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Quantum Innovation Summit Wraps Up 2025 Edition
The highlight event showcased key industry collaborations and groundbreaking research, reinforcing the UAE’s leadership in quantum technology.
The 2025 Quantum Innovation Summit, hosted by the UAE Cyber Security Council, has come to a close, after a wave of groundbreaking discussions, strategic partnerships, and ambitious plans for the future of quantum tech. The event solidified the UAE’s role as a global leader in quantum advancements, bringing together experts from government, academia, and industry.
Bridging Research And Industry
The summit featured heavyweights including Microsoft, IBM, D-Wave, Palo Alto Networks, IonQ, Quantlase, QuantumGate, PASQAL, ID Quantique, and Quantinuum. Over three days, attendees discussed important research and its real-world application, emphasizing quantum’s growing role in AI, computing, cryptography, and cybersecurity.
The event kicked off with the Quantum Futures Forum, a high-level gathering aligning quantum innovations with global security, economic resilience, and policymaking. The Quantum Debates provided a platform for industry leaders to address challenges in governance, investment, and commercial adoption, paving the way for a more collaborative quantum economy.
The official opening featured a keynote by H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security for the UAE Government, who underscored the critical role of quantum technology in national security. Dr. Najwa Aaraj, CEO of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), followed with insights into TII’s advancements in quantum computing and cryptography, reinforcing the UAE’s commitment to cutting-edge research and development.
Academic And Industry Collaborations Take Center Stage
The summit placed a strong emphasis on fostering quantum talent and innovation. The Academic Aisle provided a platform for researchers and students to showcase their work, while the Vernewell QInnovision World Challenge Finals spotlighted groundbreaking quantum solutions, strengthening the UAE’s reputation as a hub for quantum entrepreneurship.
Key announcements during the event included:
- VerneX Quantum Valley Launch – Vernewell Group unveiled this initiative at NYU Abu Dhabi’s Center for Quantum and Topological Systems (CQTS), aiming to drive quantum commercialization and deep-tech entrepreneurship.
- ID Quantique & Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy Partnership – A major step forward in enhancing quantum-secure communications for maritime trade and global logistics.
- Kipu Quantum & CQTS NYU Abu Dhabi Collaboration – Strengthening ties between academia and industry to advance quantum algorithm development and real-world applications.
- Quantum Marine Conference – A joint initiative by Vernewell Group and Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy exploring how quantum technology can improve maritime cybersecurity and efficiency.
- Vernewell Group & REACH Group MoU – A strategic partnership to accelerate quantum adoption both in the UAE and globally, reinforcing the country’s leadership in deep-tech ecosystems.
Honoring Innovation And Leadership
The summit also took time to recognize individuals driving quantum advancements: H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, H.E. Dr. Saeed Al Dhaheri, and H.E. Faisal Al Bannai were honored with National Achievement Leadership in Innovation Awards for their contributions to cybersecurity and digital transformation.
The FemTum Leap Awards also celebrated pioneering women shaping the future of quantum technology, reinforcing the need for diverse leadership in deep tech. Meanwhile, the QInnovision World Challenge highlighted innovative quantum-powered solutions poised to transform industries.
Looking Ahead: The Future Of Quantum
Reflecting on the summit’s success, Mrs. Malak Trabelsi Loeb, Founder of the Quantum Innovation Summit and CEO of Vernewell Group, shared:
“With the support of the UAE Cyber Security Council and our esteemed academic partner, the Center for Quantum and Topological Systems at NYU Abu Dhabi, alongside key industry and government leaders, [we have solidified our] position as a global platform for quantum advancement. The strategic partnerships and commitments made during this summit reinforce our mission at Vernewell Group to ensure quantum technology drives economic resilience, security, and sustainable progress on a global scale”.
As quantum technology continues to evolve, the Quantum Innovation Summit is set to return on April 7–9, 2026. With a broader global network and deeper industry collaborations, the event will remain a cornerstone for shaping the future of quantum computing, investment, and policy development.
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NVIDIA Puts GPT-5.5 Codex In Hands Of 10,000 Staff
The chipmaker has significantly expanded OpenAI’s latest model across teams from engineering to HR under tight internal controls.
NVIDIA has started rolling out OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 model through the Codex coding agent to more than 10,000 employees, extending the tool well beyond software teams and into core business functions.
The deployment covers engineering, product, legal, marketing, finance, sales, HR, operations and developer programs. Staff are using Codex for coding, internal research and routine knowledge work as companies test whether AI agents can move from demos to daily use.
GPT-5.5 is running on NVIDIA’s GB200 NVL72 rack-scale systems, linking OpenAI’s newest model directly to the chipmaker’s latest infrastructure push. NVIDIA said the systems cut cost per million tokens by 35 times and raise token output per second per megawatt by 50 times versus earlier generations.
Inside the company, it says the effects are immediate. Debugging work that once took days is being finished in hours and experiments across large codebases that used to stretch over weeks are now handled overnight. Teams are also building features from natural-language prompts with fewer failed runs.
In a company-wide note urging staff to adopt the tool, CEO Jensen Huang wrote: “Let’s jump to lightspeed. Welcome to the age of AI.”
Security remains central to the rollout. Codex can connect through Secure Shell to approved cloud virtual machines, allowing agents to work with company data without moving it outside approved environments. NVIDIA said it assigned cloud VMs to employees so agents run in isolated sandboxes with full audit trails.
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The company added that the setup uses a zero-data-retention policy. Access to production systems is read-only through command-line tools and internal automation layers.
The move also highlights NVIDIA’s long relationship with OpenAI. NVIDIA said the partnership began in 2016, when Huang personally delivered the first DGX-1 AI supercomputer to OpenAI’s San Francisco office.
The two companies have since worked across hardware and model deployment. NVIDIA also said OpenAI plans to deploy more than 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems for future AI infrastructure.
For Gulf markets pouring money into sovereign AI and enterprise automation, the signal is clear: internal AI agents are moving from pilot phase to standard tooling.
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