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UAE Business: HWG Sababa and Open Innovation AI sign deal

HWG Sababa, the Italian-headquartered cybersecurity provider and Open Innovation AI, the UAE-based sovereign AI infrastructure and orchestration firm, have signed a collaboration agreement at GISEC Global 2026 in Dubai. “Both HWG Sababa and Open Innovation AI share the ambition to expand globally, and this collaboration is a natural strategic fit that allows us to grow together into new markets.

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)22 September 2026 at 4:00 PM GST1 evidence link

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Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) reports that The agreement marks the beginning of a long-term partnership combining HWG Sababa's cybersecurity expertise, established delivery capabilities and growing international presence with Open Innovation AI's sovereign, scalable and hardware-agnostic AI platform, infrastructure orchestration capabilities and AI security technologies.

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"Through our collaboration with Open Innovation AI, we will combine our cybersecurity expertise, operational capabilities and European market presence with advanced sovereign AI technologies.

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