Company Insights Mubadala Investment Company Finance Mubadala Investment Company News Analysis Manufacturing Water shortage and talent hole hinder Gulf chips ambition Plans by the UAE and Saudi Arabia to become centres of computer chip manufacturing are threatened by everything from shortages of engineering talent to a lack of water, experts have warned. The ambitions of the two countries will fail unless they invest in training and form partnerships, they say. The demand for high-end semiconductors, otherwise […] July 2, 2024 Tech Mubadala-backed GlobalFoundries buys new semiconductor tech Chipmaker GlobalFoundries, backed by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, has bought the rights to a new technology to boost power in electric vehicles, artificial intelligence and data centres. It bought the gallium nitride (GaN) technology from semiconductor company Tagore Technology for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes a team of Tagore engineers with expertise in […] July 2, 2024 Economy Saudi PIF is top global investor in first half of 2024 Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was the highest-spending state-owned investor in the first half of 2024, while three Abu Dhabi institutions were also in the top five. The PIF owns stakes in various domestic companies including Saudi Aramco, Saudi Telecom Co and Saudi National Bank and is spearheading the kingdom’s giga-project development programme. It invested […] July 2, 2024 Analysis Artificial Intelligence US scores geopolitical win with Abu Dhabi-Microsoft tie-up Microsoft’s $1.5 billion investment in Abu Dhabi’s artificial intelligence company has received a significant vote of confidence from US authorities. Tarun Chhabra, a senior White House adviser on technology, said on Monday that the US government has raised no objections to the Silicon Valley giant’s partnership because G42 had severed ties with the Chinese tech […] June 26, 2024 Food & Drink Mubadala injects $250m to revive Turkey’s Getir Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company will invest $250 million in Turkish grocery delivery startup Getir as part of a restructuring programme that will split it into two standalone units. The first standalone business will focus on domestic online groceries and food delivery services, with Mubadala, an existing shareholder, holding the management and majority stake, Reuters […] June 25, 2024 Business of Sport UAE’s Mubadala acquires new Brazil SailGP team Mubadala Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, has acquired a new team in SailGP, the global racing championship, to represent Brazil. The team will be the first South American squad to join the SailGP league and the first of the new teams confirmed ahead of Season 5, the state-run Wam […] June 24, 2024 Energy Masdar buys Greece’s biggest investor in renewables The UAE’s state-owned clean energy company Masdar is to acquire a majority share in Terna Energy of Greece. The initial deal – one of the largest in the European renewables market and the biggest ever energy transaction on the Athens Stock Exchange – is for a 67 percent stake. The price of €20 ($21.45) per […] June 21, 2024 Tech Abu Dhabi-backed chipmaker Cerebras plans IPO Cerebras Systems, an Abu Dhabi-backed chipmaker looking to compete with Nvidia, the world’s top chip company by market value, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, according to reports. Based in California’s Silicon Valley, Cerebras is also planning to offer preferred shares at a significant discount, aiming to attract private investors before the IPO, […] June 21, 2024 Health Mubadala and QIA invest in US cancer research startup Funds from the UAE and Qatar have invested in a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology start-up. Mubadala Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, co-led the $50 million Series B extension in funding to Iambic Therapeutics, based in San Diego, California. The funds will allow the American start-up to broaden its pipeline of AI-discovered clinical […] June 21, 2024 Health Mubadala-backed US startup working on AI cancer care A US genomics startup, backed by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, is working with ChatGPT creator OpenAI to improve cancer screening and treatment using artificial intelligence models. Color Health, which uses data science and machine learning for genetic testing and counselling in hereditary cancer and heart conditions, has developed an AI assistant, or “copilot”, […] June 18, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 16 17 18 … 37 Next
Analysis Manufacturing Water shortage and talent hole hinder Gulf chips ambition Plans by the UAE and Saudi Arabia to become centres of computer chip manufacturing are threatened by everything from shortages of engineering talent to a lack of water, experts have warned. The ambitions of the two countries will fail unless they invest in training and form partnerships, they say. The demand for high-end semiconductors, otherwise […] July 2, 2024
Tech Mubadala-backed GlobalFoundries buys new semiconductor tech Chipmaker GlobalFoundries, backed by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, has bought the rights to a new technology to boost power in electric vehicles, artificial intelligence and data centres. It bought the gallium nitride (GaN) technology from semiconductor company Tagore Technology for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes a team of Tagore engineers with expertise in […] July 2, 2024
Economy Saudi PIF is top global investor in first half of 2024 Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was the highest-spending state-owned investor in the first half of 2024, while three Abu Dhabi institutions were also in the top five. The PIF owns stakes in various domestic companies including Saudi Aramco, Saudi Telecom Co and Saudi National Bank and is spearheading the kingdom’s giga-project development programme. It invested […] July 2, 2024
Analysis Artificial Intelligence US scores geopolitical win with Abu Dhabi-Microsoft tie-up Microsoft’s $1.5 billion investment in Abu Dhabi’s artificial intelligence company has received a significant vote of confidence from US authorities. Tarun Chhabra, a senior White House adviser on technology, said on Monday that the US government has raised no objections to the Silicon Valley giant’s partnership because G42 had severed ties with the Chinese tech […] June 26, 2024
Food & Drink Mubadala injects $250m to revive Turkey’s Getir Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company will invest $250 million in Turkish grocery delivery startup Getir as part of a restructuring programme that will split it into two standalone units. The first standalone business will focus on domestic online groceries and food delivery services, with Mubadala, an existing shareholder, holding the management and majority stake, Reuters […] June 25, 2024
Business of Sport UAE’s Mubadala acquires new Brazil SailGP team Mubadala Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, has acquired a new team in SailGP, the global racing championship, to represent Brazil. The team will be the first South American squad to join the SailGP league and the first of the new teams confirmed ahead of Season 5, the state-run Wam […] June 24, 2024
Energy Masdar buys Greece’s biggest investor in renewables The UAE’s state-owned clean energy company Masdar is to acquire a majority share in Terna Energy of Greece. The initial deal – one of the largest in the European renewables market and the biggest ever energy transaction on the Athens Stock Exchange – is for a 67 percent stake. The price of €20 ($21.45) per […] June 21, 2024
Tech Abu Dhabi-backed chipmaker Cerebras plans IPO Cerebras Systems, an Abu Dhabi-backed chipmaker looking to compete with Nvidia, the world’s top chip company by market value, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, according to reports. Based in California’s Silicon Valley, Cerebras is also planning to offer preferred shares at a significant discount, aiming to attract private investors before the IPO, […] June 21, 2024
Health Mubadala and QIA invest in US cancer research startup Funds from the UAE and Qatar have invested in a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology start-up. Mubadala Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, co-led the $50 million Series B extension in funding to Iambic Therapeutics, based in San Diego, California. The funds will allow the American start-up to broaden its pipeline of AI-discovered clinical […] June 21, 2024
Health Mubadala-backed US startup working on AI cancer care A US genomics startup, backed by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, is working with ChatGPT creator OpenAI to improve cancer screening and treatment using artificial intelligence models. Color Health, which uses data science and machine learning for genetic testing and counselling in hereditary cancer and heart conditions, has developed an AI assistant, or “copilot”, […] June 18, 2024
