Dubai, UAE – A new global study conducted by Bridgeways, a company specializing in wealth management technology, showed that the UAE ranks second globally in the optimism index regarding artificial intelligence. The first is in the “momentum” index. It is a measure of the extent of investors’ determination to replace traditional research methods with artificial intelligence tools during the coming year.
In all markets surveyed by Bridgeways, investors in the UAE showed the strongest confirmed shift towards the use of artificial intelligence. Instead of manual investment analysis methods.
Evolution of financial behavior
The company’s findings indicate that many investors in the UAE no longer treat these instruments as add-ons. Rather, it is an essential part of how they evaluate markets and manage risks.
The company, which focused its study specifically on investment and wealth management, said the country’s broad openness to artificial intelligence is now directly impacting financial behavior.
The company announced that its study, titled “The State of AI in Wealth 2026,” was based on data from 2,100 participants from 19 countries. It included employees between the ages of 18 and 75 who had active bank accounts. The company has built a global index of optimism about AI wealth, based on four main axes: adoption, trust, leadership, and momentum.
The Middle East topped the list of regions, ahead of Asia and the Pacific, North America, and Europe. The UAE and Saudi Arabia contributed to this outstanding performance.
Globally, 78.3% of survey participants reported that they already use artificial intelligence to obtain investment information. While 65.1% of them stated that they plan to replace at least part of the manual search process with artificial intelligence tools within a year.
