Governments can now license the AI system behind Abu Dhabi's TAMM app
Abu Dhabi has set up TAMM Global, a private technology company that will license the platform behind TAMM, its AI-powered government services app, to governments around the world. It is the first time the platform, which serves 4.7 million users, has been made available for international licensing and deployment.
“TAMM was created in Abu Dhabi for one reason: to improve lives. Today, it serves millions of users and has become an integral part of how people and businesses interact with government,” said Ahmed Tamim Hisham Al Kuttab, Chairman of Abu Dhabi's Department of Government Enablement.
TAMM launched in 2005 and now combines more than 1,200 public and private sector services. According to Abu Dhabi, it saves each user around nine visits to government service centres a year, giving back an estimated 12 hours annually to every person and business. Customer satisfaction stands at 94.5%, up from 78% in 2022 before AI was built into the app. The cost of delivering services has fallen by 30%, with most savings realised in the first year.
Users can set up a business entirely through the app, including opening a business bank account. They can also renew identity documents, register vehicles and manage investment portfolios. TAMM AutoGov was announced in 2025, and Abu Dhabi describes it as the world's first AI public servant. It renews licences, settles payments and books routine healthcare appointments without users having to start the process.
TAMM Global will license the platform architecture, implementation methods and operational expertise Abu Dhabi used to build and run TAMM. That comes with a library of pre-built government services and journeys that can be adapted to local laws and regulations. Each deployment can be configured for a government's own languages, laws and institutions. Its sovereign deployment models leave data, infrastructure, policies and citizen services under the adopting government's control.
Those provisions address one of the main hurdles for any government considering a foreign-built platform for citizen services. As an independent private-sector company, TAMM Global can partner directly with governments, organisations and institutions. It has not yet named any government clients or disclosed pricing.
The model gives governments a route to AI-enabled public services without building an equivalent platform from scratch, which took Abu Dhabi two decades. It also turns a domestic public service into intellectual property that can be exported, a step few governments have taken with their digital infrastructure.
“Through TAMM Global, we are building on that success by making capabilities developed and proven in Abu Dhabi available to governments seeking to deliver better outcomes for their people,” Al Kuttab added. TAMM was named the world's best e-Government initiative at the UN-backed World Summit on the Information Society Prizes in 2025. In 2026, it won the Government category across Europe, the Middle East and Asia in the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards.
