Certification Tiers & Tier S Explained
The Dubai AI Seal includes six certification levels:
Tier E → Tier D → Tier C → Tier B → Tier A → Tier S (Highest)
What Tier S means:
Tier S is awarded to providers who demonstrate:
● Highest level of trust and compliance
● Proven government-grade delivery capability
● Strong economic and technological impact in Dubai
e& enterprise proudly holds Tier S, recognising us as one of Dubai’s most trusted AI partners.
Why It Matters for Government Entities
Choosing a Tier S partner ensures your AI initiatives are fully aligned with Dubai’s Smart Government vision and regulatory expectations.
Government organisations in Dubai are now expected to work only with certified AI suppliers. This follows a directive issued by the Dubai Department of Finance (DoF) in October 2025, ensuring government spending is directed toward trusted, high-quality, and compliant AI providers.
This supports:
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Faster, smoother procurement by streamlining processes and reducing unnecessary delays in acquiring AI solutions.
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Immediate compliance with AI governance requirements, ensuring all solutions fully meet regulatory and ethical standards.
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Reduced project and vendor risk by working only with vetted providers who demonstrate consistent reliability and performance.
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Stronger protection of citizens, data, and public trust, safeguarding sensitive information and maintaining confidence in government systems.
How to Partner with a Certified AI Provider
e& enterprise is ready to support government and enterprise-scale AI programs - from strategy to execution. Our capabilities include:
Proactive & Autonomous Governance: Transition from reactive service delivery to proactive, goal-driven government systems. Our Agentic AI enables digital systems to operate independently to complete complex, multi-step administrative processes without human intervention, ensuring unparalleled speed, consistency, and resource efficiency.
Secure, Compliant AI at Scale: Guarantee that the AI models processing Dubai’s most sensitive citizen and government data execute exclusively within the UAE’s borders and under its regulatory control. This is non-negotiable for meeting data residency mandates and maintaining national digital sovereignty for critical public security, health, and finance applications.
Cost-Effective, Domain-Specific Intelligence: Deploy highly efficient, tailored language models with lower computational power and latency than traditional models. Enables rapid, resource-optimized deployment for niche, high-performance applications on-premises or at the edge
Ready-to-Deploy Accelerators: Implement custom AI solutions for key government use cases, including document summarization, citizen query handling, and service automation, providing rapid time-to-value without complex setup.
Resilient Digital Governance: Strengthen cybersecurity and operational efficiency through AI-driven threat detection, anomaly prediction, and resource optimization, supporting Dubai’s sustainability and Net Zero goals.
Intelligent Monitoring & Enforcement: Leverage AI-powered video analytics for traffic management, smart policing, infrastructure monitoring, and environmental compliance, enabling safer, smarter cities.
AI Layer for Existing Systems: Integrate AI seamlessly into legacy applications, ERP, and CRM systems, modernizing infrastructure without major overhauls and improving efficiency, user experience, and system intelligence.
Unified Intelligence Infrastructure: Build modern data foundations, including cloud data platforms, master data management, and secure data sharing, to support predictive analytics and cross-agency collaboration.
Responsible AI by Design: Implement traceable, explainable AI frameworks with auditable decision systems, ensuring alignment with Dubai AI Seal guidelines and reinforcing accountability and public trust.
Building an AI Workforce: Through the AI Academy, we help upskill the workforce across AI strategy, ethics, and application development. The program integrates hands-on AI labs, leadership masterclasses, and capability-building for Chief AI and Data Officers, ensuring self-reliance and sustainable AI adoption.
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