Chipping Away

Qatar makes chips play amid Gulf push into AI

The Qatar Investment Authority plans to be an anchor investor in Ardian Semiconductor, a fund set up by French private equity firm Ardian

Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani speaks at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on May 14. (Photo: Getty Images)

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani opened the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha this morning with the message that the country is continuing its economic diversification efforts driven by its sovereign wealth fund, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)....