Web Summit Qatar 2026 opens to sold-out crowds as innovators and investors gather

Web Summit Qatar 2026 opens to sold-out crowds as innovators and investors gather

Published on 01/02/2026 – 21:01 GMT+1 The third edition of Web Summit Qatar has officially opened to sold-out crowds, with over 30,000 innovators, entrepreneurs and tech fans arriving in Doha. This year’s summit brings together more than 1,600 startups, 900 investors and 400 speakers from around the world, making it the largest edition in Qatar…

AI Is a Tool Designed to Outpace Institutional Investors & Accelerate VC-Scale Growth— Says OpenTI CEO

AI Is a Tool Designed to Outpace Institutional Investors & Accelerate VC-Scale Growth— Says OpenTI CEO

Jibril Mohamed Ahmed, Founder & CEO of OpenTI In a detailed industry commentary published today, Jibril Mohamed Ahmed, CEO of OpenTI, wrote that artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a tool engineered to outpace traditional institutional investors — from private credit to private equity — while accelerating venture capital (VC)-scale growth across global markets. “AI…

Alphabet’s 2025 Review: The Four Developments That Mattered Most for Investors

Alphabet’s 2025 Review: The Four Developments That Mattered Most for Investors

Alphabet demonstrated in 2025 why it is still the AI stock to watch. The year 2025 marked a turning point for Alphabet (GOOGL +0.65%). After years of debate surrounding AI disruption, regulatory risk, and cloud competitiveness, Alphabet spent the year responding to its critics not with promises, but with execution. It delivered scale, showed resilience…

India to showcase green energy, AI and digital economy to global investors

India to showcase green energy, AI and digital economy to global investors

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is set to hold its 56th Annual Meeting in Davos from January 19 to 23, 2026, bringing together world leaders amid backdrop of geopolitical tensions and rising economic uncertainties. India will showcase its rapid economic growth and solar energy, green hydrogen, smart cities, and the digital economy as the key…