IBM Study: 96% of UAE Organisations Lack Full Visibility into AI Depe…

96% of UAE organisations lack visibility into their AI vendor, model and infrastructure dependencies, with 88% finding it difficult to switch primary AI providers and 80% estimating six-month+ migration timelines. The study reveals acute governance gaps around data residency, vendor lock-in risk, and operational fragility—organisations experienced an average of seven AI disruptions in two years, with 84% facing severe business impact from a seven-day vendor outage. If you build tools to help enterprises audit, migrate or diversify their AI stacks, the UAE market just validated the problem at scale—78% of organisations would pay 20% more to break free from single-vendor dependency. That's your customer base, and they're ready to buy.