Centre for AI Excellence

We are advancing the responsible use of AI, data, and digital technologies to serve society, drive industry transformation, and prepare countries and regions for the intelligent era.

Artificial intelligence and digital technologies hold immense potential to drive innovation, economic growth, and societal progress. Yet their rapid evolution is outpacing institutions, exposing industries and communities to fragmented governance, uneven access, and underrealized impact.

Our mission is to serve as a future-oriented, global platform to accelerate the responsible application of AI, data, and intelligence for the secure, equitable, and collaborative transformation of industries, economies, and societies, ensuring a net-positive impact for people and the planet.

Accelerating impactful AI innovation and adoption

Driving the shift from pilots to scaled AI deployments with measurable outcomes. This includes next-gen capabilities and innovations that deliver societal value across sectors.

Preparing countries and society for the Intelligent Era

Helping countries develop inclusive, intelligent economies by building digital infrastructure, cross-sector partnerships, and future-proof strategies.

Advancing trustworthy technology and effective governance

Promoting safety, transparency, and accountability through forward-looking frameworks and multistakeholder cooperation.

Technology Convergence Initiative

Our community is exploring how AI and other intelligent technologies interact and evolve across digital, biological, and physical systems. The initiative identifies combinatorial innovation patterns, new value chains, and strategies to scale cross-technology solutions.

Global Coalition for Digital Safety

The public-private platform driving global coordination to address online harms, including disinformation, child exploitation, and extremist content. The Coalition promotes best practices, policy frameworks, and collaborative interventions for safer digital environments.

Connected Future Initiative

This initiative focuses on the integration of AI, XR, and other intelligent systems into the broader internet experience, furthering our next phase of connectivity, commerce, and communications, including the agentic web.

MINDS: The trusted global platform for advancing frontier technology innovation

The World Economic Forum programme showcasing how businesses are leveraging technology innovation to create measurable impact and address critical industry and societal challenges.

Tech Convergence: Mapping the future of industry through emerging technology

The 3C Framework identifies 23 high-potential technology combinations across eight critical domains, helping industry leaders unlock new business models and drive system-level transformation across energy, healthcare, infrastructure, and more.