Bayanat

Bayanat, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is a geospatial intelligence company and part of the G42 Group — Abu Dhabi's major AI and technology conglomerate — providing satellite imagery analytics, AI-powered location intelligence, and geospatial data services for government, defense, urban planning, and commercial customers across the UAE and Middle East.

Bayanat's core platform combines multi-source satellite and aerial imagery with AI/ML processing pipelines to deliver mapped intelligence products: building footprint extraction and 3D modeling for smart city digital twins, road network change detection, agricultural land use classification, infrastructure monitoring, and coastal erosion tracking. The company's AI models are trained on Middle East and North Africa geographic contexts — building styles, desert terrain, urban density patterns — to improve accuracy over global generic models in the regional environment.

Bayanat's government customer relationships include Abu Dhabi and federal UAE government agencies requiring geospatial data for urban master planning, infrastructure development tracking, and national land information systems. Defense and security applications including border monitoring and critical infrastructure assessment form a significant portion of the company's revenue base, consistent with the UAE's broader approach to deploying advanced surveillance and AI technologies for national security purposes.

G42 group membership provides Bayanat with strategic advantages: access to G42's hyperscale cloud computing infrastructure (ADX-listed G42 Cloud), cross-selling opportunities with G42's AI and data analytics business units, and alignment with Abu Dhabi's Vision 2071 digital economy ambitions. G42 has made significant investments in international AI partnerships including with Microsoft, OpenAI, and various US and Chinese technology firms.

Bayanat completed an IPO on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) in 2023, providing public market liquidity and capital for expansion. The company competes with Esri Middle East, Maxar Intelligence, and Airbus Defence & Space Intelligence in the regional geospatial market.