AIM Intelligence, a South Korean artificial intelligence security company, said on the 13th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with CPX Holding, an Abu Dhabi-based cybersecurity firm, for strategic cooperation.
Under the agreement, the two companies will work together in eight areas, including building a market entry strategy, discussing technology demonstrations and proof-of-concept tests, reviewing business models, and jointly developing AI cybersecurity solutions.
The core of the deal is to combine AIM Intelligence's AI security technology with CPX's cybersecurity capabilities, local market access and customer network. CPX, founded in 2022, is an affiliate of G42 (Group 42), a leading UAE artificial intelligence company. It employs more than 600 security specialists and provides cyber and physical security solutions and services to companies, government agencies and critical infrastructure operators inside and outside the UAE.
AIM Intelligence has been building a foundation for its push into the Middle East. The company won the Supernova Challenge, a global startup competition held at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai last year, and in June this year was selected for an accelerator program run by Presight, a UAE artificial intelligence company.
The company plans to conduct technology trials with CPX for UAE businesses and public agencies and to identify AI security business opportunities. To that end, the two companies will first select target industries and customers, then assess the interoperability of their technologies through architecture and integration workshops to draw up joint development projects.
AIM Intelligence said it will use its automated red-teaming solution Stinger and its real-time guardrail solution Starport to run technology trials tailored to local customer demand, and expand adoption of its solutions in the Middle East. The company is also receiving support for its Middle East expansion, including introductions to local networks, from the Middle East office of the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA).
"The UAE is a market where the importance of AI security is growing rapidly, because the country is pursuing AI adoption at the national level," said Yoo Sang-yoon, chief executive of AIM Intelligence. "Working with CPX, which leads the local cybersecurity market, we will help Middle Eastern customers adopt and operate AI safely, and use this agreement as a springboard to accelerate our push into the global AI security market."