Spyware AI, Cairo tech investment, and hospital agents lead regional roundup

The guy that helps intelligence services hack into iPhones now wants governments to trust his AI platform. Shalev Hulio, the co-founder of NSO, the Israeli maker of Pegasus spyware, is pitching country-hosted models through his new venture Dream as an alternative to US tech companies, the Financial Times reports. Dream’s investors include Abu Dhabi’s Tau Capital, backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

MEANWHILE- Deloitte is putting another USD 40 mn into its Cairo tech hub over the next 12–18 months, completing a USD 110 mn investment plan, as our Egypt desk reports. The unit exports AI, data, cloud, and cybersecurity services to clients in 30 countries.

M42, Mubadala and G42’s healthcare group, has deployed AI agents at seven UAE and Bahrain facilities. They draft notes, retrieve records, answer clinical questions, and suggest medical codes for staff review, the group says.

Abu Dhabi has also signed research deals with Isomorphic Labs, Whoop, and AstraZeneca covering AI drug discovery, wearables, and clinical trials, as our UAE desk reported.

Anthropic is widening its bid to capture consulting fees, reportedly agreeing to back a European consultancy with buyout firm Hg, the Financial Times writes, saying the firm could open offices in London and Berlin by year’s end. Engineers would work at client businesses to build AI products and help deploy the technology, putting Anthropic in direct competition with consultants including BCG and McKinsey as well as others selling its tools.