New Masdar City hub brings QBurst closer to government and enterprise organizations driving AI, cloud, data, and digital transformation initiatives across Abu Dhabi.
QBurst, a global design-led digital engineering firm powered by High AI-Q™, today announced the opening of its new office at Smart Station in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. The expansion marks a significant milestone for QBurst in the Middle East, positioning the company at the epicenter of the UAE’s rapid digital transformation.
The strategic location enables QBurst to collaborate closely with government entities and enterprise clients across core growth sectors—including Public Services, Retail, Real Estate, Healthcare, and Hospitality—as regional organizations shift toward AI-native operations, cloud modernization, and agentic systems.
"Abu Dhabi has set a clear, ambitious agenda for AI-native transformation. With our new office, we look forward to working closely with government entities and enterprises to advance this vision, bringing QBurst’s High AI-Q capabilities and our GPT framework of Growth, Productivity, and Transformation to create a meaningful and measurable impact as a qualified local partner," said Shivkumar Subramaniam, Head, Middle East, QBurst.
“The Middle East is one of the clearest examples globally of enterprises and governments moving in lockstep on AI adoption, and we want QBurst built into that shift from the inside. Our Abu Dhabi presence reflects how central the region has become to our global growth plans over the next few years,” said Arun ‘Rak’ Ramchandran, CEO, QBurst.
The Abu Dhabi Government's Digital Strategy 2025–2027, backed by an AED 13 billion investment, is accelerating the emirate's transition to sovereign cloud integration and digitized public infrastructure—mandates QBurst's engineering practice is built to support. Establishing a footprint in Masdar City also places QBurst alongside other technology ventures focused on sustainable innovation, offering GCC clients what the company positions as a more agile alternative to traditional global systems integrators.
The Abu Dhabi office will support delivery of QBurst's Managed Agents™ platform and broader High AI-Q engineering approach for regional clients, backed by the company's global technology alliances with Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, Google, Adobe, Pimcore, Creatio, Strapi, and XY Retail.
About QBurst
QBurst is a design-led digital engineering company powered by High AI-Q, delivering the intelligence, experiences, and solutions enterprises need to evolve at scale and accelerate speed-to-value. Combining agility with technical depth and a differentiated delivery model, QBurst drives digital transformations for clients across major industries such as Retail, Realty, Healthcare, High-Tech, Manufacturing, and Hospitality.
Backed by Multiples Alternate Asset Management, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It maintains a global footprint across 21 cities in 11 countries spanning critical geographies, including Japan, the USA, the Middle East, and South Africa. QBurst employs a diverse workforce of over 3,200 professionals.
The company’s comprehensive service portfolio anchors on five solution pillars viz. Digital Experience, Intelligent Enterprises, Product Engineering, Managed Agents, and Modernization. Strategic and technology partnerships with industry majors such as Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, Google, Adobe, Pimcore, Creatio, and Strapi enable QBurst to deliver value-added services to its global client base.
QBurst was named a Contender in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail GenAI-Driven Product Discovery and Search Tools 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment. Additionally, the 2025 Everest Group PEAK Matrix® positioned QBurst as a Major Contender in the Quality Engineering space. The company has been ranked among the fastest-growing technology firms across India and the Asia-Pacific region by Deloitte, Dun & Bradstreet, Statista, Economic Times, and Financial Times.