G42 (company)
| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Area served | Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Europe, United States |
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Number of employees | 25,000 (2024) |
| Subsidiaries | G42 Healthcare |
| Website | g42 |
Group 42 Holding Ltd, doing business as G42, is an Emirati artificial intelligence (AI) development holding company founded in 2018 and based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It focuses on AI development in industries including government, healthcare, finance, oil and gas, aviation, and hospitality.
The company is chaired by Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan from the ruling family of the UAE. Its Chinese CEO has been leading Pegasus – a subsidiary of DarkMatter, an Emirati security firm, which received scrutiny over the hiring of former CIA and NSA officials to spy on Americans, dissidents, and political rivals.
G42 is a founding partner to MGX. UAE's International Holding Company set up a unit to manage Group 42's China-focused 42X Fund, which has stakes in Beijing's JD.com and ByteDance.
Group 42 was reportedly the sole registered shareholder of the spying app ToTok.