Qatar Investment Authority
QIA manages Qatar's national reserves and has become one of the most visible Gulf backers of frontier AI. It participated in Anthropic's $13B Series F and in xAI's Series C and Series E, and runs a fund-of-funds program for venture firms that set up in Doha.
Investing activity
Qatar Investment Authority appears in 7 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $41.1B, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Series C, Series F and Series D, with a median round size of $6B and the largest at $20B. The most recent are Positron (Series C, $875M, Sep 2026), Gatik (Series D, $200M, Aug 2026) and Azraq (Pre-seed, Jul 2026).
Qatar Investment Authority most often invests alongside Valor Equity Partners, BlackRock, General Atlantic and T. Rowe Price, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI, AI inference chips and Autonomous trucking.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Qatar Investment Authority
What AI companies has Qatar Investment Authority invested in?
Qatar Investment Authority's AI investments include Positron, Gatik, Azraq, SambaNova, xAI and Anthropic. The 7 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Qatar Investment Authority based?
Qatar Investment Authority is based in Doha, Qatar.
What stage does Qatar Investment Authority invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Qatar Investment Authority has invested at Series C, Series F, Series D and Pre-seed, with a median round of $6B. Qatar Investment Authority led 1 of those rounds.
Who does Qatar Investment Authority co-invest with?
Qatar Investment Authority's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Valor Equity Partners (3 deals), BlackRock (3 deals), General Atlantic (2 deals), T. Rowe Price (2 deals) and MGX (2 deals).
How can founders reach Qatar Investment Authority?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Qatar Investment Authority's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Qatar Investment Authority to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.