{"id":102178,"date":"2025-10-17T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?p=102178"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:07:01","slug":"expand-north-star-highlights-ai-and-startup-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/expand-north-star-highlights-ai-and-startup-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Expand North Star Highlights AI and Startup Innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Expand_North_Star\">Expand North Star<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest startup and investor event at <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/category\/gitex\/\">GITEX<\/a> GLOBAL, continued on day three at Dubai Harbour. Attendees learned about the UAE\u2019s social impact tech ecosystem, energy-efficient data centre hardware, and AI governance enabling entrepreneurship in emerging economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Running until 15 October, the 10th edition of Expand North Star features a four-day programme with 2,000 exhibiting startups and over 1,200 investors, with assets under management exceeding US$1.1 trillion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Excellency Salem Ali Al Shami, Executive Director of Social Incubation &amp; Contracting at Ma\u2019an Authority, participated in a fireside chat. He highlighted Ma\u2019an\u2019s role in empowering the next generation of social impact entrepreneurs. He also awarded Nesma Amin and Ameen Abo Diak, winners of a joint competition by Ma\u2019an and Expand North Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s social entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions that will support communities,\u201d he said, congratulating the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On AI hardware, Taavi Madiberk, CEO and Co-Founder of Skeleton Technologies, revealed a graphene-based, two-layer battery system. The solution reduces energy peaks in AI data centres, uses no lithium, cobalt, or manganese, and makes AI infrastructure more sustainable. He highlighted the Gulf as a key market for renewable-driven innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ, discussed the next wave of AI beyond large-language models. His company is exploring large quantitative models (LQMs) to impact sectors including energy, biopharma, and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary-General, addressed AI governance in emerging economies. He emphasized inclusive frameworks, data collaboration, and solving complex societal challenges like food productivity and climate resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day three also saw new agreements. Mobility Fintech Group (MFG) partnered with AHOY Technology, investing US$2 million to advance AI-driven mobility fintech solutions. MFG also partnered with Mawarid Finance to provide Sharia-compliant credit facilities for SMEs, and with Mazeed to integrate AI accounting and e-Invoicing solutions, supporting UAE\u2019s mobility ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expand North Star runs until 15 October at GITEX GLOBAL, Dubai.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 2,000 startups and 1,200 investors participated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI, sustainable hardware, and fintech partnerships took center stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expand North Star, the world\u2019s largest startup and investor event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":102195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9617],"tags":[73],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-102178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-uae","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Expand-North-Star_Artboard-1-copy-42.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Lubna","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/lubna\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102179,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102178\/revisions\/102179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102178"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=102178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}