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Request for changes

Hi I have a conflict of interest and on behalf of G42 would like to request the following changes be made to this article to update and improve the content.

Firstly, the article should be renamed to G42 (company). The name Group 42 was previously used but G42 is the modern name used to describe the company in all press and subsidiary names. I can submit a page move request as well if that is sensible but it seemed logical to request this as part of my wider request seeing as there is also a need to replace the mentions of Group 42 in the rest of the article with "G42".

Secondly, the article is missing a lot of the enterprises and joint ventures, which has made other information outdated as well. The article needs considerable expansion, but as a start, can the introduction and Corporate history section be updated (replacing the existing text of these sections) to read as follows?:

G42 (previously known as Group42) is a technology holding company based in the UAE. It has multiple vertical businesses under its structure including oil and gas, smart cities, healthcare, and geospatial intelligence.
Corporate history
G42 was founded in 2018 (this previously read 2017, which is not correct, source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/abu-dhabis-g42-forms-big-data-jv-with-israeli-defence-company-rafael-2021-04-19/) and is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It comprises a multidisciplinary and diverse team of data scientists and engineers. The company performs applied AI research and development process on big data, AI, and machine learning via its various portfolio companies. G42 is chaired by the National Security Advisor of UAE, Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Peng Xiao is the Group CEO. (example source confirming Mr Xiao’s position https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2023/04/28/regulatory-oversight-called-for-as-generative-ai-takes-centre-stage/)
In 2020, Mubadala took a stake in the company, transferring ownership of two information technology companies, Injazat and Khazna to G42. (source https://www.reuters.com/article/mubadala-inv-g42-ma-idINL8N2HO1NV) In 2021, private equity firm Silver Lake invested $800 million for a minority stake, becoming G42’s first Western investor. (sources https://www.wsj.com/articles/silver-lake-invests-about-800-million-for-minority-stake-in-abu-dhabis-g42-11618394401, https://wired.me/business/silver-lake-funnels-800-million-into-abu-dhabi-based-g42/)

Can the Infobox also be updated as follows:

Areas served: Middle East and Africa, Central Asia, Europe and the US

Number of employees: 20,000 (source if needed https://businesschief.eu/leadership-and-strategy/abu-dhabi-health-tech-company-m42-now-biggest-in-region)

"Subsidiaries" changed to "Portfolio companies" for accuracy and including the following:

  • AIQ
  • Bayanat
  • G42 Cloud
  • G42 Healthcare
  • Hayat Biotech
  • IIAI
  • Injazat
  • Khazna
  • M42
  • Presight

I have wording and sources to provide proper subsections on these but for now it would be good to have them visible at a glance.

Finally, the "Partnership" section is also very out of date. For now, I suggest renaming it and splitting it into two separate sections, "Portfolio companies" containing Bayanat from the existing list, and "Partnerships and initiatives", containing Adalytyx, BGI Group, Rafael and IAI, and ToTok. Nanoscent and Alibaba Cloud can be removed as they were respectively a short-term collaboration and a small event from 2019 and not relevant for this article. Again, I have suggestions for expanding these lists but as a start having these in two separate, alphabetical lists would be easier for a reader to navigate.

Many thanks for your help in advance! Oddoso (talk) 16:40, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Oddoso It appears that certain elements in your request, such as the change to article name, information in the infobox and changes to the lead section have been approved and implemented, while other parts of the request have not. For a detailed description of the changes made, please consult the article's edit history. Regards,  Spintendo  09:40, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Spintendo thanks for responding, I have reviewed the changes made as you suggested. Thank you @Ptrnext for making those amends, especially the rename.
It would be helpful if you or Ptrnext could elaborate on why some of the changes have not been enacted. I have tried to follow neutral point of view recommendations for tone and have provided reliable sources where they would be necessary, so I'm not sure what the objection is, or if it was just an ommission and Ptrnext thought that other editors might chip in on the other parts?
Obviously you are all volunteers and so I appreciate the time you take to answer requests on topics that likely don't hold much interest for you, but as I am discouraged from adding material without raising a request, it would be helpful to know if there is a genuine objection or if I could just be adding the material myself if it does not violate community guidelines.
As the rearranging of the Partnership section is mostly just moving content around, which I can imagine is tedious when answering requests, would it be acceptable if I made this change myself to show the proposed restructuring? Thanks Oddoso (talk) 11:49, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Oddoso, yes, I only got around to implement the trivial ones. I noticed some basic changes were questionable (e.g. the 20,000 employees figure was for M42, not G42, according to your citation; not sure why you decided to remove the word controlled from "controlled and chaired by Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan" when he is the controlling shareholder.) When I have time, I can look at the remaining requests. If you prefer, you can open up the edit request again, so others can jump in possibly earlier than I can. Thanks, Ptrnext (talk) 04:03, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Ptrnext, I will reopen the request as you suggest.
To answer your questions, your (better) citation wasn't published when I was looking for a citation originally and because I already had one I wasn't looking for a new one to confirm this statistic when I submitted this request.
Secondly my proposed text for the Introduction and Corporate History section are more aimed at: indicating the up to date areas G42 works in; correcting applied versus fundamental research and not just focusing on IIAI when other portfolio companies contribute; and adding the CEO and two notable investors in. "controlled" can be kept in if you consider that is a better description. This sentence in particular needs updating: "The organization is oriented to development of AI industries in the government sector, healthcare, finance, oil and gas, aviation and hospitality". "oriented to development" sounds a bit promotional and not very grammatical which is why I phrased my proposed addition differently.
Could the following information be incorporated into your Cerebras addition?: "The planned network of supercomputers is called Condor Galaxy and will have combined 36 ExaFLOPs of AI compute, sufficient to impact the world wide inventory of AI compute." Here's a citation for the specs: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-supercomputer-2662304872
Am I good to go ahead with the proposed tidying of the Partnership section?
Thanks! Oddoso (talk) 17:15, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Oddoso With regards to the planned network of supercomputers, that would fall under WP:CRYSTALBALL. With regards to the companies that are in collaboration with the subject company, If you could provide the wikilinks for these companies in your reply message below, I think it would be important to establish their notability before mentioning them in the article. Regards,  Spintendo  02:08, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I implemented some of the changes. The change to the lede needs to be supported by sources, so I haven't done that. The infobox does not have a 'portfolio company' field, so I have left the subsidiary field as is (I do see G42 Healthcare referred to as a subsidiary in sources). The Cerebras one is WP:CRYSTAL as Spintendo pointed out, but I included specs for supercomputer that is installed. Thanks, Ptrnext (talk) 05:17, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Ptrnext and @Spintendo, thanks again for reviewing this. Ptrnext, regarding citations for the introduction, I believe that these are not required under MOS:LEADCITE? Hopefully my suggested additions below to the partnership list can speak for these. Spintendo, I have included wikilinks wherever there was an article to link to.
There are 7 portfolio companies and 10 partnerships to consider for inclusion (unfortunately the article is very out of date) so for ease of reading I will put these into two sections on this Talk page, "Portfolio companies", and "Partnerships and initiatives", reflecting the current article structure. I think the existing bullet points in the "portfolio companies" section would be more practical if converted to Level 3 headings, with associated partnerships of these companies listed as bullet points within these, so I have formatted them accordingly. Existing citations are indicated here by their current number in square brackets, new ones in supertext.
Entries already in the article are incorporated but some have proposed additional detail/rewrites. I have not reopened the request but if it would be helpful I can do that again and please let me know if I can help with anything at all. Oddoso (talk) 15:27, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Portfolio companies (suggested new content, see comment 22 Aug 2023)

M42 and G42 Healthcare

In 2023, G42 launched M42, a tech-enabled healthcare company, with sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company.

M42 manages a portfolio of healthcare assets including Diaverum, Cleveland Clinic, Amana Healthcare, Biogenix Labs and Moorfields Eye Hospital Abu Dhabi. The Group CEO and managing director is Hasan Jasem Al Nowais. https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/healthcare/abu-dhabis-g42-and-mubadala-combine-healthcare-assets-to-form-m42https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-18/mubadala-backed-firm-to-buy-bridgepoint-dialysis-chain-diaverum

Through M42, G42 operates G42 Healthcare which has entered into various partnerships with entities in the health sector including:

AIQ

In 2020 G42 formed a joint venture with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to build AI products for the oil and gas industry. G42 owns 40% of the company and ADNOC owns 60%.https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/adnoc-and-group-42-form-joint-venture-to-develop-ai-products-for-oil-and-gas-industry-1.1089952

Bayanat

On 14 January 2020, G42 announced the acquisition of Bayanat for Mapping and Surveying Services LLC, an end-to-end and custom provider of geospatial data products and services.[10][11][12] Following Bayanat’s 2022 IPO, G42 owns a 77% stake in Bayanat.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-31/silver-lake-backed-abu-dhabi-ai-firm-bayanat-quadruples-on-debut

G42 Cloud

A provider of cloud services and solutions for the public and private sectors.

Hayat Biotech

Hayat Biotech was formed as a joint venture between G42 and Sinopharm for the life sciences industry.https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2022/07/12/ad-ports-to-support-hayat-biotechs-international-expansion-under-new-deal/ In 2021 Hayat Biotech produced and distributed the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in the UAE.https://gulfbusiness.com/uae-approves-new-sinopharm-vaccine-to-be-used-as-booster-jabs/ In 2022 Hayat Biotech signed an agreement with AD Ports Group for distribution and expansion.https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2022/07/12/ad-ports-to-support-hayat-biotechs-international-expansion-under-new-deal/

Injazat

Injazat was part of Mubadala’s ICT portfolio before in was acquired by G42 in 2020. As part of the deal Mubadala acquired a stake in G42. During the Covid-19 pandemic Injazat’s MICloud project migrated Mubadala’s IT services and online servers into the cloud.https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/abu-dhabi-s-injazat-aims-to-become-1bn-company-within-five-years-1.1227347

Khazna

In 2022 G42 and e& merged their data center services under Khazna Data Centers. The merger created the largest data center provider in the UAE and Middle East.https://gulfnews.com/business/e-g42-officially-consolidate-data-centers-under-khazna-1.88402460https://w.media/uae-e-and-g42-merge-data-centre-services-under-khazna-data-centres/

Presight

A provider of big data analytics solutions, powered by AI, Presight made its IPO in 2023 with G42 as a majority shareholder.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-27/presight-ai-soars-176-in-abu-dhabi-debut-after-496-million-ipo?leadSource=uverify%20wall&sref=fXnwrRJZhttps://gulfbusiness.com/g42-groups-presight-ai-gets-496m-in-ipo/

Oddoso (talk) 15:27, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Partnerships and initiatives (suggested new content, see comment 22 Aug 2023)

Oddoso (talk) 15:27, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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