Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Teams Up with Saal.ai to Revolutionise Market Data Sharing

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Group has teamed up with local AI firm Saal.ai to build a new platform designed to modernise how market data is shared, a move that underlines how serious the exchange is about staying future-ready. The collaboration was unveiled at UMEX in Abu Dhabi, hosted at ADNEC, which felt like a pretty fitting backdrop given the event’s focus on cutting-edge tech and innovation.

At its core, the project focuses on creating a next-generation, AI-enabled system that can distribute ADX’s market data in a more structured and scalable way. The idea is to bring everything under one roof: real-time and periodic data flowing to brokers, data vendors and investors through multiple channels, with tighter governance and clearer oversight. And believe it or not, this isn’t just about speed. The platform is also being designed to support more advanced analytics, which could make a real difference for decision-making down the line.

I’ve watched many MENA startups wrestle with messy data systems — it’s a bit of a faff, honestly — so seeing exchanges tackle this head-on feels spot on. At Arageek events, founders often talk about access to clean, timely market information as a make-or-break factor, and this move seems aligned with that reality.

Vikram Poduval, CEO of Saal.ai, said the partnership reflects a shared ambition to strengthen the UAE’s financial market infrastructure through what he described as trusted, sovereign and future-ready data capabilities. In his words, supporting the evolution of ADX’s market data platform contributes to a more transparent and resilient ecosystem, while reinforcing the UAE’s status as a global financial hub.

From the exchange’s side, ADX Group CEO Abdulla Salem Alnuaimi pointed to the organisation’s ongoing investment in AI-powered tools and advanced analytics. He noted that working with Saal.ai would help improve how vital market data is utilised and distributed to relevant stakeholders and investors, supporting better-informed decisions across both local and global investment communities. That said, I reckon the real test will be how intuitive the final product feels for users, well… I mean, technology only works if people actually want to use it.

On the flip side, partnerships like this don’t happen in isolation. ADX has made it clear it plans to keep collaborating with the wider ecosystem to push its innovation agenda forward. If executed well — and that’s a big if — this could quietly become one of those foundational upgrades that doesn’t shout loudly, but changes how things work under the hood. And for a market that’s growing at pace, that could be something investors are quietly chuffed to bits about, even if they never see the plumbing. Definately one to watch.

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