His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak: Investing in an AI-Driven World

from Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith · host Microsoft

From the collapse of the pearl trade to becoming a global powerhouse in oil and gas, the UAE has repeatedly reinvented itself through resilience and long-term thinking. In this episode, His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak, CEO of sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, joins Brad to explore how Mubadala thinks about long-term capital investment, why the UAE is positioned as an early leader in AI adoption, and what history can teach us about preparing for the world’s next major technological shift. Khaldoon breaks down the role of sovereign capital in shaping emerging technologies, and why patience may be the most powerful competitive advantage in an era defined by rapid change.

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His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak, CEO of Mubadala, joins Brad to explore how sovereign capital is shaping the AI era and why the UAE is positioning itself at the center of the next technological transformation.

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