PeopleStrong Launches GCC's First AI-Powered Talent Platform to Support Emiratisation and Workforce Development

New platform combines workforce intelligence, skills mapping, and AI-powered talent matching to support nationalisation goals and workforce development across the GCC.

| Written by Riya Malhotra

PeopleStrong, a leading AI-powered HR technology company, has launched FutureOfTalent.ai, the GCC's first AI-powered talent infrastructure designed to help organisations discover, develop, and deploy national talent throughout the entire career lifecycle.

The launch comes as countries across the GCC accelerate workforce localisation, skills development, and economic diversification initiatives.

Built for citizens, enterprises, educators, and governments, the platform supports nationalisation programmes across the region, including Emiratisation, Saudisation, and Omanisation. It aims to help organisations better understand workforce capabilities, identify skills gaps, and strengthen talent pipelines.

Unveiled during PeopleStrong's AI Roadshow in Dubai last week, the platform addresses one of the region's most pressing workforce challenges: bridging the gap between emerging skill requirements and talent readiness.

According to PeopleStrong research conducted across more than 300 organisations, over 70% of business leaders now prioritise talent management and skills-based programmes, highlighting a growing recognition that competitiveness increasingly depends on how effectively organisations can develop and deploy skills at scale. Despite this, many organisations continue to sit on large volumes of workforce data without the tools needed to translate it into actionable workforce planning, mobility, and development decisions.

FutureOfTalent.ai is designed to close that gap by bringing workforce intelligence, skills development, learning pathways, and AI-powered talent matching into a single platform.

At the core of the platform is a unified Talent ID: a verified, career-long profile of an individual's skills, qualifications, and aspirations. This gives enterprises a clearer understanding of existing workforce capabilities while helping identify future talent requirements.

The platform supports individuals, enterprises, and governments through a connected ecosystem designed to align talent supply with workforce demand.

For individuals, it offers personalised learning pathways, skills assessments, and career guidance tailored to their goals. For enterprises, it enables AI-driven workforce planning, succession planning, internal mobility, and localisation tracking. For governments, it provides a live view of workforce capabilities, emerging skills gaps, and readiness against national workforce mandates.

"Talent is the infrastructure of the future economy. The nations that can identify, develop, and deploy skills fastest will lead the next era of growth and innovation."

- Sandeep Chaudhary, Chief Executive Officer, PeopleStrong

Chaudhary added that the trust placed in PeopleStrong by more than 500 customers globally reinforces the company's belief that integrated talent infrastructure will play a critical role in shaping the future of work across the region.

Tayfun Topkoc, Senior Vice President – International, PeopleStrong, highlighted the growing importance of workforce intelligence in an AI-driven economy.

"The next frontier is not headcount, it's capability. As AI reshapes industries, organisations need real-time visibility into workforce skills, gaps, and future readiness. FutureOfTalent.ai helps make that possible, turning workforce data into intelligence and intelligence into action."

He added that the platform will help organisations across the GCC connect skills with opportunity, accelerate nationalisation efforts, and build future-ready workforces.

PeopleStrong sits at the intersection of three major trends reshaping the future of work across the GCC: enterprise HR digitisation, AI adoption, and SaaS innovation.

Its AI-powered human capital management platform spans applicant tracking, payroll, employee experience, and talent management, serving organisations across multiple industries. Processing more than 1.5 million paychecks every month, PeopleStrong is among the region's most trusted cloud payroll providers.

With the launch of FutureOfTalent.ai, the company aims to move beyond workforce management and contribute to workforce readiness, helping organisations and governments build stronger talent ecosystems for the future.