20Institutions tracked
6GCC states
3Technical-safety nodes
5Major capability gaps
Capability lens
Interactive map of GCC AI safety and governance institutions Select a Gulf country to inspect its documented AI safety and governance institutions.
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Regional architecture

Cross-border bodies are shown separately because they cannot be assigned to one GCC state.

Country comparison

Visible capability footprint

Each cell shows the highest verified institutional score in that country for the four grouped capability areas. It measures visible capability, not overall national performance.
Capability gaps

Where the GCC ecosystem remains thin

The regional network is substantially denser in governance, ethics, coordination, and capacity building than in independent technical assurance.

Gulf AI Monitor assessment · verified through 15 September 2026. Scores reflect documented public evidence. A zero means no sufficient public evidence was identified; it does not prove that no activity exists.