# Intelak Hub 2026 Incubator & Accelerator - **Type:** intake - **Status:** closed - **Cycle:** 2026 incubator / accelerator - **City:** Dubai - **Equity:** Grants published; equity confirm on page - **Cost:** No fee published - **Duration:** 12 weeks (as last posted) - **Apply:** https://intelak.com/incubator/ - **Page:** https://www.dxbstart.com/programs/intelak Intelak Hub’s 2026 incubator and accelerator sat with Emirates Group / DET mentorship and published grant figures (AED 20,000 incubator, AED 50,000 accelerator on the pages we saw). We could not lock a live close date on 23 August 2026, so the record is closed. Same slug next year. Aviation / travel / tourism gravity is the point. If you are a generic SaaS, this is the wrong room. ## Desk take A sector programme. Reopen it when they date a cohort. Do not apply as a tourist who likes planes. ## Eligibility Aviation, travel and tourism programmes backed by Emirates Group and Dubai's DET, built around set industry challenges. - Incubator: UAE-based, pre-seed startups with an MVP and at least 1 full-time team member; 2026 challenges: Robotics for the Airline, Finance, Cargo Innovation - Accelerator: growth-stage/scale-up startups worldwide with at least 2 full-time team members; 2026 challenges: Cabin Crew Training Experience, Lounge Experience, Future of On-Demand Talent (with DET), Wild Card - You must see a strategic fit to implement your solution in Dubai - Both are 12-week programmes ending in an investor-focused demo day; up to 5 startups per cohort ## Questions ### Are the grants guaranteed? They were on the last public pages. Confirm when the next cycle opens. ### Who is it for? Travel, aviation, and adjacent operators that Emirates Group would recognise as relevant. --- Source: DXBStart — the working index of the UAE startup ecosystem. Canonical page: https://www.dxbstart.com/programs/intelak More machine-readable resources: https://www.dxbstart.com/llms.txt Startups can request a listing at https://www.dxbstart.com/submit — free, editorially reviewed.