His Highness Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan was included in the Time100 AI list of 2025, and this is not the first time that this achievement has been achieved. His Highness Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the position of National Security Adviser to the United Arab Emirates, as he heads G42, an Emirati holding company specialized in artificial intelligence technologies and is worth billions of dollars.
Afraa Mahsh Al -Hamli, Director of Strategic Communication at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: “The vision of His Highness Sheikh Tahnoun contributes to pushing the strategic goal of the UAE, which is to make it a global center for innovation in the field of artificial intelligence by 2031, which has a transformational impact on technology regionally and globally.”
His Highness Sheikh Tahnoon was also mentioned in the list of the most influential figures in the field of artificial intelligence for the year 2024 issued by Time Magazine, along with the prominent Emirati businessman Faisal Al -Bannai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Edge Group. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, congratulated the two Emirati characters on their achievement last year, praising their “contributions to drawing the features of the future of the global economy.”
In late 2024, Omar Al -Ulama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and remote work applications, were included in the “Next” list, which includes the most influential youth around the world. The scholars have won the praise of His Highness Sheikh Muhammad for his choice, given his “prominent role in the positive influence on society.”
The role of G42 in pushing the artificial intelligence march: G42 entered into multiple partnerships with the American technology giant Microsoft, which announced a $ 1.5 billion strategic investment in the company in 2024.
In the context of this vision, Abu Dhabi witnessed in this year the announcement of both Black Rock and MGX, the leading Emirati company in supporting and accelerating the development of artificial intelligence, about the joining of Invidia and XAI joining the partnership in the artificial intelligence infrastructure, which aims to invest in data centers of the new generation and advanced energy solutions, with an initial capital of $ 30 billion with the possibility $ 100 billion at debt financing is calculated. His Highness Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of MGX, stressed that artificial intelligence is not just a future sector, but rather the main pillar on which the future features are built.
With the expansion of the use of technology, increasing concerns about privacy and ethics emerged, prompting the two countries in 2025 to launch the “responsible artificial intelligence institution”, the first of its kind in the Middle East, with the support of Mohammed bin Zayed University of AI.
During US President Donald Trump’s visit to the UAE last May, the two countries signed an agreement to build the largest university campus for artificial intelligence outside the United States.
The university campus of artificial intelligence will be established in Abu Dhabi with a capacity of 5 GB to operate the artificial intelligence data centers, with the G42 to take over construction operations, while American companies will manage these centers.
