Alexiei Dingli (born 29 December 1979) is a Maltese artificial intelligence researcher who is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Malta.^[1] As a member of the Nationalist Party (PN), he served as the mayor of Valletta, the capital of Malta, between 2008 and 2019. His academic background includes a first-class Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy, with connections to the University of Sheffield and Grenoble School of Management.

Dingli grew up in Valletta. He graduated with a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in IT and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in computer science from the University of Sheffield. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree with specialisation in technology management from the Grenoble School of Management.^[2]

Dingli began volunteering for the Nationalist Party (PN) when he was 11 and was elected to their committee in Valletta when he was 15.^[3] He was elected to the city council in 2005 with the second highest number of votes.^[4] In July 2008, Paul Borg Olivier resigned to concentrate on his role as secretary general of the PN, and Dingli succeeded him as mayor on a unanimous vote by the council.^[7]

In October 2011, Dingli launched Valletta's bid for European Capital of Culture, which was successful eleven months later.^[5,6] On 9 January 2019, Dingli resigned as mayor. Later that month, he told journalist and Valletta author Ramona Depares that despite his support of business, residents were being affected by restaurants bringing noise to residential areas, too many hotels were opening at once, and landlords were allegedly causing problems in order to make tenants move out.^[8]

In January 2024, Dingli appeared on the Maltese version of Shark Tank to seek investors for Digital Traffic Brain, an AI-driven traffic management system aiming to ease Malta's congestion problem. Although he initially requested €1 million for a 40% stake in the company, he struck a deal with energy businessman Mark Bajada for €1.3 million in exchange for 50%.^[9] Later that month, Dingli was appointed to the board at HSBC Bank Malta.

In October 2025, Maltese public television channel TVM broadcast the series Artificial Intelligence in Our Lives, which was the country's first series featuring an AI presenter. The presenter was modeled after Dingli's appearance and mannerisms, though its voice relied on real recordings rather than a synthetic replication due to AI's limited exposure to the Maltese language. Dingli asserted that AI presenters would outperform humans, a view that was challenged by former Public Broadcasting Services newsreader Keith Demicoli.