About MAAI
AI is a leadership decision before it is a technology decision.
MAAI helps boards and executive teams in the UAE and the GCC set direction for AI, govern it with confidence and turn it into measurable results.
Our purpose
Value from AI, without losing control of it.
Most organisations do not struggle to find AI tools. They struggle to decide where AI should create value, who is accountable for it, and how to scale it without adding risk.
We work with leadership on exactly those questions: strategy, governance, operating model and adoption, so that every AI initiative has a clear owner, a business case and the controls regulators expect.
How we think
Four principles we bring to every engagement.
01
Strategy before tools
We start from the decisions and outcomes that matter to the business, then choose the technology.
02
Governance as an enabler
Clear accountability and controls let teams move faster with confidence, not slower.
03
People and process first
Adoption succeeds when roles, skills and ways of working change with the technology.
04
Measurable value
Every initiative has an owner, a business case and agreed measures of success.
Who we work with
Leaders accountable for AI.
- Boards and executive teams
- Risk, compliance and audit
- Transformation offices
- Technology leadership
In government entities and in banking and financial services.

Leadership
Mohammad Alashqar
Founder
For more than twenty years, Mohammad has helped government and financial institutions across the Middle East turn technology strategy into delivered results. He founded MAAI to give leaders a partner who understands both the boardroom and the system behind it.
He is certified in AI and enterprise technology, and his work focuses on how organisations govern and adopt AI.
Company details
MOHAMMED ALASHQAR FOR AI DEVELOPMENT
محمد الأشقر لتطوير الذكاء الاصطناعي
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