Global multi-asset broker STARTRADER said Friday that CEO Peter Karsten delivered three public sessions at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences in Dubai this spring, covering AI agents, business operations, and market risk.
Two MBA Operations sessions, on 25 April and 9 May, focused on autonomous AI agents, distributed systems, and how AI is reshaping organisational operations. A third session on 15 May, titled “AI Investment, Productivity Lag & Valuation Risk,” addressed the tension between trillions in AI-related capital expenditure and the absence of clear productivity gains in macro data.
Karsten argued the capex is real and that dismissing it as a bubble underestimates the scale of the infrastructure build-out. On risk, he said valuation gaps tend to correct faster than retail investors expect.
“The productivity gains are coming. The question is whether they arrive before the market loses patience,” Karsten said. “That gap, between what’s being spent and what’s showing up in the numbers, is where the real risk sits right now.”
The Dubai sessions were STARTRADER’s second public university engagement of 2026, following an online keynote at the University of Adelaide in January. The company said it plans to continue joining academic and industry-led discussions through the rest of the year.
