The Lesser-Known OpenAI Rival That’s Trying to Win the Global South

G42’s Inception is relatively unknown in the US, but it has access to a vast amount of capital and chips.

G42 CEO Peng Xiao, left, meets with OpenAI's Sam Altman.

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Hi, it’s Mark in London, filling in for Shirin this week. An AI research lab you’ve probably never heard of is tapping a trove of chips and capital to expand from the Persian Gulf to the Global South. But first..

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