Artefact Google Cloud AI Partner award recognizes the company as Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence Partner of the Year 2026 for EMEA, honoring its leadership in delivering production-grade AI solutions across industries in the Middle East and beyond.
The award, announced on April 30, 2026, honors Artefact’s role in deploying scalable artificial intelligence systems that deliver measurable business impact. In the Middle East, Artefact Google Cloud AI Partner collaboration has worked across sectors including telecommunications, financial services, insurance, and public sector entities to build AI platforms powered by Gemini Enterprise and Vertex AI.
Recognition of Middle East AI Leadership
Kevin Ichhpurani, President of Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels at Google Cloud, said the award celebrates Artefact’s strategic work in driving customer success. Artefact has collaborated with Google Cloud to deploy agentic AI systems that focus on improving productivity, streamlining operations, and enabling faster decision-making for regional organizations.
The company has delivered projects for major Middle Eastern clients including Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Tourism Authority (STA), Riyadh Air, Mobily, Royal Commission for AlUla, and entities across the UAE including Dubai Municipality and Emirates.
Expansion of Gemini Enterprise Practice
Artefact announced the launch of a dedicated Gemini Enterprise practice designed to accelerate enterprise adoption of agentic AI. The practice leverages Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI, and Google Cloud’s Gemini models to build, test, and deploy advanced AI agent solutions meeting enterprise-grade governance and security standards.
Rahul Arya, Managing Partner and CEO of Artefact Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India, stated that organizations in the region are shifting from AI experimentation to execution at scale. The focus has moved to embedding AI capabilities into operations to deliver tangible business outcomes rather than exploring theoretical applications.
AI Solutions Across Industry Sectors
Artefact’s work with Google Cloud in the Middle East has extended beyond infrastructure deployment. The company has developed generative AI applications for policy development, knowledge management, and customer experience transformation. Training and change management programs support long-term adoption across client organizations.
The collaboration has also focused on democratizing data access through tools that enable organizations to query and generate insights from their data systems intuitively, referred to as “talk to your data” capabilities. These solutions help organizations of varying technical maturity levels benefit from their data assets.
Global and Regional Positioning
Headquartered in Paris, Artefact serves major global brands including Coca-Cola, Samsung, L’Oréal, Sanofi, Carrefour, and LVMH. The company’s expanding business presence in the Middle East reflects growing demand for sophisticated AI consulting and deployment services aligned with national digital transformation agendas.
As Artefact expands its footprint across the Middle East and North Africa region, the award recognition underscores its role as a key player in the region’s AI ecosystem. By combining end-to-end AI consulting expertise with Google Cloud’s infrastructure and models, the company focuses on translating global AI breakthroughs into localized solutions that support regional economic transformation objectives.
