Abu Dhabi and WEF launch frontier tech centre for AI, quantum and space

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and the World Economic Forum announced the Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies on January 21, 2026 at Davos. The new Centre joins WEF’s C4IR network and will focus on quantum computing, robotics, propulsion and space systems, and related AI applications under an agile regulatory regime in the UAE.