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'Push system to adopt novel tech for the benefit of community,' says Dubai technocrat to startups

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14 (UNI) Companies and startups must push the authorities in power to start thinking differently so as to create business that would also benefit the community, Saeed Al Falasi, Executive Director, Dubai Centre of AI & Dubai Future Foundation, said here today.
Falasi was addressing the 7th edition of the three-day Huddle Global 2025, organised by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), at The Leela Kovalam hotel, near here.
"You are not creating business for private sector unless you push the governments to leverage technology and utilise it for the benefit of the community," he told the audience comprising startup founders and entrepreneurs on the concluding day of the event.
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