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“We are very sure that Dubai is going to be the future accelerator. In fact, and we look forward to more collabora-
tions. In fact, we will be as much a Dubai
we will be as much a Dubai company as much an American company.” company as much an American company.
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used in a lot of industries. where we have a test site and the third is Saudi Arabia is experiencing many
here in Dubai. This clearly shows that this new things under the dynamic leader-
If we talk about this region, Dubai region is an important one for us and we ship of Prince Salman. From allowing
and Saudi Arabia are doing a lot of are pursuing some serious initiatives here. women to drive to establishing smart
new things when it comes to transport, I read books like Leadership Dubai cities — the country is moving ahead
for example a Hyperloop is expected Style, and I am familiar with the way quickly. How do you look at the King-
to come up between Abu Dhabi and authorities work here. Our team has also dom from the business point of view?
Dubai that will reduce a nearly two- done good work here — so what do we We hope to extend our business there.
hour journey to just 15 minutes. How see here? We see a lot of different ways to We have been a part of various national
do you look at this region? partner with emerging businesses in the level events in the Kindgom in the past
Let us be very clear that Dubai-Abu Dha- Middle East. Existing opportunities are few years. We are planning some more
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my company is betting very big on this Recently we were talking about emerg- cision makers in the country. The smart
region. You know, we see a lot of poten- ing businesses in the region, and pretty city NEOM is a big project and we would
tial in Dubai, especially because we are much everything that was discussed, was like to see how we can contribute in this
spending a lot of time here. related to equal systems, talent pipelines project. So yes, it is a big market for us
We are very sure that Dubai is going to and meaningful partnerships. We see a and we are very much interested in col-
be the future accelerator. We have three lot of forward thinking in the government laborations there.

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