DCAI Accelerator: Agentic AI for Government Services
Dubai Future Foundation / Dubai Centre for AI · Gov-tech accelerator
Varies0% equity; Dubai residency programme with government pilot access (cash value not published)
Dubai Centre for AI accelerator for startups building agentic AI for public services, pairing them with Dubai government entities for pilots.
Key terms
- For companies with agentic AI products (systems that plan, decide and act with limited human intervention)
- No equity taken
- The application asks about UAE data-residency and Arabic-language capability (answering no does not automatically disqualify)
- Dubai AI Seal certification is not required
- Applications close 2026-11-01
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- Yes
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Agentic AI for government services
How to apply
Complete the online application form on the Dubai Future Foundation DCAI page before 1 November.
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- 2026-11-01
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-30 · source