Artefact has won the 2026 Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence Partner of the Year for EMEA, recognising its leadership in delivering scalable, production-grade AI solutions, with measurable impact across industries and the Middle East
Artefact is also expanding its Google Cloud partnership, with the launch of a dedicated Gemini Enterprise practice, accelerating enterprise adoption of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) through Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI, and advanced AI agent deployment capabilities.
In the Middle East, this recognition reflects Artefact’s growing contribution to some of the region’s most complex, large-scale AI deployments, delivered in close collaboration with Google Cloud.
“The Google Cloud Partner Awards honour the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers. We are proud to name Artefact a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”
Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud
Artefact has been working with Google Cloud across a wide range of sectors in the Middle East, including giga-projects, public sector entities, telecommunications, financial services and insurance.
This collaboration has focused on building AI platforms powered by Gemini Enterprise and Vertex AI, deploying agentic AI systems that deliver business impact, and enabling organisations to democratise access to data through intuitive ‘talk to your data’ and insight generation tools.
These efforts have also extended to generative AI applications for policy development, knowledge management, and customer experience transformation, alongside comprehensive training and change management programs to support long-term adoption.
“We are seeing a clear shift in the region from AI experimentation to execution at scale. Organisations are no longer asking what AI can do, but how it can be embedded into their operations to deliver real business outcomes. Our work with Google Cloud is focused on making that transition a reality, whether by improving productivity, streamlining operations, or enabling faster and more informed decision-making. This recognition reflects the impact we are delivering together across the Middle East.”
Rahul Arya, Artefact Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India, Managing Partner and CEO
As an AI-native technology partner, Artefact is leveraging Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI, and Google Cloud’s Gemini models to build, test, and deploy advanced agentic solutions for joint customers.
Through this expansion, Artefact is strengthening its technical collaboration with Google Cloud experts to rapidly develop and industrialise vetted, production-ready agents, while ensuring all solutions meet enterprise-grade governance, security and deployment standards.
As Artefact expands its MENA footprint, this award solidifies its role as a key player in the region’s AI ecosystem.
By integrating its end-to-end AI consulting and technical expertise with Google Cloud’s infrastructure, Artefact remains committed to translating global breakthroughs into localised, sovereign solutions that drive national digital agendas and long-term economic transformation across the Middle East.
