SPARQ, a native AI game engine and creator platform, has officially announced its move to Innovation City, the world’s first free space powered by artificial intelligence and designed for innovators. The move reinforces Ras Al Khaimah’s ambition to be a global home for games, creators, and frontier technologies – and marks a milestone in the region’s fast-growing gaming scene.
Built by industry veterans with decades of experience in developing games, engines, and the online world, SPARQ is reimagining what game creation can be. Their goal is simple: to make creation conflict-free. Their technology allows creators to build and ship games 10–100x faster than legacy engines by removing complexity and empowering imagination through full AI-assisted development.
“SPARQ doesn’t just build a game engine – they build motion,” said Paul Dawalibi, CEO of Innovation City. “They represent the kind of ambitious and world-changing company we created for Innovation City. Their arrival shows the global gaming industry that Ras Al Khaimah is where the future will be built.”
The SPARQ platform removes common bottlenecks – from complex code to rigid pipelines – and replaces them with an intuitive interface, AI-driven code generation, and dynamic creation tools that let anyone turn ideas into interactive worlds instantly.
“We lived through the pain of building games the old way,” said Christopher Pail, Founder and CEO of SPARQ. “Some of our games took off, some didn’t – usually because the tools got in the way. SPARQ is our answer to that problem. Game creation should be fun, fast, and limitless. AI makes that possible.”
With SPARQ, a new generation of creators – designers, storytellers, broadcasters, filmmakers, and digital artists – can create complex interactive experiences without requiring deep expertise. The platform combines gaming and content creation into one creative frontier.
Why Ras Al Khaimah and Innovation City?
Having built companies across Europe and other global markets, the founders of SPARQ knew the frustration of navigating different control environments – especially in the rapidly evolving world of gaming and artificial intelligence. Ras Al Khaimah offered something very different: transparency, speed, and innovative government.
“In Ras Al Khaimah, we have found a home that matches our desire,” said Christoffer Wilhelmsen, Co-Founder of SPARQ. “A place that doesn’t slow down innovation – it accelerates it. Innovation City understands creators and builders. It moves at our speed.”
Beyond policy, the team emphasized the region’s inspiring nature: stunning natural landscapes, a global perspective, and a growing community of pioneers pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
SPARQ has already committed a significant investment to relocate its team to Ras Al Khaimah and plans to bring world-class engineering and innovation talent to the Emirate in the coming years.
Following the launch of the native AI engine and platform, SPARQ will establish the SPARQ Creators Center in Ras Al Khaimah – an AI-enabled studio space where the world’s best creators can build breakthrough titles directly from the Emirates. Discussions with partners are already underway to scale up this initiative and support the region’s emergence as a global hub for innovation and technological excellence.
“For us, this is a long-term commitment – the technology, the talent, and the world to be built here,” Christopher said. “We are not just moving to Ras Al Khaimah. We are building the future of nature in Ras Al Khaimah.”
SPARQ’s move is a powerful endorsement of the Innovation City vision: a free environment that feels like a startup, operates at the pace of an innovator, and supports companies that are building the next era of gaming, AI, and digital innovation.
As more pioneers choose Innovation City, momentum builds – and early movers reap huge benefits from community, collaboration, and proximity to the world’s newest creative cluster.
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