Cognitive computing specialist VERSES is expanding its partnership with physical intelligence company Analog following a successful smart cities mobility pilot in the UAE.

As part of the extended collaboration, Analog will expand its employment of VERSES agentic intelligence engine Genius to an enterprise licence.

In the pilot, Genius was employed to analyse historical ride-sharing and traffic data from two major international cities. The system used the data to improve fleet operational efficiency across a simulation of the cities.

In the pilot, Genius demonstrated up to a 32% increase in completed rides. The results indicated that a single fleet operator, working with only 400 active vehicles on a two-shift model, could use Genius to increase revenues by US$16 million annually.

By recommending fleet management strategies, the Genius orchestration algorithm enabled drivers to complete more trips while reducing empty mileage and idle time, increasing profit margins and reducing costs.

With the pilot complete, VERSES and Analog plan to pursue a series of new projects that apply Genius agents and their individual agent and multi agent fleet orchestration capabilities to higher-value, Smart City projects; urban challenges, from energy management and logistics to autonomous inspection robots and city-scale sensor fusion, which takes data from multiple sensors to create more accurate, reliable, and useful multidimensional models of city areas.

The expanded collaboration will enable Genius to be hosted natively inside Analog’s secure edge infrastructure, allowing near-real-time decisions on the ground while maintaining full data control and showcasing Genius’ ability to be locally hosted in the UAE for local testing and deployment.

Alex Kipman, Founder & CEO of Analog, said, “At Analog, we believe intelligence is about adapting, evolving, and seamlessly integrating into the fabric of everyday life. Genius didn’t just prove it could handle complexity—it showed us it could anticipate and creatively respond to real-world challenges. By embedding Genius Enterprise as a component of our solutions, we’re crafting the nervous system of tomorrow’s cities: intelligent, intuitive, and human-centric.”

Gabriel René, Founder & CEO of VERSES said “Billions of dollars are being invested in smart cities, led by the Middle East. And Analog is driving this progress. Fleets of autonomous cars, sensors, drones and robotics, as well as energy in a smart grid, will all need to be dispatched and coordinated, and current AI solutions simply fall short. This pilot shows the potential value that Analog, powered by Genius, can bring to the UAE and Smart Cities worldwide.”