Al Qalaa
A UAE national group of companies headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Through the Emirati Egyptian for Development and Investment Company (EEDICO), established in 2009, the group facilitates direct investment and technology transfer for major national projects in the region. Its portfolio spans technology and cybersecurity, energy, steel and industry, construction, real estate, healthcare, and transport and logistics.
InvestmentTechnology transferMarket entry (GCC, Africa)
Cledar
A European AI engineering company with roots in CERN. Its CEO and CTO developed data reconstruction software and grid reliability systems for the Large Hadron Collider. Together with ETH Zurich, Cledar's team co-authored Graph of Thoughts (AAAI 2024), a widely cited method for structured reasoning with large language models. Today Cledar delivers production AI in manufacturing, the public sector, clinical research and finance.
AI engineeringApplied researchProduction AI