Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 startup Skipr has raised USD 2 million at a USD 10 million valuation to scale its sovereign AI infrastructure, enabling secure, compliant AI-to-AI communication for governments and enterprises.
Hub71-based startup Skipr has closed a USD 2 million seed round at a USD 10 million valuation, marking a significant milestone in the UAE’s emerging sovereign AI landscape. The Abu Dhabi startup is building what it describes as an “autonomous trust fabric” to let AI systems communicate and transact securely while staying under strict national or enterprise control.
Skipr’s platform focuses on sovereign AI infrastructure, addressing a growing challenge as intelligent systems operate across organizations, clouds, and borders. Its technology uses cryptographic identity, policy-based routing, and auditable interoperability so that data, decisions, and transactions can move between AI agents without compromising sovereignty, compliance, or security. This architecture is designed for high‑stakes, sovereign‑grade use cases where regulators and enterprises need end‑to‑end visibility and control over how AI systems interact.
Operating from Hub71 in Abu Dhabi, Skipr is already collaborating with telecommunications operators, AI and cybersecurity labs, and data centre partners on national and enterprise-scale deployments. These early projects position the company as a key enabler for governments and large organisations that want AI-ready, cross‑jurisdiction digital environments without surrendering data ownership. Being embedded in the Hub71+ Digital Assets ecosystem also gives Skipr access to regulators and strategic partners, aligning it with the UAE’s broader push for digital sovereignty and advanced AI infrastructure.
“This funding accelerates our work on what we believe is a foundational layer for the AI era,” said Andreas Hartl, CEO at Skipr Technologies.“As AI systems become autonomous and interconnected, secure AI-to-AI interoperability under sovereign control is no longer optional. We are building the trust infrastructure nations and enterprises need to deploy AI safely, confidently, and at scale.”
