Bangladesh, Nov. 6 -- Businesses, technology entrepreneurs and universities must focus on developing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to real-life industrial problems, while stronger industry-academia collaboration, investment incentives and a supportive policy framework are essential to accelerating its adoption in Bangladesh, speakers said on Thursday.

Advertisement They said the country must move beyond simply adopting imported technologies and develop locally relevant AI applications to improve productivity, reduce industrial wastage, strengthen competitiveness and address challenges across different sectors of the economy.

The observations came at the Bangladesh AI Business Summit 2026, jointly organised by the Dhaka Chamber...