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Prove the Gain
We delight our customers with undeniable value.
Meet AppliedAI.
The UAE's AI Champion.
AppliedAI is a technology company building AI-native workflow systems for highly regulated industries including banking, fintech, insurance, and healthcare. Backed by strategic investors including Mubadala, Palantir, and G42, we focus on institutional-grade AI designed to operate within strict regulatory and security constraints.
Our flagship platform, Opus, automates and supervises mission-critical, document-heavy processes with embedded governance, auditability, and human oversight. We help enterprises achieve measurable productivity gains while increasing operational reliability and trust.
- Headquarters
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Clients
- Americas · Europe · Middle East · Asia
- Platform
- Opus
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Vision
Accelerate an age of AI where humans thrive.
Every person 100x more capable and rewarded for the work they do.
Mission
Forge friction into flow.
We help enterprises rewire and automate their business processes efficiently to deliver sustainable value through broad, lasting adoption. As we succeed, enterprises better serve their customers.
Values
Three principles guide us. They shape our daily choices, goals, and behaviors.
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Home for Builders
We are a home for builders who own and reinvent their craft.
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Lift the Human
Humans are the point; they stay in command, grow, and share in what they create.
Leadership
The team building Opus. Out of Abu Dhabi, for the world.
Builders serving clients across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Arya H. Bolurfrushan
Arya Bolurfrushan is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of AppliedAI, an enterprise artificial intelligence company headquartered in Abu Dhabi. AppliedAI builds a platform for designing, running and supervising AI-powered workflows in regulated industries.
He began his career at Goldman Sachs in New York and later held senior executive roles at RAK Petroleum plc through its Oslo listing. He holds BSc and MSc degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Firstsource and AppliedAI report real-world results from strategic partnership
Six months after Firstsource’s strategic investment, joint deployments across healthcare and education go live — cutting processing time by up to 93% and lifting throughput up to 10x.
AppliedAI and McKinsey partner to deliver agentic AI to regulated enterprises
A collaboration to rewire mid- and back-office operations in regulated industries — from transformation strategy to live, governed workflow in weeks.
McKinsey and AppliedAI collaborate to rapidly rewire regulated enterprise processes with AI
McKinsey & Company’s announcement of the collaboration to rewire mid- and back-office processes in regulated industries, pairing Opus with McKinsey and QuantumBlack expertise.
In the news
What others report. Coverage of AppliedAI and Opus.
Opus and AppliedAI in the press — partner announcements, funding, and industry coverage. Links open externally.
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