US AI Inference Firm Positron Opens First Overseas Office In Dubai

Positron AI, a US-based developer of artificial intelligence inference infrastructure, has opened its first international office at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) after securing a licence to operate in the emirate.

The expansion marks the company's first presence outside the United States as demand continues to grow for AI inference technologies, which power the deployment and operation of trained AI models.

Positron AI has raised more than $300 million to date, including a $230 million Series B funding round, and has deployed its inference technology with a major US hyperscale cloud provider.

The company's technology is designed to address growing demand for AI computing while reducing power consumption, memory constraints and infrastructure costs associated with large-scale AI deployments.

According to the company, its first-generation server, Atlas, was developed to run large language model inference workloads for small and medium-sized models with up to 500 billion active parameters.

Positron AI states that Atlas delivers performance comparable to Nvidia DGX-H100 systems while consuming less power and operating at lower cost.

The company is also developing a next-generation platform, Titan, which is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2027. The system is intended to support more advanced AI models while further improving performance and energy efficiency.

The Dubai expansion comes as governments and technology companies across the Gulf increase investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure, data centres and advanced computing capabilities.