Robo.ai Announces Core Executive Appointments, Forming a Local UAE Leadership Team at Neurovia AI

Robo.ai Inc. (NASDAQ: AIIO) announced on July 14, 2026 the appointment of three senior executives to lead its UAE-based subsidiary Neurovia AI: Khalifa Mohammed Alshehhi as Chief Executive Officer, Ziad Shaltuni as Chief Growth Officer and Ahmed Alhashmi as Chief Marketing Officer. The appointments are effective immediately and complete a local leadership team charged with commercialising Neurovia AI’s NeuroStream™ visual data processing and compression platform across government and enterprise markets in the Gulf.

"Neurovia AI is a cornerstone of Robo.ai's AI software strategy," said Benjamin Zhai, Chief Executive Officer of Robo.ai. "We believe that a leadership team well versed in government and enterprise affairs, telecommunications infrastructure, commercial growth, and brand building across the Gulf region is key to taking the NeuroStream™ platform from technical validation to large-scale commercial delivery. With these appointments in place, Neurovia AI has the full organizational capability to undertake government and enterprise-grade projects across the region."

Context and executive backgrounds

The appointments follow Robo.ai’s acquisition of Neurovia AI and come after the company released its NeuroStream™ product and completed live technical validation at the 9th International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience (ISNR 2026). Neurovia AI also participated as an Official Partner in the 3rd Government Cybersecurity Summit and the 2026 UAE Data Center Infrastructure & Cloud Summit.

• Khalifa Mohammed Alshehhi, Chief Executive Officer — Alshehhi brings more than three decades of senior leadership across engineering, network operations, international business and group-level investment management. His prior roles include senior positions at the UAE Ministry of Interior and at Etisalat, where he was involved in major development and expansion programmes across telecommunications and technology sectors and worked closely with regulators and international operators.
• Ziad Shaltuni, Chief Growth Officer — Shaltuni has over 20 years of experience in commercial strategy and revenue management across North America and the Gulf. He previously served as Chief Sales and Customer Care Officer at Saudi operator Mobily, where he led a sales and customer operations organisation of more than 3,000 people and held P&L responsibility for a revenue portfolio exceeding US$5 billion. He also served as Vice President of Sales for MENA at OSN and as CEO of Modern Distribution Company in Riyadh, and has provided advisory support to regional tech firms including Space42 (part of G42). At Neurovia AI he will oversee growth strategy, commercialisation roadmap and channel ecosystem development.
• Ahmed Alhashmi, Chief Marketing Officer — A UAE national with more than 30 years in marketing, brand building and product management across the Gulf, Alhashmi served as Group Senior Vice President of Brand & Communication at Etisalat Group and as Chief Commercial Officer for Etisalat’s India operations. He played a leading role in launching the Mobily brand in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and has held senior marketing roles at Khalifa University and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). During his decade at Mobily and Etisalat he oversaw cumulative marketing investments exceeding US$400 million. He will lead Neurovia AI’s brand architecture, marketing communications and regional market development.

Outlook

Robo.ai positions Neurovia AI as a provider of AI-native compression and edge computing solutions aimed at easing visual data bottlenecks in applications such as autonomous driving, smart cities and intelligent manufacturing. The company says NeuroStream™ is intended to transition visual data from human viewing to machine understanding and to provide a foundational layer for machine perception and collaboration.

With the newly assembled UAE leadership team and prior appointments of a Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Robo.ai indicated Neurovia AI is prepared to pursue large-scale, government and enterprise-grade deployments across the region. The company has cautioned that forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and referred stakeholders to its regulatory filings for additional details.