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- Saudi Arabia has launched Humain, a state‑owned AI powerhouse under the Public Investment Fund (PIF), to drive its Vision 2030 goals.
- Humain aims to build the entire AI stack—from infrastructure and data centers to multimodal Arabic models and enterprise solutions.
- Backed by $940 billion in PIF capital, Humain is investing billions in global tech partnerships and infrastructure to capture a major share of the global AI market.
Inside Humain’s Ambition: Building the AI Future
- Founded on May 12, 2025, by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Humain is now chaired by him and led by CEO Tareq Amin, formerly of Aramco Digital.
- Humain’s mission is to become the region’s top full-stack AI company, managing AI infrastructure, cloud, data, models, and applications under one roof.
Strategic Investments & Partnerships
- The company has inked $23 billion in contracts with tech giants such as Nvidia, AMD, AWS, and Qualcomm
- Initial deployment includes 18,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, scaling up to hundreds of thousands over five years across multiple data centers totaling up to 6.6 gigawatts, with an expected total cost of $77 billion.
AMD: $10B collaboration to build 500 MW hyperscale infrastructure
Qualcomm: Chip design hub in Riyadh with 500 engineers
- AWS: $5B “AI Zone” initiative in Saudi Arabia.
Strategic Targets & Impact
- Humain aims to handle 7% of global AI training and inferencing workloads by 2030, establishing Saudi Arabia as a global AI infrastructure leader.
- AI is expected to contribute 12.4% of Saudi Arabia’s GDP (~$235 billion) by 2030 according to PwC, underlining the transformative economic potential.
- The Kingdom plans to certify 20,000 AI specialists by 2030 to support tech adoption and local innovation.
Human-Centered Innovation & Sovereignty
- Humain aspires to deliver one of the world’s most powerful Arabic language LLMs, ensuring cultural and linguistic relevance.
- Its human‑centric design philosophy aims for AI systems that are ethical, inclusive, transparent, and accountable, tackling real-world challenges in healthcare, energy, and governance.
- The sovereign AI model reflects Saudi’s intent to maintain control over critical AI infrastructure and data flows a key objective in its national AI strategy.
Inside Humain’s Ambition: Building the AI Future
Saudi Arabia’s pivot toward AI via Humain is a decisive step in realizing Vision 2030’s promise of a diversified, future-ready economy. Unlike incremental efforts elsewhere, Humain offers a fully integrated, sovereign AI operating company designed to serve both domestic needs and global markets. Through strategic partnerships, massive infrastructure investments, and a focus on Arabic AI models, Humain is positioning Saudi Arabia not as a follower but as an AI leader.
