In a region redefining the future of statecraft, one entity is silently reshaping power through technology. From Abu Dhabi, IHC has emerged as more than a financial heavyweight. It is now the operational core of a sovereign AI revolution.
A conglomerate with a thousand levers
At the heart of the UAE’s silent transformation lies a unique entity: International Holding Company (IHC). Often described as the “black box” of the Emirati economy, IHC is far more than a conglomerate. It is an economic nervous system, a power catalyst, an operational arm of a national strategic vision.
With more than 1,300 subsidiaries active in energy, healthcare, cybersecurity, agribusiness, and advanced technologies, IHC now manages over $400 billion in assets. Behind these massive numbers lies a clear ambition: to turn every acquisition into a node of industrial, technological, and strategic sovereignty.
IHC doesn’t just manage portfolios. It orchestrates transformation. Its architecture is designed for coherence: unified governance, shared tools, secure infrastructure. And today, this architecture is augmented by artificial intelligence.
The super-conglomerate in the age of AI
Within this integrated ecosystem, Aleria was born an executive artificial intelligence designed to serve governance, not distract it. Deployed at the very heart of IHC’s board under the name Aiden Insight, it observes meetings, answers in real time, generates summaries, and proposes strategic options all live, without foreign cloud dependency.
But Aleria goes far beyond the boardroom. It flows through the entire company structure. Powered by its sovereign ETL, capable of ingesting and processing 10 GB of data in under two minutes, Aleria drives a modular suite covering every critical function: finance, legal, HR, procurement, compliance, strategy. Each module integrates seamlessly with existing systems (ERP, CRM, SQL) and acts as a decision-making co-pilot. And this is not theoretical : Etisalat, ADAA, Zayed Foundation, Multiply, and FAB already use it at scale.
Aleria is not a technological promise. It is a sovereign asset. An AI designed to execute, secure, and structure.
A vision orchestrated by one man
Behind this operation stands a strategist: HH Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Chairman of IHC, National Security Advisor, and a central figure in the UAE’s financial and technological architecture, he does more than invest he structures.
While other heads of state communicate about AI, he deploys it. No slogans, no showcase just method. What he is building through IHC, Aleria, ADQ, G42, or ADIA is a technological hard power aligned with national interests, based on tool autonomy, data integration, and long-term vision.
Sheikh Tahnoon doesn’t seek visibility in the AI debate. He sets the standards. He doesn’t sell an image he builds infrastructure. And what he orchestrates from Abu Dhabi goes far beyond Aleria : it is a discreet but decisive reinvention of digital sovereignty.
