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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence is contributing to the supercomputer alongside G42 and Cerebra

UAE supercomputer powers up to fight global rivals

A supercomputer built in the US with UAE backers is set to challenge global industry artificial intelligence chip giants after its success powering a new advanced large language model (LLM). The 13 billion-parameter Arabic and English LLM, known as Jais, was unveiled on Wednesday. Local industry experts said it appears to be more efficient and […]

AI training supercomputer

US and UAE supercomputer venture advances AI training

US artificial intelligence tech firm Cerebras signed a $100 million deal with UAE tech holding company G42 on Thursday to supply the first of three AI supercomputers. A planned network of nine interconnected supercomputers, Condor Galaxy (GC) will be the largest of its kind in the world, and will significantly reduce AI model training time. […]

Tech executives

Skills shortage pushes up Gulf tech leaders’ salaries

Technology chiefs working in the Gulf are typically earning $528,000, according to a new survey, as leadership talent remains “scarce” in the region. That figure is the median salary calculated by the first annual Middle East Technology Officers Compensation Survey from US advisory firm Heidrick & Struggles. The report said strong GDP growth in the […]

G42 tech skills

Abu Dhabi’s G42 signs deal to improve UAE tech skills

Abu Dhabi’s artificial intelligence company G42 has set up a joint venture with Israel’s Viola Group to address skills shortages in the tech sector. The venture will be known as Global Valley. A study by Korn Ferry estimated that by 2030 there will be a global talent deficit of approximately 85 million employees in the […]

Companies G42 has invested in may also be involved in the partnership with the Mercedes F1 team

G42 to give Mercedes a push in Formula One

The Mercedes Formula One team is relying on a partnership with an Abu Dhabi based tech company to develop artificial intelligence to give it an edge on the track.  A multi-year deal aims to harness the potential of AI as the two companies explore ways to embed software and tech solutions in the  team’s operations, […]

G42 CEO Peng Xiao

UAE to launch homegrown Arabic ChatGPT model

Artificial intelligence firm G42 is on the verge of launching its own versions of ChatGPT, including the largest Arabic language platform. G42 group chief executive officer Peng Xiao said it was “working on it as we speak”. “Arabic is a major body of language in the world but not served at all by the big […]

GCC healthcare

More GCC healthcare mergers likely as competition hots up

The GCC healthcare market is set to witness more mergers, acquisitions and consolidation as competition increases, say experts. As the sector continues to mature, public-private partnerships (PPPs) are bringing about a shift in care delivery that is likely to be transformative, according to Dubai-based investment banking advisory firm Alpen Capital. Its research predicts that healthcare […]

Thomas Pramotedham, CEO at Presight, is confident the company can use its data analytics in the climate change sector

Presight to use IPO as springboard to global expansion

Big data and analytics company Presight is targetting international expansion once they have listed later this month. The firm, part of Abu Dhabi’s G42, plans to raise $495 million from its floating on the ADX. The subscription period for the initial public offering (IPO), which was 136 times oversubscribed, closed on Friday with a total […]

Abu Dhabi’s AI firm buys stake in TikTok owner at $220bn valuation

Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm G42 has acquired an over $100 million stake in ByteDance, valuing the Chinese owner of TikTok at $220 billion, Bloomberg News reported, citing informed sources. G42, owned by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who is the UAE’s national security adviser, bought the stake from existing investors in recent months through […]

People, Person, Man

BNY Mellon reports 245% rise in net flows into GCC equities

BNY Mellon clients’ net investments in GCC shares rocketed by 245 percent from 2019 through to the end of 2022, America’s oldest bank told AGBI. Over this three-year period, the bank’s clients have poured $1.2 billion into Gulf equities, “outpacing emerging developed markets and the Eurozone significantly”. The New York-headquartered bank did not supply yearly […]