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id: "entity-uae-d94"
type: "entity"
entityType: "other"
canonicalName: "United Arab Emirates"
aliases: ["UAE"]
source_timestamps: ["¶4", "§ Thinking About AI Capability on a National Scale", "§ How to Develop a Country-Level AI Strategy"]
tags: ["nation", "sovereign-wealth", "infrastructure"]
related: ["framework-national-ai-capability", "claim-us-china-different-models"]
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-cl-94-ai-strategy-beyond-us-china"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/12/your-ai-strategy-needs-to-expand-beyond-the-u-s-and-china"
sourceTitle: "Your AI Strategy Needs to Expand Beyond the U.S. and China"
---
# United Arab Emirates (UAE)

**Entity type:** Nation.

A rising player in the global AI landscape, making enormous bets through government investment, data-center capacity expansion, and venture capital. The UAE leverages sovereign wealth and energy abundance to build its AI sector rapidly, attracting partnerships with major tech firms including **Nvidia**, **OpenAI**, and **Microsoft**. It is the canonical example of the *Venture Capital / sovereign-wealth* factor in the [[framework-national-ai-capability]].

**Enrichment context:** Launched an aggressive national AI strategy and created a Minister of State for AI; invests via sovereign-wealth funds (Mubadala, ADQ) into global AI and semiconductor firms; Abu Dhabi's **G42** and Dubai initiatives build large data centers and AI clusters; high-profile deals with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Nvidia on regional infrastructure and capacity building. Verdict: **Strongly supported**.

**Canonical reference:** UAE AI Office / national AI strategy portal (ai.gov.ae); main government portal (u.ae).