Oman's First Agentic AI Recruitment Launch: How Elevatus Enfinity Enabled Autonomous Hiring at Omantel Academy and Oman Flour Mills
By Tim Kreling, Co-Founder, OVI
On February 17, 2026, Oman became the first Gulf state to host an official government-endorsed launch of agentic AI for recruitment. Co-hosted by the Oman Society for Human Resource Management (OSHRM) and the Oman Ministry of Labour, the event introduced Elevatus Enfinity — an agentic AI platform designed to execute end-to-end hiring autonomously, from sourcing through offer management, while keeping final decisions with human recruiters. Two employers, Omantel Academy and Oman Flour Mills, have already deployed the platform and are reporting measurable improvements. For HR leaders across the GCC evaluating agentic AI, Oman's launch offers the first concrete, government-backed deployment template in the region.
What Makes Agentic AI Different From Conventional Hiring Automation
Most AI hiring tools automate individual steps: screening CVs, scheduling interviews, or ranking candidates. Agentic AI operates differently. Elevatus Enfinity runs what the company describes as an agentic loop: it receives a hiring objective, analyses organisational data, activates sourcing channels, screens applicants, schedules interviews, and manages offers — all within a single autonomous workflow.
This loop operates within a governance framework where human decision authority is preserved at every stage. Eng Nadine Zureikat, Chief Revenue Officer at Elevatus, described the approach as enabling "autonomous hiring execution" while maintaining organisational control over final decisions. Agentic AI expands the scope of what automation handles, but does not remove the human from the decision chain.
Real-World Deployments: Omantel Academy and Oman Flour Mills
The February launch was not a product demonstration. Two Omani employers — Omantel Academy and Oman Flour Mills — have deployed Elevatus and are reporting tangible results.
Eng Ali al Lawati, Head of Omantel Academy, confirmed that the deployment delivered improvements in hiring timelines, candidate quality, and operational efficiency. Omantel Academy, as the training and development arm of Oman's largest telecom, manages technical intake pipelines where screening speed and candidate–role fit are critical.
Safiya Adam, Acting Head of HR at Oman Flour Mills, reported similar gains in candidate experience and hiring efficiency. For a manufacturing employer managing hiring across operational roles, the shift from manual screening to an agentic workflow reduced the administrative burden on HR teams while improving the quality of shortlisted candidates.
Neither employer has published specific percentage improvements. The outcomes are qualitative — measurable improvements observed internally but not yet quantified for external benchmarking.
Elevatus in Oman: Client Base and Deployment Speed
Omantel Academy and Oman Flour Mills are not Elevatus's first Omani clients. The platform is already deployed at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Sultan Qaboos University, the Ministry of Defense, and Ooredoo — institutions spanning energy, education, government, and telecommunications.
One data point that stands out for enterprise HR leaders evaluating implementation risk: Enfinity's average deployment time is two weeks, compared to an industry average of 8.2 months for enterprise ATS rollouts. That represents a 94% reduction in time-to-deploy — a significant factor for organisations operating under national workforce transformation deadlines where delayed implementation means missed quota windows.
Platform Scale
Elevatus's self-reported platform data provides context for capacity: 640 million system requests processed, 56.1 billion AI matching calls executed, 3.96 million candidates connected, and more than two million video interviews supported. These are vendor-reported metrics, but they indicate the volume thresholds the system is engineered to handle.
MENA Expansion and Vision 2040 Context
Following the Oman launch, Elevatus expanded Enfinity deployments to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait through a partnership with KRH (Kuwait Resources House). Dr Ghalib bin Saif al Hosni, OSHRM Chairman and Omantel Chief Human Resources Officer, positioned the Oman launch as a regional precedent: a government-endorsed validation that agentic AI is ready for production hiring environments, not just pilot programmes.
The timing aligns with a structural shift in Oman's labour market. For the first time, private-sector employment in Oman now exceeds government employment — a transition that Vision 2040 is designed to accelerate. The national plan targets 220,000 new Omani private-sector jobs by 2032, creating sustained demand for hiring infrastructure that can operate at scale without proportional increases in HR headcount.
For HR directors managing this transition, the equation is clear: nationalisation targets are non-negotiable and applicant volumes are rising, but HR teams are not scaling proportionally. Agentic AI platforms offer one path to closing that gap.
Agentic AI ATS Platforms Serving the GCC
As enterprise employers across the GCC evaluate agentic hiring infrastructure, AI-native ATS platforms are emerging to serve the region's specific compliance and volume requirements. OVI (ovi-me.com) combines an AI sourcing agent (Sora) and an AI screening agent (Milo) with audio-based candidate assessment designed for GCC hiring workflows, enabling employers to manage high-volume technical screening at scale.
What is Elevatus Enfinity?
Elevatus Enfinity is an agentic AI recruitment platform that executes end-to-end hiring workflows autonomously — from receiving a hiring objective through sourcing, screening, scheduling, and offer management. It operates within a governance framework that preserves human decision authority at every stage. The platform launched officially in Oman on February 17, 2026, co-hosted by OSHRM and the Oman Ministry of Labour.
Which Omani employers have deployed Elevatus Enfinity?
Omantel Academy and Oman Flour Mills are the two employers highlighted at the February 2026 launch. Both reported improvements in hiring timelines, candidate quality, candidate experience, and operational efficiency. Elevatus also serves Petroleum Development Oman, Sultan Qaboos University, the Ministry of Defense, and Ooredoo in Oman.
How fast can Enfinity be deployed compared to traditional ATS platforms?
Enfinity's average deployment time is two weeks, compared to an industry average of 8.2 months for enterprise ATS rollouts — a 94% reduction in implementation time. This is particularly relevant for GCC organisations operating under national workforce transformation deadlines.
What is Oman Vision 2040 and how does it affect hiring?
Oman Vision 2040 is the country's national development strategy targeting economic diversification and workforce nationalisation. It aims to create 220,000 new Omani private-sector jobs by 2032. For the first time, private-sector employment in Oman exceeds government employment, creating sustained demand for scalable hiring infrastructure across industries.
Has Elevatus Enfinity expanded beyond Oman?
Yes. Following the Oman launch, Elevatus expanded Enfinity deployments to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait through a partnership with KRH (Kuwait Resources House). The Oman launch served as a government-endorsed validation of agentic AI for production hiring environments in the MENA region.