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Focus on artificial intelligence has increased rapidly worldwide. G42, based in Abu Dhabi, founded in 2018 is also building an AI portfolio in the Middle East. G42 is working on healthcare and climate science, space exploration and high-performance computing. Now the company is focusing more on India with its new plans for the country.
The man who will lead it is Manu Jain, one of the big faces in Indian technology. As CEO of G42 India, Jain is now handling G42’s India plan. He is already famous in India for building Xiaomi as a big smartphone brand in India. Jain was appointed at G42 in October 2023 as a shift in the company’s India strategy.
Jain has been already working for G42’s entry into India’s AI ecosystem. “After building the largest smartphone company, we are here to create real impact using AI,” said Jain, reported Economic Times.
Why Is India Important For G42?
In an interview given to Economic Times Jain said, ‘’India has potential to become an AI superpower.’’ The Indian government is working on catching up to this AI boom. Country has already launched the Rs 10,300-crore India AI Mission in 2024, which is considered as India’s AI strategy.
The government has shortlisted seven companies to procure around 15,000 advanced GPUs for its AI mission.
“Despite having a rapidly digitising economy, it (India) still lacks the basic building blocks required for large-scale AI innovation. That’s where we come in,” says Jain to ET and added that G42 has committed to the Government of India to assist in laying down foundational infrastructure in three core areas data centres, computer clusters, and AI models.
Abu Dhabi’s G42 is betting $10 billion globally and India is also in focus in this plan. Jain led the plan, the company with the help of global expertise going to advance India’s AI narrative.
G42’s India push is part of a broader $10 billion global expansion fund launched in 2025 and it is supported by the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), which invests in late-stage tech companies and AI-driven platforms. G42 states that its entry is on right time when India started defining governance models for responsible AI development.
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