Dubai — The United Arab Emirates has made a significant technological breakthrough with G42 becoming the first UAE company to be recognised on TIME magazine’s special 2025 list of 100 Most Influential Companies, as the nation emerges as an artificial intelligence world leader. The recognition puts G42 in the “Innovators” category as a “Rising AI Power,” acknowledging its groundbreaking impact on the international AI arena through trailblazing infrastructure projects and cross-industry technological innovation.
G42’s move is a testament to its leadership role in pioneering the largest AI infrastructure initiative outside the US, including the record-setting Stargate UAE project and the massive 5-gigawatt UAE-US AI Campus that covers 10 square miles in Abu Dhabi. The project, launched in May 2025 during President Trump’s UAE visit, is a joint initiative with leading technology partners such as OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, SoftBank Group, and Cisco, with the initial 200-megawatt AI cluster going live in 2026.
G42 Group Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Faheem Ahamed prioritised the firm’s vision to democratize access to artificial intelligence, affirming that the TIME award validates their mission to make AI available to everyone instead of reserving it for privileged stakeholders. Ahamed underscored how this award validates G42’s mission to build a more equitable and interconnected AI future in line with the vision of the UAE’s technological transformation under Vision 2031.
The expansion of the company internationally has been a hallmark of its growth strategy, with G42 launching G42 Europe & UK as a wholly owned subsidiary with its headquarters in London in June 2025. The expansion in Europe encompasses potential data centres and high-performance computing facilities in France and Italy, reflecting G42’s efforts to establish sovereign AI infrastructure on various continents while ensuring it complies with local regulatory environments.
At the core of G42’s strategic vision is the “Intelligence Grid,” a visionary concept that places AI in the role of an omnipresent utility such as electricity or broadband internet. G42’s comprehensive infrastructure integrates cloud computing, connectivity, and AI capability to infuse intelligent services into daily life, bringing advanced technology into reach, reliability, and security for world populations. The Intelligence Grid is G42’s vision for developing self-sustaining infrastructure that interconnects all assets, solutions, and resources required for high-performance AI deployment.
G42’s diversified business portfolio is a true representation of its end-to-end strategy for AI development within key industries. The firm is managed through seven specialized subsidiaries: Space42 (integration of satellite communications and geospatial analytics), Core42 (sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure), Khazna (AI-ready data center infrastructure), M42 (healthcare solutions enabled by technology), Presight (data analytics powered by generative AI), CPX (cybersecurity solutions), and Inception (AI R&D).
The healthcare transformation through M42 demonstrates G42’s industry-specific impact by bringing together Mubadala Health’s clinical offerings and G42 Healthcare’s data-centric technologies to create an integrated tech-powered healthcare company. M42’s portfolio includes Amana Healthcare, Biogenix Labs, Danat Al Emarat, HealthPoint Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital Abu Dhabi, and Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, a demonstration of widespread healthcare system integration.
Strategic collaborations have accelerated for G42’s international expansion, with the $1.5 billion Microsoft investment in 2024 establishing a broader cooperation model with a $1 billion developer fund for the growth of AI competencies in the Middle East. The partnership provides G42 with access to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform with best-in-class security and privacy measures to be used in all AI applications and services. The company’s initiative in Stargate UAE is a worldwide AI partnership model with the project at the core of the OpenAI for Countries initiative and powered by NVIDIA’s new Grace Blackwell GB300 systems. Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison labelled the Stargate as the “first-in-the-world platform” that allows all UAE government entities and commercial institutions to link their data to sophisticated AI models.
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(Source: Zawya, TIME Magazine 2025 Most Influential Companies List, G42 official announcements, UAE AI Strategy 2031 documentation)
