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UAE AI 50 · 2026 SELECTION

Core42

Abu DhabiSubsidiary
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G42 company providing sovereign cloud platforms and AI computing infrastructure for government, enterprise, research and development workloads.[1][2]

Public sources checked2026-11-01 · Identity, AI relevance and UAE presence. Company performance has not been audited.
THE COMPANY

Intelligence in context.

Core42 supplies cloud and computing infrastructure for organisations developing and deploying AI. Its offering includes public, private and AI cloud services, with a focus on sovereignty and implementation support. Based in Abu Dhabi and part of G42, it serves a different infrastructure role from application-only AI startups.[1][2]

THE STORY SO FAR

How the story unfolds.

Combining infrastructure and delivery

G42 introduced Core42 in October 2023 by combining G42 Cloud, Injazat and its Inception business. The launch brought cloud infrastructure, systems integration and AI capabilities into one organisation, with national and enterprise deployments as its stated focus. Core42’s origins therefore sit in an established corporate combination, rather than in the story of an individual startup founder.[4]

FOCUS & APPLICATION

What they build.

Sovereign cloudGPU infrastructureAI deployment
  • Sovereign AI Cloud[1]
  • Sovereign Public Cloud[1]
  • Signature Private Cloud[1]
WHY IT’S IN THE INDEX

The selection rationale.

Official products and an Abu Dhabi institutional profile establish UAE presence and a direct AI infrastructure role.[1][2]

Selection confirms the inclusion criteria. It does not establish comparative product quality. No numeric rank has been inferred from profile completeness.

DOCUMENTED DEVELOPMENTS

Signals worth following.

Announced a Sovereign AI Compute offering with e& UAE on 20 July 2026.[3]

PEOPLE & LEADERSHIP

Behind the company.

An individual founder has not been publicly verified in the reviewed sources. Institutional creation is not attributed to the current CEO.

FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

Sources & verification.

Company and investor announcements establish what was stated at the time. They are not independent audits of performance. Review date: 2026-11-01.

  1. 01
    Core42 products and servicesCore42 · official source · checked 2026-11-01
  2. 02
    Core42 institutional profileAbu Dhabi Media Office · institutional source · checked 2026-11-01
  3. 03
    Sovereign AI Compute partnership with e& UAECore42 · official source · checked 2026-11-01
  4. 04
    G42 launches Core42 to deliver national-scale AI and cloud capabilitiesEmirates News Agency (WAM) · institutional source · checked 2026-11-01

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