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Nextgen Relocates Global Headquarters to UAE Amid Enterprise AI Demand

UK-founded AI transformation firm Nextgen has moved its global headquarters to the UAE, setting up Dubai as its primary base. The company, which has previously expanded into China and India, cited growing demand among regional enterprises to scale AI operations into production. Nextgen reports having over 75 specialists across five offices and more than 200 AI use cases deployed.

Published Source: Konsulteer

UK-founded artificial intelligence transformation company Nextgen has relocated its global headquarters to the United Arab Emirates, establishing Dubai as its main base, Konsulteer reported. The relocation comes as enterprises and public entities across the region work to move artificial intelligence beyond experimentation and into operational use.

Founded in 2012, Nextgen provides business strategy, organisational transformation, and model-agnostic AI engineering to assist governments and companies in developing and integrating AI solutions. The firm previously expanded from the United Kingdom into China and India.

According to company figures cited by the source, Nextgen employs more than 75 specialists across five offices, serves more than 50 enterprise clients, and has deployed over 200 AI use cases into active production.

Nextgen stated that it plans to use its new base in Dubai to build AI capabilities and support enterprise implementations across the Gulf and broader international markets.

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