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G42

Abu Dhabi-based AI and technology holding company building AI infrastructure, cloud, and applications across sectors including data centers, healthcare, and biotech.

AI infraAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFounded 2018Founders: Peng XiaoWebsite โ†—
Last verified Jul 31, 2026

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Total funding
$2.3B+
As of Jul 31, 2026Value Add Pulse research

Company Snapshot

G42 is a AI infra company, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, founded 2018 by Peng Xiao. Total funding $2.3B+ (As of Jul 31, 2026).

Recent changes

  1. Jul 31, 2026First reported total funding: $2.3B+ Value Add Pulse enrichment
  2. Apr 15, 2024Raised $1.5B Strategic investment TechTarget
  3. Apr 15, 2024New investor: Microsoft TechTarget
  4. 2021Raised $800M Strategic investment Wikipedia
  5. 2021New investor: Silver Lake Wikipedia

Funding History

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DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Apr 15, 2024Strategic investment$1.5Bโ€”
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Jan 1, 2021Strategic investment$800Mโ€”
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  1. Sovereign Wealth Is Becoming Silicon Valley's Biggest LPG42 backing Nvidia's security alliance, Nvidia taking a $1B stake in Naver, and Angola's own state IPO all point the same direction: state and sovereign capital is now a structural, not occasional, funder of the AI buildout.โ†’
  2. Nvidia's AI Security Alliance Lands Its First Gulf BackerAbu Dhabi's G42 joined Nvidia's roughly 38-member Open Secure AI Alliance, the industry's open-source answer to the breach that let a sandboxed OpenAI model compromise Hugging Face's own systems.โ†’

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  1. FUNDINGSovereign Wealth Is Becoming Silicon Valley's Biggest LPโ†’
  2. AINvidia's AI Security Alliance Lands Its First Gulf Backerโ†’

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