Arab Federation for Digital Economy

Ant Lingbo, Ant Group's embodied AI unit, signed an MOU with the Arab Federation for Digital Economy at a China-Arab matchmaking session during the fifth Global Digital Trade Expo. The partners will establish a standing cooperation mechanism to deploy embodied AI and full-stack robot solutions in the UAE, GCC and wider Middle East, covering hospitality, retail, logistics, industrial operations, smart city and healthcare, with Arabic-language localization and ecosystem collaboration. Contract value, unit volume and deployment timeline were not disclosed.