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Microsoft-Backed Partnership Aims to Raise $100 Billion for AI Infrastructure
artificial intelligence // September 17, 2024

A new artificial intelligence (AI) partnership that includes Microsoft and BlackRock aims to mobilize up to $100 billion in total investment potential for data centers and sources of power for those facilities. The Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership (GAIIP) includes Microsoft; BlackRock; Global Infrastructure Partners...

Report: UAE State-Backed Investment Company MGX Considers Investment in OpenAI
Investments // September 12, 2024

MGX, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) state-backed technology investment company, is reportedly considering participating in a multibillion funding round for OpenAI. The fund has not determined the size of its potential investment, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Sept. 12). OpenAI is seeking $6.5 billion in funding...

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AI Startups Find Financing Pipeline in Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds 

September 22, 2024
Sovereign wealth funds have reportedly become major players in the artificial intelligence (AI) funding race. Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are turning to AI projects as a way to diversify their economies, CNBC reported Sunday (Sept. 22). In the last year, funding for AI firms from these oil-rich […]

Microsoft-Backed Partnership Aims to Raise $100 Billion for AI Infrastructure

September 17, 2024
A new artificial intelligence (AI) partnership that includes Microsoft and BlackRock aims to mobilize up to $100 billion in total investment potential for data centers and sources of power for...

Report: UAE State-Backed Investment Company MGX Considers Investment in OpenAI

September 12, 2024
MGX, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) state-backed technology investment company, is reportedly considering participating in a multibillion funding round for OpenAI. The fund has not determined the size of its potential investment,...