- GITEX GLOBAL 2025 unites over 6,800 tech enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 countries.
- The focus is on future-critical sectors: Biotech, Quantum Computing, and Physical AI.
- Investment highlights: Data Centre spending expected to exceed $500 billion in 2025.
- Expand North Star features 2,000 startups connected to 1,200 investors managing $1.1 trillion assets.
The global race to harness Artificial Intelligence has entered its next phase: turning raw processing power into real-world solutions for humanity’s toughest challenges. Against this backdrop, GITEX GLOBAL 2025 convenes as the world’s largest tech and AI event, running from October 13-17 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. With the global AI market projected to hit a colossal $4.8 trillion by 2033 (UNCTAD), this year’s edition is entirely focused on the infrastructure and critical sectors where AI is set to be deployed.
The sheer scale of GITEX GLOBAL reflects the current investment boom and geopolitical competition driving tech forward. Over 6,800 tech enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 countries are uniting in Dubai, showcasing the companies leading the world’s ambitious AI infrastructure expansion. Global giants like Google, Microsoft, IBM, and AMD anchor the exhibit halls, alongside new disruptors like Cerebras and Tenstorrent.
Running in parallel is Expand North Star, the massive startup showcase at Dubai Harbour. Now celebrating its 10th edition, the event connects 2,000 promising startups with over 1,200 investors who collectively manage assets exceeding US$1.1 trillion. This unique concentration of capital and innovation reinforces the UAE’s position as a crucial global scale-up hub. The show’s organizer, Trixie LohMirmand, EVP of DWTC, notes that GITEX is giving “new impetus to these transformative technologies.”
This year, GITEX spotlights five domains where AI is converging with societal needs:
- Biotech & Digital Health: AI-led drug discoveries are driving biotech spending toward $1.7 trillion in 2025. Trevor Martin, CEO of Mammoth Biosciences, will detail how CRISPR gene-editing technology is using AI to potentially cure genetic diseases. South Korean startup HurayPositive will unveil AI-powered precision medicine SaaS for over one million patients.
- Physical AI & Robotics: The robotics AI market is projected to quadruple to $94 billion by 2031. Tensor unveils the world’s first personal robocar (“agentic AI on wheels”), and K2 showcases new humanoids for industrial environments.
- Quantum Computing: The debut GITEX Quantum Expo (GQX) features major steps toward next-generation systems. IBM unveils its Quantum System Two, a crucial step toward large-scale fault-tolerant systems. Prof. Mark Thompson of PsiQuantum, a $6 billion unicorn, outlines the path toward quantum sovereignty.
- Data Centres: With global data centre investments set to exceed $500 billion in 2025 (BofA Research), the capacity to fuel AI is a major discussion point. Cerebras presents the world’s largest AI supercomputer, and Fluidstack unveils a 1 GW decarbonized AI supercomputer.
- AI Semiconductors: The chips are the new geopolitical lever. AMD presents its Instinct™ GPUs, and Jim Keller, CEO of Tenstorrent ($2.6bn AI chipmaker), speaks on taking control of the sovereign AI future.
The event marks a record year for international participation, including the largest-ever tech delegation from Brazil as the Country Partner, alongside official pavilions from Serbia, Canada, Chile, and Türkiye.
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 is the world’s stage for AI, quantum computing, and biotech innovation, bringing together the policymakers, business leaders, and innovators who are shaping the world’s next economic chapter.
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