FROM OIL TO ALGORITHMS: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE LAUNCHES NEW AI COMPANY AS TRUMP HEADS TO RIYADH.

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal FROM OIL TO ALGORITHMS: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE LAUNCHES NEW AI COMPANY AS TRUMP HEADS TO RIYADH Saudi Arabia is building more than skyscrapers—it now wants to build robots, data centers, and AI brains. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman just launched Humain, a brand-new tech company that will create artificial intelligence systems and infrastructure, including cloud services and supercomputers. It’s all part of Vision 2030, a national plan to help Saudi Arabia move beyond oil and become a global hub for AI, competing with tech giants in the U.S. and China. The timing isn’t random: Trump is landing in Riyadh this week, and artificial intelligence is expected to be a major topic at a U.S.–Saudi investment forum. Even U.S. companies are getting in early. Salesforce, a major cloud software firm, has pledged to invest $500 million in Saudi AI development. So yes—the world’s biggest oil exporter now wants to export smart machines, too. Source: Reuters

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