In public, the company has announced its staggering growth with a steady cadence of news releases.
But in classified American intelligence channels, there have been more concerning reports about the company.
and other American spy agencies have issued warnings about G42’s work with large Chinese companies that U.S. officials consider security threats, including Huawei, the telecommunications giant that is under U.S. sanctions.
U.S. officials fear G42 could be a conduit by which advanced American technology is siphoned to Chinese companies or the government.
The intelligence reports have also warned that G42’s dealings with Chinese firms could be a pipeline to get the genetic data of millions of Americans and others into the hands of the Chinese government, according to two officials familiar with the reports.
Persons:
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, Jake Sullivan
Organizations:
United Arab, White House, AstraZeneca, OpenAI, Huawei
Locations:
United Arab Emirates, China, Silicon, U.S