD Assessments, DBT Skills-Based Group Therapy, Training and Workshops, and Support Groups. These services are structured to address diverse clinical, developmental, and emotional needs across individuals, families, and groups.

The center prioritizes care that is collaborative, personalized, and guided by each individual’s goals and lived experiences. It works with individuals through a structured clinical process that begins with an initial consultation focused on understanding concerns, personal history, and therapeutic goals, followed by the development of a personalised treatment plan that defines clear objectives and direction of care. Moreover, neurodiversity-affirming care supports autistic individuals and those with ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, and other neurotypes in developing a deeper understanding of their unique ways of thinking, learning, communicating, and experiencing the world. This approach fosters self-awareness, self-advocacy, and wellbeing while helping individuals navigate school, work, relationships, communication, sensory experiences, executive functioning, and societal expectations in ways that honor their strengths, needs, and authentic identities. This aligns with Dubai Health Authority’s AED 105 million Mental Wealth Framework, a five-year plan built around ten initiatives focused on early detection, intervention, prevention, and community support.

Uniquely You MHC has also worked with organizations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to support mental health awareness and employee well-being. The center is expected to expand its team over time, with future growth focused on adding more psychologists and increasing access to specialized services. The long-term vision is to grow Uniquely You MHC into a trusted UAE-based platform for neurodiversity-affirming mental health care, trauma-informed treatment, school collaboration, workplace wellbeing, crisis support, and community education.

Dubai, UAE – June 10, 2026: TiE Dubai, the regional chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a global network fostering entrepreneurship, unveils the 7th edition of the TiE Women MENA Program 2026, one of the region’s largest structured platforms dedicated to supporting, mentoring, and scaling up women-led startups across the MENA region. Applications are open until 25 June 2026 for women founders or co-founders holding at least 33% equity in their businesses, with companies licensed on or after 1 January 2019.

In April 2026, MENA startup funding reached $150 million across 27 deals, reflecting renewed investor confidence across the ecosystem. The TiE Women MENA Program 2026 is set to contribute further to this momentum by empowering women founders across the region.

The program will deliver end-to-end support for select founders through structured mentorship, investor connections, pitch training, visibility opportunities, networking with regional and global stakeholders, as well as funding opportunities including equity-free prize money, and entry into a long-term entrepreneurial community that continues beyond the competition cycle. As a mission-driven initiative, the program is supported by a wide network of ecosystem partners, including various accelerators, incubators, VC funds, angel investors, corporates, and entrepreneurship platforms, working together to provide women founders mentorship and support. This year’s program is powered by official partner Nokia, and longtime partners TECOM, Dubai Internet City and the in5 Innovation Centers.

In anticipation of the program, the June month will feature several events, including an AMA with TiE Women Alumni on June 14, a dedicated webinar to get all queries answered related to this year’s program, and the TiE Women MENA Open Pitch Night on June 21, at Cafe Rider, Al Quoz, Dubai, a space for women founders to pitch their startups, get real feedback, and connect with investors, mentors, and fellow founders.

Carlina Marani and Shameema Parveen, Co-Chairs of TiE Women MENA commented: “Having co-led the 2025 edition, we have seen firsthand how this program brings incredible energy, enthusiasm, and a positive boost to female entrepreneurs across the region. Since the launch of TiE Women in 2020, the women founders we met through the program never stopped building, whether through the global pandemic, or through current geopolitical turbulence. Women founders are defined by not just resilience, but the ability to make decisions under pressure, adapt quickly, and maintain long-term vision when the environment around them is anything but certain.  We have witnessed many participants grow beyond the program and establish themselves as successful entrepreneurs within the MENA ecosystem. We are also seeing bold ideas emerge from women who are determined to make a meaningful impact through their ventures. The program’s reach across multiple countries in MENA creates significant value for both the candidates and the wider entrepreneurial landscape by encouraging collaboration, knowledge exchange, and regional connections. We look forward to this year’s edition.”

From a large regional pool, the program will shortlist approximately 45 to 50 participants, who will compete across five tracks representing the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Emirati founders and wider Middle East. Each track will name two runners up and one winner. The five winners will compete at the MENA finals. Winners will receive equity-free prize money, along with structured mentorship and preparation support for the next stage of competition. Building on the program’s strong legacy, the MENA Winners have been supported with AED 100K in equity‑free prize money in recent years, contributing to a total of AED 380K awarded over the past four years. All track winners will also gain exposure at Expand North Star at GITEX Global in Dubai, providing direct access to investors, corporates, and global ecosystem leaders.

The program will progress through regional virtual finals in September, followed by MENA-level finals in December at GITEX 2026, positioning finalists on an international stage alongside leading women entrepreneurs from around the world.

Danial Mausoof, SVP, Regional Leader Mobile Infrastructure at Nokia said: “At Nokia, inclusion is at the core of how we innovate and create value. The data is clear: closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship and the workforce isn’t just a diversity metric, it is a massive economic driver. Economic research indicates that advancing women’s equal participation in the MENA region could increase GDP per capita by over 30% in the coming decades. By partnering with TiE Women MENA, we are actively investing in this underutilized economic engine. Empowering female founders with capital, global networks, and mentorship ensures that the technology and businesses of tomorrow are being built by diverse teams who truly reflect the communities they serve. We are proud to back a platform that directly accelerates both gender equity and regional economic resilience.”

Globally, TiE Women has become one of the largest pitch platforms for women entrepreneurs, receiving more than 11,000 applications across 62 countries and accelerating over 500 women-led startups. In the MENA region, the program has supported more than 1,000 women-led businesses, curated over 350 pitches, and delivered one-to-one mentorship and coaching to more than 35 founders, alongside equity-free funding opportunities that help early-stage ventures move towards scale and investment readiness.

TiE Women MENA Program 2026 continues to show its commitment to advancing women-led entrepreneurship as a key driver of innovation and economic diversification.

Dubai, UAE, June 2, 2026 – Swisslog, a leading provider of data-driven intralogistics automation, has announced its appointment as automation partner for Magnavale’s new frozen storage facility in Avonmouth, Bristol. The project, known as Magnavale Bristol, will be the second frozen high bay warehouse Swisslog delivers under a framework agreement with Magnavale (Sadel Group).

A framework partnership for long-term growth

The award follows the successful delivery of Project Phoenix, Magnavale’s first automated frozen high bay warehouse at Easton in Lincolnshire, which became fully operational at the end of 2024. That project established a framework agreement under which Magnavale plans to construct up to eight frozen high bay warehouses across the UK and EU, with the goal of becoming the market leader in frozen pallet storage. Swisslog’s selection reflects the confidence Magnavale has placed in its engineering capability, collaborative approach, and ability to deliver at scale in one of the most demanding operational environments in the industry.

Shane Faulkner, Swisslog UK Managing Director said: “Winning a second project with Magnavale is a strong signal of the trust they place in Swisslog’s technology and our ability to deliver. With plans for up to eight frozen high bay warehouses across the UK and EU, this is a partnership with real long-term significance, both for Magnavale’s growth and for Swisslog’s position in the UK cold storage market. What sets us apart in this sector is our willingness to commit to minimum throughput levels, even in the event of a system disruption. That level of confidence in our own engineering is something Magnavale’s customers can rely on, and it is central to why this partnership works.”

Andrew Lawrence, Director at Sadel Group said: “We are delighted to be continuing the partnership with Swisslog for our development in Bristol. Having successfully delivered the automation at Magnavale Easton in partnership with Swisslog, we have a deep shared understanding of the standards this project demands and are confident that Swisslog’s systems can and will deliver the throughput, reliability and flexibility that Magnavale Bristol requires.”

Building on proven engineering with site-specific enhancements

Swisslog’s engineering and design teams drew directly on their experience at Easton to shape the Bristol solution, bringing proven technology to the Avonmouth site while incorporating targeted enhancements specific to Magnavale Bristol. Simulation modelling played a central role early in the design process, allowing Swisslog to test and validate throughput levels across a range of operational scenarios, including resilience modes, well before finalising the system design.

Working closely alongside racking and cladding suppliers from the outset, Swisslog’s teams coordinated the detailed interface between the low bay and high bay warehouse environments.

A high-resilience solution for extreme conditions

The Avonmouth facility can operate down to -28°C within an approximately 45-metre high clad-rack structure housing 90,000 total pallet locations across the site. Ten Vectura stacker cranes will manage pallet movements throughout the high bay, comprising two manual dual load handling device cranes and eight double-deep dual load handling device cranes. A two-tiered monorail system and approximately 1,500 metres of ProMove conveyor across two levels will support product flow, with all operations orchestrated by Swisslog’s SynQ Warehouse Control System, delivering real-time stock visibility, intelligent load sequencing, and FEFO/FIFO stock management.

A defining feature of the solution is Swisslog’s commitment to guaranteed minimum throughput rates in the event of a monorail disruption. This resilience requirement, built into the system design and validated through simulation, gives Magnavale the operational confidence to fulfil customer commitments even during periods of disruption.

Strengthening Swisslog’s position in UK cold storage 

Magnavale Bristol reinforces Swisslog’s credentials as a specialist in large-scale frozen automation, with resident site engineering teams experienced in operating within frozen environments forming part of the ongoing service offer. With Magnavale’s expansion programme still in its early stages, the framework agreement represents a significant pipeline of future opportunity and a growing body of proven cold storage expertise within the UK market.

AMMAN Jordan – 2 June 2026 – The Jordanian Ministry of Education signed a five-year contract extension with Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) to continue delivering the vocational education development programme first launched in 2023, extending the partnership to 2031.

The signing took place at the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in London.

Under the extension, Pearson will continue to support the delivery of vocational qualifications in Jordan to 362 schools with learner numbers expected to continue to grow in the following five years. BTEC Level 2 and 3 Arabic-language qualifications will be offered across 14 sectors including Business, IT, Health and Social Care, Hair and Beauty and Agriculture.

Pearson first partnered with the Jordanian Ministry of Education in May 2023 to support the reform of the country’s technical and vocational education and training system in schools. The initiative introduced vocational qualifications into the national curriculum in support of Jordan’s Economic Vision 2033, helping to address labour market needs and tackle youth unemployment. Students who successfully complete the programme receive a globally recognised BTEC certificate accepted by universities in the UK, the US, Australia, Canada and across the MENAT region.

The partnership integrates vocational qualifications into the national curriculum, giving learners practical, hands-on experience that prepares them for both employment and higher education. Developed alongside educators, employers and government bodies, these qualifications are aligned with workforce demand and designed to help learners build industry-relevant skills for future growth.

Dr. Azmi Mahafza, Minister of Education for Jordan, said “The expansion of partnership through the renewal of our agreement with Pearson for another five years reflects our strategic commitment to strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Jordan, ensuring high-quality outcomes that contribute to our Economic Modernization Vision. This achievement coincides with the preparations undertaken to celebrate the graduation of the first batch of Jordan’s Level 3 BTEC students. This continued cooperation contributes significantly to bridge the skills gap between educational outcomes and the evolving needs of the local labour market, through effective alignment of curricula and competencies with workplace requirements. On behalf of Jordan’s Government, the Ministry of Education highly values this partnership with Pearson and considers it an example of fruitful international cooperation”

Pearson has also provided in-country training to help Jordanian educators deliver vocational qualifications effectively and with confidence. As part of the contract extension, educators will continue to strengthen their vocational teaching skills through Pearson’s training programmes.

Jane Baker, Pearson’s Vice President of Enterprise Learning & Skills, said: “This five-year extension reflects the strength of our partnership with the Jordanian Ministry of Education and our shared commitment to expanding opportunity for learners in Jordan. By broadening access to high-quality vocational qualifications and continued teacher development, we are helping more young people build the skills, confidence and recognised pathways they need to progress into further study and future careers.”

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 03, 2026 – Shaffra, an AI company building AI infrastructure for enterprises and governments, has launched ‘Subconscious AI’, a new cognitive architecture designed to transform how enterprise AI systems process, retain, and act on knowledge at scale.

The solution is introduced as a foundational intelligence layer within Shaffra’s Enterprise AI Workforce Platform, which enables organizations to design, deploy, govern, and orchestrate autonomous AI employees across departments including sales, operations, finance, HR, customer service, and knowledge management. With Subconscious AI, these AI employees gain stronger memory persistence, improved contextual awareness, and more efficient reasoning. Instead of repeatedly consuming full historical data or relying on basic retrieval methods, AI agents operate through a continuously updated cognitive layer that prioritizes what matters most to the business in real time.

The new development aligns with Saudi Arabia’s accelerating national push to become a global AI hub under Vision 2030, where technology investment is increasingly concentrated in artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data centers, and enterprise digitalization. With annual ICT spending exceeding SAR 170 billion (approximately USD 45 billion), the Kingdom stands as the Middle East’s largest technology market and a key priority for investors, technology vendors, and venture capital activity.

Marc Wehbi, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Shaffra, said: “Enterprise AI cannot scale if every agent needs to consciously process everything at every step. Human intelligence works because the brain continuously filters, compresses, and surfaces only what matters, and Subconscious AI brings that same principle into enterprise AI infrastructure. It changes the economics of running AI at enterprise scale, enabling organizations to reduce context overload, improve reasoning efficiency, and scale autonomous AI teams with greater control. We are proud to be building this foundational AI technology from Saudi Arabia for the global enterprise market.”

He adds: “The next era of enterprise AI will not be defined only by larger models or longer context windows. It will be defined by systems that know what to remember, what to ignore, what to retrieve, and when to act.”

Subconscious AI combines persistent semantic and episodic memory with dynamic relevance detection, context compression, and selective retrieval. This enables long-horizon reasoning, shared cognitive state across AI agents, lower computational costs, and greater continuity across complex enterprise workflows.

Shaffra is backed by leading regional and international investors, including stc, Omantel, and global technology leaders, having raised more than $10 million to accelerate the development of enterprise AI technologies and autonomous workforce platforms. The company is chaired by Sergey Kravchenko, an investor in Shaffra and former Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of Boeing Global Services. The launch of Subconscious AI reflects Shaffra’s ambition to build globally relevant AI infrastructure from Saudi Arabia and contribute to the Kingdom’s growing role as a hub for advanced technology, artificial intelligence, and enterprise innovation.

SNOWFLAKE SUMMIT 26 – June 3, 2026 – Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the AI Data Cloud company, announced at Snowflake Summit 26 a broad set of innovations that help organizations accelerate the shift to the agentic enterprise. Across Snowflake CoCo, Snowflake CoWork, Snowflake Horizon Catalog, and Snowflake’s interoperable data platform, Snowflake is helping organizations build, govern, and operationalize AI on a single, connected, and trusted foundation.

As enterprises move from AI experimentation to autonomous systems operating at scale, they need a platform that connects data, business context, governance, and action across the organization. Snowflake’s latest innovations bring together AI agents, governed enterprise data, semantic understanding, and open interoperability into a unified control plane that enables teams to operationalize AI with confidence.

“The future of enterprise AI will be defined by how well organizations connect intelligence, trusted data, and action across the business,” said Tareq Masoud, Country Manager, UAE, Snowflake. “At Snowflake Summit 26, we’re introducing innovations that help power the agentic enterprise, giving organizations a trusted foundation and control plane to build AI faster, operationalize it securely at scale, and enable teams and AI agents to work together from a shared business context wherever data lives.”

Snowflake CoCo Redefines Enterprise AI Development

Snowflake announced major new capabilities for Snowflake CoCo, the coding agent where you build faster, helping builders automate workflows, develop applications, and operationalize AI through simple, outcome-based conversations.

• New CoCo innovations expand the experience across desktop, mobile, Slack, VS Code, Claude Code, and Microsoft Excel, enabling builders to work from the tools and environments they already use.
• Snowflake also introduced Snowflake Datastream, a fully managed streaming service for Apache Kafka® that enables organizations to power real-time AI apps and agents with fresh, continuously flowing data directly within Snowflake.
• Together, CoCo and Datastream simplify how organizations build and operationalize real-time AI by combining AI-assisted development with governed, real-time data in a single platform.

Snowflake CoWork Powers the Agentic Enterprise
Snowflake also announced new innovations across Snowflake CoWork, the personal agent for knowledge workers to work smarter, helping organizations move faster from insight to impactful action.

• New CoWork capabilities, including Cortex Sense, Artifacts, Deep Research, User Skills, and personalization, help teams interact with enterprise data and AI through a unified, context-aware agent experience.
• CoWork enables organizations to move beyond reactive question-and-answer experiences toward proactive, personalized intelligence that helps teams automate workflows, accelerate decision-making, and operationalize AI across the business.
• Snowflake also introduced Cortex Training, extending Snowflake Cortex AI with fully managed infrastructure for customizing and training foundation models directly where enterprise data already lives.

Snowflake Horizon Catalog Creates a Trusted Foundation for Enterprise AI

Snowflake announced new innovations across Snowflake Horizon Catalog that redefine how enterprises govern, contextualize, and secure AI at scale.

• New capabilities, including Horizon Context, help ensure every person, tool, and AI agent operates from the same trusted business context, while new AI security innovations provide purpose-built controls for governing and securing enterprise AI systems.
• New security innovations, including Agent Identity and enhancements to Snowflake Trust Center, help organizations strengthen visibility, governance, and control as they scale AI and autonomous systems across the enterprise.
• Snowflake also introduced Adaptive Compute, which automatically optimizes compute and software resources in real time to deliver fast, efficient AI and application performance at enterprise scale without manual tuning or infrastructure management.

Snowflake Advances Interoperability Without Compromise

Snowflake introduced new interoperability capabilities that enable organizations to seamlessly access, govern, share, and act on data across Snowflake, external lakes, and open systems without moving or duplicating data.

• New interoperability innovations, including support for Apache Iceberg v3, Snowflake Storage for Apache Iceberg Tables, external engine access management, and support for the Iceberg REST Scan Plan API, establish a single, governed foundation for enterprise data and AI.
• Powered by Snowflake Horizon Catalog and Apache Polaris, these capabilities help organizations securely work from a single, live, governed copy of enterprise data across clouds, tools, engines, and enterprise systems.
• Snowflake is also enabling organizations to securely interact with their enterprise data through natural language with Snowflake CoCo and Snowflake CoWork, while Automatic Data Agents and Agent Sharing automatically transform shared datasets into conversational AI agents with governance built in.

June 3, 2026 – Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the AI Data Cloud company, and Anthropic, the AI safety and research company, today announced at Snowflake Summit 26 significant momentum in their strategic partnership. Enterprises are increasingly adopting Anthropic Claude in Snowflake Cortex AI, Snowflake’s suite of AI products, driven by growing demand for governed, production-ready AI. Together, Snowflake and Anthropic are helping enterprises move from AI experimentation to production faster.

Building on Snowflake’s and Anthropic’s expanded partnership from December 2025, which integrated Claude models directly into Cortex AI across all major cloud platforms and established a joint go-to-market strategy, Snowflake and Anthropic are helping global enterprises deploy AI agents on their most critical business data.

Anthropic delivers frontier model capabilities through Claude, while Snowflake makes Claude enterprise-ready, bringing it directly to the data, governance, security, and collaboration environment where customers already operate. Through Cortex AI, customers can use Claude with their Snowflake data, deploy AI agents with enterprise-grade controls, and select the Anthropic model that best fits their specific workload without moving sensitive data outside the Snowflake environment.

“The rapid adoption of models like Claude through Snowflake Cortex AI reflects a broader shift in what enterprises expect from AI,” said Christian Kleinerman, EVP of Product, Snowflake. “Customers want AI that works directly on their governed data, not in isolated systems. We’re seeing strong demand across our AI products, with Snowflake Cortex Code becoming the fastest-growing product in Snowflake’s history. Together with Anthropic, we’re helping organizations move from experimentation to production faster and laying the foundation for the agentic enterprise, where AI, data, and governance work together to drive real business outcomes.”

“Snowflake customers are increasingly using Claude to power cybersecurity investigations, accelerate financial analysis, build production data apps, and many other workflows,” said Steve Corfield, Head of Global Business Development & Partnerships, Anthropic. “Snowflake brings the governed data environment enterprises already rely on, and Claude brings the reasoning to put that data to work. Together, we’re making it easy for organizations to use trusted AI on their most critical business data.”

Enterprise Momentum Across Customers and Partners

As enterprises operationalize AI across critical workflows, customers are turning to Snowflake and Anthropic to support advanced use cases that require deep context, strong reasoning, and enterprise-grade controls. These include customer support and financial analysis, as well as life sciences research, developer productivity, and sales intelligence, where real business context is critical. This momentum spans every industry as organizations look to run AI directly on governed data within the systems where their businesses already operate. Snowflake’s partner ecosystem extends this value, helping joint customers design, deploy, and scale Snowflake and Anthropic AI solutions to drive real business outcomes.

“As marketing environments grow more complex and data-driven, organizations need solutions that optimize performance while operating within a secure, scalable data foundation,” said Hiten Mistry, SVP of Product, Basis. “Leveraging Claude with Snowflake’s trusted environment would empower Basis to deliver deeper insights and more automation across the marketing lifecycle. Basis aligns with Snowflake in delivering the transparency, governance, and flexibility that enterprises need to drive measurable outcomes and scale marketing operations.”

“At Block, we’re focused on building an AI-native operating layer that connects intelligent reasoning directly to the trusted data powering our ecosystems across our different brands (including Square, Cash App, and Afterpay),” said Arnaud Weber, Engineering Lead, Block. “By combining Anthropic Claude with Snowflake’s governed data platform, our teams can investigate compliance and security issues in real-time, trace controls and requirements, surface operational insights, and automate workflows grounded in trusted enterprise data. Developers are also using Snowflake Cortex Code to build and operationalize these capabilities directly within Snowflake, creating a unified layer where AI can move seamlessly from analysis to action. This approach helps us reduce friction across investigations and decision-making, while maintaining the governance, performance, and scalability needed to apply AI responsibly across financial services and commerce.”

“Carvana manages a highly dynamic operation spanning inventory, logistics, financing, and customer demand,” said Alex Devkar, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Analytics, Carvana. “That complexity makes AI most powerful when it can work securely with governed enterprise data inside the systems our teams already use. By combining Claude with Snowflake, we can move faster, apply AI more effectively, and maintain the controls required to operate at scale.”

“Our work with Snowflake and Anthropic brings together leading AI capabilities with a governed data foundation, enabling organizations to embed intelligence directly into their core business processes,” said Jason Salzetti, Chair and CEO, Deloitte Consulting LLP. “Deloitte plays a critical role in helping clients design, build, and scale these solutions, accelerating time to value while supporting the alignment of AI to enterprise standards for risk, compliance, and performance. This collaboration is helping our joint clients turn AI ambition into measurable business outcomes.”

“As cyber threats become more sophisticated and move at machine speed, organizations need AI that can reason deeply while operating within a secure, governed data environment,” said Dustin Hillard, CPTO, eSentire. “By leveraging Claude within Snowflake’s trusted environment, we’re able to power AI-led threat investigations that autonomously handle Tier 1 analysis, freeing our SOC analysts to focus on complex threats with greater speed and precision. This approach gives our customers the transparency, governance, and operational scale required to confidently deploy AI in mission-critical cybersecurity workflows.”

“At Indeed, our mission is to help people get jobs. We use intelligent, AI-driven solutions to make the hiring process seamless and efficient for everyone,” Trey Henninger, VP Data and Analytics, Indeed.  “Harnessing Anthropic Claude within Snowflake’s trusted AI Data Cloud allows us to make our data interactable for all Indeed employees. This shift to self-service analytics means we move from data to insights much faster, ultimately improving the hiring process with personalized experiences for job seekers and sophisticated, data-driven tools for employers.”

“Notion is defining how AI and enterprise data come together in the modern workspace, bringing intelligence directly into the flow of everyday work,” said Ravi Menon, Head of Data, Notion. “By integrating models like Claude with Snowflake’s governed data platform, we’re giving teams the ability to generate content, synthesize knowledge, and access real-time business insights all in one place. We’ve created agents like Data Scout that pull directly from Snowflake, helping customers move from question to insight to action without friction. The result is a more powerful and trusted experience, where AI is grounded in secure, reliable data and teams can make faster, more confident decisions.”

Snowflake and Anthropic Co-Innovate to Bring Governed AI to the Enterprise
Snowflake and Anthropic are partnering closely to help enterprises build AI that is powerful, secure, and deeply grounded in their business context. The two companies have rapidly expanded their co-innovation, working in lockstep to bring advanced AI capabilities into production for enterprise customers. This deep collaboration reflects a shared commitment to making AI practical, governed, and scalable for real business use cases.

Key areas of innovation include:

• Apply advanced AI to governed enterprise data: Snowflake brings Anthropic Claude models into Cortex AI so customers can use frontier reasoning across all data types while maintaining Snowflake governance and security controls.

• Empower knowledge workers to turn data into action: Snowflake Intelligence, the personal agent that helps you work smarter, is powered by industry-leading models like Claude to enable natural language queries, reasoning across enterprise data, and helps turn insights into action. By combining deep business context with trusted governance and frontier AI models, Snowflake Intelligence helps teams move beyond static dashboards to uncover the “why” and accelerate faster, more confident decision-making.

• Accelerate developer productivity on enterprise data workloads: Snowflake Cortex Code, the coding agent where you build faster, which has become Snowflake’s fastest-growing product ever with more than 7,100 users, is also powered by leading models like Claude. It is purpose-built for Snowflake schemas, data apps, and workflows. It translates a single prompt into production-ready pipelines and apps, making it ideal for enterprises managing complex data and governance in Snowflake. Enterprises already using Claude Code for software, API, and app development can securely bring governed Snowflake data into their development workflows through the Cortex Code plugin for Claude Code.

• Build production-ready AI agents on trusted data: Cortex Agents, Snowflake’s framework for building enterprise AI agents, enables customers to build agents that retrieve, reason over, and act on governed enterprise data, with Claude supporting a range of use cases including customer support automation, data analysis, and core operations.

• Simplify how enterprises engage and scale AI investments: As one of six launch partners in the Claude Marketplace, Snowflake is working with Anthropic to simplify procurement and unlock joint commercial models, enabling customers to apply existing Anthropic commitments toward Snowflake AI capabilities and consolidate their AI spend.

• Strengthen security and responsible AI deployment: Snowflake and Anthropic share a commitment to enterprise-grade security, governance, and responsible AI, including collaboration on emerging Claude Code Security capabilities that help organizations identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities with built-in human oversight.