G42: The UAE’s Bold Bid to Shape Global AI
The world is waking up to a new power in artificial intelligence and it’s not where most people expect. Abu Dhabi-based G42 has officially landed on TIME’s 2025 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies, and it’s easy to see why. The company is behind what’s soon to become the largest AI infrastructure project outside the U.S.: a 10-square-mile AI campus that will include supercomputers and a science park. Built with the support of UAE leadership and in collaboration with U.S. companies like OpenAI, the project is central to the country’s ambitious 2031 AI superpower goal. But G42 isn’t thinking local. The company’s footprint is global spanning from Europe’s first giga-scale AI supercomputer project to new AI initiatives in Kenya and the United States. This isn’t about trying to copy Silicon Valley. It’s about creating an alternative hub of AI advancement, one that’s backed by serious capital and even more serious ambition. G42’s messaging is clear: this is about partnersh...