Qadi, the Middle East’s first sovereign regulatory compliance platform, has partnered with Core42, a G42 company, to power its artificial intelligence infrastructure as it scales operations following a pre-seed funding round.
The partnership will see Qadi run its workloads on Core42’s Sovereign Public Cloud, built on Microsoft Azure, ensuring full UAE data residency and jurisdictional compliance. The move targets legal, regulatory and institutional clients operating in highly sensitive environments across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.
Founded to automate regulatory compliance, Qadi converts local laws, regulations and internal policies into AI agents capable of making compliance determinations directly within business workflows. The platform is designed to replace fragmented legal tools by embedding compliance checks into contracts, media approvals and operational processes.
Qadi’s AI agents can review legal documents such as NDAs and master service agreements against regional requirements, while simultaneously scanning marketing assets for compliance with financial promotion and advertising rules.
Core42’s infrastructure ensures that all data, model training and AI compute remain within UAE national boundaries, addressing data sovereignty concerns common across regulated sectors.
Mohamad El Charif, founder of Qadi, said the partnership enables the company to scale while maintaining strict governance standards. Mohammed Retmi, vice president of sovereign public cloud at Core42, said the collaboration reflects growing demand for regionally anchored, responsible AI in legal services.
The investment led by Incubayt earlier this year is being used to expand Qadi’s engineering capabilities, strengthen legal AI models and support regional expansion.
