Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) company AIQ, has entered into a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Gulf Energy Information (Gulf) to enhance the development of ENERGYai, an advanced AI solution. The collaboration aims to integrate the vast data assets of Gulf with AIQ’s cutting-edge AI capabilities.

ENERGYai is a first-of-its-kind agentic AI solution for the energy sector, born from a partnership between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and tech giants G42 and Microsoft.

In March 2025, AIQ announced a landmark $340 million contract with ADNOC to deploy ENERGYai and associated AI solutions across ADNOC’s upstream value chain.

The collaboration with Gulf is expected to bolster ENERGYai’s AI-powered agents and large language model (LLM) with deep industry insights. Gulf will grant AIQ with exclusive access to its proprietary datasets, and industry-leading documents. This ensures that ENERGYai is fed with the most relevant and high-quality information available. This will ultimately enhance ENERGYai’s ability to interpret complex energy sector challenges, optimize workflows, and generate actionable intelligence.

Commenting on the agreement with Gulf, Magzhan Kenesbai, Acting Managing Director of AIQ said, “ENERGYai is designed to revolutionize how AI supports decision-making and automation across ADNOC’s value chain. The reliability and impact of our models is directly related to the nature and quality of the data we train them on, and with Gulf’s extensive project and industry intelligence, we are set to further reinforce ENERGYai’s capabilities.”

For his part, John Thomas Royall, President and CEO of Gulf, said, “By combining AIQ’s AI expertise with Gulf’s trusted energy sector data, we are shaping a smarter, more informed AI ecosystem. This partnership reflects a shared vision that can leverage AI for more efficient decision-making, greater sustainability, and enhanced operational intelligence in the energy industry.”

ENERGYai is a key enabler of ADNOC’s digital transformation. The solution’s AI-powered agents, already trained on petabytes of operational data from ADNOC, have the ability to perceive, learn, think, and act.