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The first operational, scalable version of Adnoc's agentic AI program EnergyAI is expected to be completed in the middle of this year

Adnoc signs $340m AI contract with Abu Dhabi’s AIQ

Adnoc, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, has awarded a $340 million contract to AIQ, a joint venture with Presight, a data analytics company based in Abu Ahabi, to introduce autonomous artificial intelligence, or agentic AI, across its upstream operations. The three-year agreement involves deploying EnergyAI, software that uses agentic AI to analyse large amounts […]

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UAE telco e& earns $1bn from Khazna stake sale

UAE telecommunications company e&, formerly known as Etisalat, will divest its 40 percent stake in Khazna Data Center Holdings for AED8 billion ($2.2 billion) to Abu Dhabi technology group G42, the telco said in a statement to the Abu Dhabi bourse on Tuesday. The deal will generate a capital gain of AED5.1 billion ($1.4 billion) before federal […]

The Albanian capital Tirana. The Presight project is intended to help urban travel time in Albania

G42’s Presight agrees Albania ‘smart city’ deal

Data analytics company Presight, a unit of Abu Dhabi technology group G42, has agreed to work with Albania’s ministry of interior to implement an artificial intelligence-powered “smart city” project in the Balkan state. The project will introduce a traffic management platform in 20 cities and towns across Albania with the aim of reducing congestion and […]

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Italy’s President Giorgia Meloni during his state visit to Rome

UAE commits $40bn to support Italy’s economy

The UAE has committed to invest $40 billion in core sectors of the Italian economy, as the countries advance towards a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement (Cepa), the two nations said in a joint statement. More than 40 new agreements were signed across priority areas such as defence, energy, sustainable energy, and energy transition and space […]

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo on February 3

OpenAI CEO seeks fresh funding in the UAE

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is to visit Abu Dhabi to seek fresh funding from the UAE-based technology investment company MGX. The visit is likely this week, Reuters reported, citing two unnamed sources. Altman is looking for $40 billion fundraising to upgrade OpenAI’s ChatGPT model and back artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure developer Stargate amid […]

Mubadala Investment Company Group CEO Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak. Mubadala's spending overtook that of Saudi Arabia's PIF in 2024

Vast Gulf wealth funds splinter to make targeted investments

Sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf are increasingly doing business via wholly-owned or affiliated entities as they become too big to manage specialised investment efforts, industry watchers are saying. MGX, an Emirati artificial intelligence-focused vehicle founded last year by Abu Dhabi’s fund Mubadala and the artificial intelligence company G42, made a splash by being one […]

In the famously transactional Trump White House, it is likely quid pro quos will be sought

Transactional Trump will seek mutual benefits

There were few guests from outside the US establishment at Donald Trump’s inauguration in the Capitol building on Monday. Along with the past presidents, supreme court justices, members of congress, tech titans, and the military band avoiding an icy Washington day, was Javier Milei, the libertarian president of Argentina. Also present were Giorgia Meloni of […]

MGX is part of Donald Trump's $500bn project to build data centres, and has aims to be part of the 'next technological revolution'

MGX could use Trump deal as springboard to global stage

UAE technology investment company MGX emerged on to the global stage this week when it was announced as one of the core backers of Donald Trump’s $500 billion Stargate artificial intelligence programme. Among the myriad announcements made in the opening days of Trump’s second stint as US president, was a $500-billion investment over four years […]