AIREV partners with Qualcomm to expand sovereign AI deployments

Abu Dhabi-based AI company AIREV has entered a strategic agreement with Qualcomm Technologies to integrate its OnDemand autonomous AI platform with Qualcomm Dragonwing products, including the Qualcomm Dragonwing AI On-Prem Appliance.

The collaboration is aimed at helping enterprises and governments deploy AI in sovereign environments, allowing organizations to run AI agents wherever their data is stored, including on-premises infrastructure and edge devices.

His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister for Foreign Trade and Chairman of AIREV, said the agreement reflects the UAE’s growing role in developing and exporting AI technologies.

“As well as attracting the world’s best technology services, the UAE is now creating and exporting them, providing the latest evidence of the positive journey of the UAE’s AI sector. Together with Qualcomm, AIREV creates a first in the region by combining chip technology, hardware preloading, and registration into the US market.”

OnDemand is a no- and low-code platform for building, deploying and managing autonomous AI agents. Designed to operate without mandatory cloud connectivity, it can run in sovereign data centers, corporate servers or directly on devices.

The platform currently serves more than four million users globally and offers more than 300 specialized agents across over 50 languages.

By integrating OnDemand with Qualcomm Dragonwing products, the companies aim to expand access to AI agents across enterprise, public-sector and industrial environments while supporting deployments where data sovereignty and local processing are priorities.

Muhammad Khalid, Founder and CEO of AIREV, said the partnership would extend the platform’s reach across different computing environments.

“With Qualcomm, we can put capable, advanced AI agents virtually every place our customers work – from on-premises infrastructure to intelligent edge deployments. That reach, from the cloud to the edge, is what turns agentic AI from a demonstration into a genuine productivity driver.”

Khalid said the agreement also represents a significant milestone for the company, which was established in Abu Dhabi in 2024.

“Two years ago, we were building this platform in Abu Dhabi with a small team. Today we serve more than four million users, we processed 6.8 trillion tokens last quarter, and Qualcomm is integrating our software into its Dragonwing product line. When a company of that scale chooses to embed your platform at the hardware level, it validates the technology and it validates the commercial model.”

Wassim Chourbaji, Senior Vice President and President Europe, Middle East and Africa at Qualcomm Technologies, said the integration would broaden the deployment options available to enterprises and governments.

“Bringing AIREV’s OnDemand platform to Qualcomm Dragonwing products expands the ways enterprises and governments can deploy capable and efficient AI agents. This collaboration lays the groundwork for bringing these capabilities across a broader range of Qualcomm technologies over time.”

The agreement comes as demand grows for AI systems that can operate outside conventional cloud environments, particularly among organizations seeking greater control over sensitive data and AI infrastructure.

AIREV has grown into a commercially deployed AI platform since its formation in 2024, with backing from investors including VentureWave Capital and Titian Capital. The Qualcomm agreement further expands the company’s international reach and combines software integration with hardware deployment as part of its broader global expansion strategy.