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  • Kore.ai plugs into Inception to power AI surge across UAE and the global south

    Kore.ai plugs into Inception to power AI surge across UAE and the global south

    MUMBAI: When the AI gold rush kicks off in the Gulf, you don’t show up with a shovel. You show up with a full-blown intelligent automation arsenal—which is exactly what Kore.ai just did.

    The Hyderabad-headquartered enterprise AI giant has inked a partnership with Inception, a G42 company based in Abu Dhabi, to co-develop and deploy a suite of AI-native applications for enterprise customers across the UAE and beyond. The deal is as strategic as it gets—aligning Kore.ai’s conversational AI clout and global distribution muscle with Inception’s model-building firepower and deep regional ties.

    “Our collaboration with Inception represents a significant opportunity to accelerate AI adoption across global markets in alignment with our vision to help businesses drive tangible value through AI,” said Kore.ai CEO & founder Raj Koneru. “By combining our industry-leading AI platforms/solutions and broad market reach with Inception’s deep expertise in AI models and product development and domain-specific solutions, we deliver AI-powered solutions that will transform business operations.”

    The UAE has gone all in on AI, with a national plan to become a top-tier global AI player by 2031. Abu Dhabi alone is dropping $13 billion on digital transformation—and the big names are circling.

    Microsoft.

    NVIDIA.

    Now Kore.ai.

    Under the new partnership, the companies will co-develop apps on Inception’s AI platform using Kore.ai’s technology, targeting sectors like government, finance, energy, healthcare, retail, and telecom. Kore.ai will also open the global floodgates, pushing these apps through its sprawling partner ecosystem and customer base.

    Inception will take the reins on go-to-market execution in the UAE, while also deploying these AI solutions across G42’s enterprise portfolio. Think of it as AI with GPS coordinates: precise, strategic, and hardwired into local infrastructure.

    “Partnering with Kore.ai aligns perfectly with our mission to develop AI-powered solutions that drive real business value to the customers in UAE and rest of the world,” said Inception CEO Andrew Jackson. “Our joint expertise will allow us to accelerate the AI adoption, deployment of AI-powered solutions and address critical business challenges, enhance decision-making, and drive real business outcomes for the companies in the region.”

    The endgame?

    Serious ROI for clients via cost savings, sharper decision-making, and customer experiences that actually feel intelligent. Whether it’s streamlining procurement, automating processes, or making chatbots sound like they’ve read a book, this collab is setting a new bar for enterprise AI in emerging markets.

  • ‘Interstellar’ continues to dominate south east Asian screens

    ‘Interstellar’ continues to dominate south east Asian screens

    NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar topped the Greater China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the South Korea box office for the second consecutive weekend.
     
    In South Korea, the sci-fi epic earned an additional 14.4 billion (US$13.1 million) from 1.79 million admissions, representing a 6.5 per cent week-on-week increase. After 11 days in cinemas, it has earned 38.7 billion (US$35.1 million) from 4.84 million admissions. It is already the third-highest grossing foreign film in South Korea this year.
     
    In Greater China where it opened several days later than most of the world, the sci-fi epic opened in Mainland China last Wednesday. Released in 2-D and IMAX, it earned RMB259 million (US$42.2 million) from approximately 7.19 million admissions.
     
    After a slow start, grosses picked up considerably over the weekend, earning RMB194 million (US$31.6 million) from approximately 5.38 million admissions between Friday and Sunday. It represented approximately 29.5 per cent of all screenings over the weekend.
     
    Four years ago, Nolan’s Inception (2010) made RMB101 million (US$16.5 million) in its first five days, and RMB475 million (US$77.5 million) during its theatrical run.
     
    Interstellar will have to defend the top spot from Wong Fei- hung reboot Rise of the Legend and World War II war film Fury this weekend.
     
    Interstellar also remained at the top of the box office in Taiwan, earning NT$19.9 million (US$649,000) in Taipei after a week-on-week drop of only 9 per cent. After two weekends, the sci-fi epic has made NT$56.9 million (US$1.85 million) in the capital.
     
    In Hong Kong, Interstellar had a small week-on-week drop in its second weekend. From 45 locations, it made an additional HK$11.2 million (US$1.44 million) between Thursday and Sunday, representing a week-on-week drop of only 4 per cent.

     

    After two weekends, the film has made HK$27.2 million (US$3.50 million).

     

  • Tom Hardy on board of a Yakuza Drama, ‘The Outsider’

    Tom Hardy on board of a Yakuza Drama, ‘The Outsider’

    MUMBAI: The Dark Knight Rises star Tom Hardy has been roped on board to star in the Yakuza drama The Outsider which would be directed by Takashi Miike as reported by Deadline, a Hollywood website.

    The Outsider would be Miike‘s first directorial English film venture. Miike has more than 60 Japanese-language films to his credit including Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins and Audition. The film would be independently financed by Linson Entertainment and Silver Pictures.

    The project is based on an original idea by John Linson, who will also produce it along with Art Linson through their Linson Entertainment banner. Joel Silver, Andrew Rona and Steve Richards will produce through Silver Pictures.

    With Hardy‘s credits including The Dark Knight Rises, Inception and the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road he had been chosen for the lead when initially the project was being developed at Warner Bros but Silver acquired the Andrew Baldwin script last November.

    The story would be set in the post-WWII Japan which follows an American expatriate who becomes a Yakuza (Japan Mafia) enforcer. Plans are to commence the shooting in Japan early next year.

    Silver Pictures‘ long standing deal with Warner Bros deal ended last year, following which it is working on the pre-production of The Gunman, starring Sean Penn and Javier Bardem. Silver‘s thriller Non-Stop, starring Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore, is also slated to release through Universal Studio‘s on 28 February 2014.