Presight AI, Hitachi in Mideast smart city tech collaboration

Presight AI, Hitachi in Mideast smart city tech collaboration

UAE - Abu Dhabi-based Presight AI Holding, a leading big data analytics company in the region powered by generative AI, has signed an agreement with the data solutions and services unit of global technology major Hitachi to explore collaboration in smart city and cognitive city technologies. Hitachi Digital Services and Presight will focus on a number of business areas and opportunities, including integration of AI into smart and cognitive city technologies; solutions for urban planning and infrastructure; environmental and energy efficiency solutions and digitalization and the use of data analytics for urban management systems. The Cognitive Cities model processes real time data to provide proactive and predictive support to city management, residents, and businesses with cognitive computing to transform cities into intelligent and adaptable ecosystems. The model is capable of learning from data and adapting to changing situations, to become a proactive and autonomous system that supports city inhabitants and improves quality of life, it stated. Under the agreement, Presight and Hitachi Vantara will seek to identify areas for cooperation and synergies in smart and cognitive city solutions, said Dr Adel Alsharji, COO of Presight after signing the deal with Margarida Fontainhas Marques, EMEA Vice President of Hitachi Ventara at