Some of the UAE’s largest firms have stepped up US deal announcements in the past year, as enthusiasm for AI and energy infrastructure drives momentum.

Abu Dhabi AI investment firm MGX participated in Anthropic’s most recent fundraise, and has also backed OpenAI and xAI. It also joined a BlackRock-led consortium that acquired AI infrastructure firm Aligned Data Centers in a deal valued at $40 billion.

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed’s new financial services holding company Judan has also been active, buying a majority stake in Alpha Wave Global, a Miami-based investor in Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX. G42 has expanded its data center footprint in the US, while also building the 5GW UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi — largely catering to US hyperscalers — with 500MW coming online this year. UAE aluminum firm EGA and Century Aluminum are in a joint venture to build a massive aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma.

US exports to the UAE hit $31.4 billion in 2025, producing a $23.8 billion trade surplus in Washington’s favor, the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the UAE Embassy in the US.