Abu Dhabi-based Skipr has secured $2 million in seed funding at a $10 million valuation to advance what it calls a foundational trust layer for the AI era. The round will support the company’s expansion from Hub71 as it scales sovereign AI infrastructure for national and enterprise deployments.
As AI systems increasingly operate autonomously across organisations, cloud environments, and borders, a critical question is emerging: how can these systems securely collaborate with one another? Skipr is tackling this challenge by enabling trusted AI-to-AI communication, coordination, and value exchange—while ensuring governments and enterprises retain full sovereign control over data and decision-making.
The company is already working with telecommunications operators, AI and cybersecurity labs, and data centre partners to roll out autonomous, sovereign AI digital services at both national and enterprise scale. These early deployments position Skipr as an infrastructure player for governments and corporations building AI-ready, cross-jurisdiction digital ecosystems.
Purpose-built for sovereign-grade use cases, Skipr’s platform enables organisations to connect systems, deploy applications, and facilitate secure interactions between AI tools operating across different networks. Through cryptographic identity, policy-driven routing, and auditable interoperability, the technology ensures that data, decisions, and transactions can move safely and transparently—aligned with regulatory and national requirements.
“This funding accelerates our work on what we believe is a foundational layer for the AI era,” said Andreas Hartl, CEO of Skipr Technologies. “As AI systems become autonomous and interconnected, secure AI-to-AI interoperability under sovereign control is no longer optional. We are building the trust infrastructure nations and enterprises need to deploy AI safely and at scale.”
As part of the Hub71+ Digital Assets ecosystem, Skipr operates within Abu Dhabi’s expanding network of technology innovators, regulators, and strategic partners focused on globally relevant digital infrastructure—underscoring the emirate’s ambition to play a leading role in sovereign AI development.
