Sanad Yaghi is an entrepreneur and product architect based in the UAE, focused on building AI-powered systems that operate reliably in the real world. He is the founder of Dukkantek (now DTEK.ai), a retail technology company that began by helping community retailers modernize and later expanded into AI-driven operational solutions, including computer vision and automation designed for high-traffic, high-stakes environments.

Across his work, Sanad combines first-principles product thinking with an operator’s mindset: start narrow, earn trust, and scale only when the system is robust. He is especially interested in the practical frontier of AI—where governance, incentives, reliability, and adoption matter as much as model capability. Sanad speaks on entrepreneurship, responsible deployment of AI, and the strategic choices founders must make to build durable companies in fast-changing markets.