"The $100 billion commitment will flow through a partnership between Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and several major U.S. technology firms. According to Reuters, the initiative encompasses agreements with companies including AMD, Qualcomm, and Oracle, with a significant portion earmarked for building AI-capable data centres on Saudi soil."
"The entity named Humain will serve as Saudi Arabia's dedicated AI company, designed to develop Arabic-language AI models, cloud computing infrastructure, and what officials describe as a 'sovereign AI' capability. The ambition is clear: the Kingdom doesn't want to merely consume AI products built elsewhere. It wants to be a node in the global AI supply chain itself."
"This is a country that derived roughly 60% of its government revenue from oil as recently as 2023, now committing a sum equivalent to the entire GDP of Morocco to a single technology thesis."
Saudi Arabia announced a $100 billion technology investment fund during President Trump's May 2025 visit to Riyadh, marking a significant shift from oil-dependent revenue. The fund, managed through a new entity called Humain, partners with major U.S. technology firms including AMD, Qualcomm, and Oracle to build AI-capable data centers within Saudi Arabia. Humain will develop Arabic-language AI models and sovereign AI capabilities, positioning the Kingdom as a node in the global AI supply chain rather than merely consuming foreign technology. This commitment, equivalent to Morocco's entire GDP, reflects the velocity of Saudi Arabia's economic transformation within its Vision 2030 framework, targeting computation infrastructure as a deeper layer of global economic participation.
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