Rentify today introduced Ally, the maintenance agent in its Earn AI workforce, to help property managers reduce routine coordination and give owners clearer visibility into repair costs. Ally connects tenant requests, maintenance contract checks, approvals, vendor dispatch and invoice matching through a workflow that starts on WhatsApp.

The launch targets rental maintenance within the UAE’s broader facilities management market, which was valued at USD 6.56 billion in 2024 and is forecast to reach USD 10.95 billion by 2030, according to a TechSci Research report available through Research and Markets. Within this sector, Ally focuses on the coordination of rental repairs, connecting tenant requests, spending approvals, vendors and invoices.

A repair can involve a tenant, contractor, property manager and landlord before work even begins. Ally brings those exchanges into one process. Tenants report issues by text, photo or video. Ally classifies the request, checks the unit’s maintenance contract, estimates the cost and applies the property manager’s approval rules before dispatching a vendor. It then matches the invoice against the approved estimate, keeping the repair linked to the unit’s operating record.

Property managers set the rules for approvals and escalation. Routine coordination is automated within those rules, while decisions requiring judgment, higher spending or safety oversight are referred to people. Emergency requests are routed to the on-call vendor. Actions are logged with the rule applied and a timestamp, giving teams a record of how each request was handled.

“Our ambition is a rental unit that can collect its rent, renew its lease and arrange its repairs, with people retaining control over the decisions that matter,” said Rajneel Kumar, Co-Founder, Rentify. “Each completed job adds to the unit’s operating history. Connecting that history across collections, renewals and maintenance is how we build towards autonomous renting. Ally takes us another step in that direction.”

Ally is the fourth agent in the Earn AI workforce. According to Rentify, customer portfolios associated with Earn AI represent more than 180,000 units and USD 3.4 billion in annual rent roll. Ally adds maintenance coordination and repair costs to the platform’s wider view of rental operations.

“For a property manager, growth should not mean an equivalent increase in time spent chasing repairs,” said Rashed Hareb Al Mheiri, Co-Founder & CEO, Rentify. “We built Ally to reduce that coordination burden while keeping teams in control of spending and service decisions. For owners, it brings a clearer record of what was approved, what was charged and how maintenance costs build up across their portfolio.”

Landlords receive approval requests with photos, the quote and their share of the cost. A maintenance cost history for each unit helps them understand expenditure alongside rental income. Vendors receive structured job cards, while invoice matching helps property teams check charges against the approved work.

Ally is designed to work alongside existing property management systems and spreadsheet-based processes, with tenants interacting through WhatsApp. Deployment requirements depend on the customer’s systems, data and approval workflows.

The launch addresses a recurring operational need in a substantial rental market. Dubai recorded 1.38 million tenancy contracts worth AED 126.4 billion in 2025, according to the Dubai Land Department, spanning residential and commercial activity.

Submer, a full-stack AI and HPC data centre infrastructure provider, will join industry leaders at DCD Connect | MENA 2026, taking place October 26–27 at Grand Hyatt Dubai, to discuss the infrastructure strategies needed to advance sovereign AI across the region.

As governments and organisations across the Middle East accelerate their sovereign AI and cloud strategies, the challenge extends beyond keeping data within national borders. They must also build the high-performance computing infrastructure needed to support increasingly complex AI workloads while meeting regulatory requirements, scaling efficiently and maintaining commercial viability.

Submer will contribute to this discussion through its participation in the panel debate “Building Sovereign AI: Enabling Innovation Through Scalable Compute,” on October 26, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. The session will explore the infrastructure requirements of sovereign cloud environments, the trade-offs between fully localised and hybrid infrastructure models, and how the region can develop a sovereign-ready compute backbone without compromising flexibility, performance or return on investment.

Bahaa Al Janabi, Technical and Solution Lead for Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Submer, will join fellow industry experts to examine how infrastructure decisions can shape the region’s ability to turn its AI ambitions into scalable, commercially viable deployments.

“Sovereign AI is not simply about where data resides. It is about having the infrastructure to run advanced AI workloads at scale while meeting national requirements and making the economics work. The choices organisations make today will shape their ability to innovate, scale and compete. We look forward to discussing how the right infrastructure strategies can help turn the region’s sovereign AI ambitions into reality,” said Bahaa Al Janabi.

Submer representatives will also be available throughout the event to meet with customers, partners and industry stakeholders and discuss the evolving AI infrastructure landscape across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

Thermax Limited showcased its advanced seawater desalination and industrial water recovery technologies at the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition 2026 (WETEX), held from October 20 to 22 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Through its digital showcase, the company highlighted solutions designed to help industries secure reliable water supplies, improve resource efficiency and reduce environmental impact.

Thermax’s participation came as Dubai continues to strengthen its desalination infrastructure to meet growing water requirements. According to Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Financial Annual Report, desalinated water production increased by 5.51 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, reaching a record 37.57 billion imperial gallons. By June 2026, Dubai’s installed desalination capacity had reached 555 million imperial gallons per day, with seawater reverse osmosis accounting for 23 per cent of the total. These developments highlight the growing importance of efficient and reliable water infrastructure in supporting the UAE’s evolving water requirements.

At the event, Thermax highlighted its desalination solutions that help industries meet their water needs while easing pressure on freshwater resources. The systems use energy-efficient membrane technology to remove salts from seawater and produce water suitable for industrial use, with designs tailored to each customer’s water quality and operating requirements.

Through its digital showcase, Thermax also highlighted portable and containerised desalination systems that bring key equipment together in compact units. This reduces installation work on site, supports faster deployment and allows treatment capacity to grow with demand.

Ashish Bhandari, Managing Director & CEO, Thermax Limited, said: “Water security shapes where industries invest and how competitively they operate. Businesses need dependable supply at a cost they can sustain. That means planning water and energy together, with investment decisions guided by performance throughout a plant’s life.”

Beyond desalination, Thermax also showcased Advanced Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology that recovers additional usable water from the concentrated stream left after treatment. By concentrating the remaining brine, the technology reduces the load on downstream evaporation systems and supports more efficient industrial wastewater management. When combined with suitable additional treatment and crystallisation processes, it can also support salt recovery, creating opportunities to recover valuable resources from wastewater and promote circular water management.

Thermax also showcased industrial water treatment, wastewater recycling and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) solutions that help industries treat and reuse wastewater for suitable applications while reducing freshwater dependence. Complementing these solutions, Thermax’s EDGE Live digital platform supports plant performance through real-time monitoring, AI-driven analytics and predictive diagnostics, helping industrial operators identify potential issues early, optimise maintenance and improve operational reliability.

These solutions align with the objectives of the UAE Water Security Strategy 2036, which targets 95 per cent reuse of treated water by 2036. Through its regional office in Dubai, Thermax is focused on exploring various opportunities across the UAE’s industrial desalination, water treatment and wastewater recycling sectors, particularly within water-intensive industries such as oil and gas, chemicals, metals, food and beverages, and pharmaceuticals.

Thermax has been active across the Middle East and North Africa region since 1993, with more than 1,000 installations across its regional energy and environment portfolio, serving over 30 industries.