From Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, May 12:
HRH Crown Prince launches HUMAIN as global AI powerhouse
- HUMAIN will operate and invest across the AI value chain
- PIF contributes to positioning Saudi Arabia as a globally competitive AI hub
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of PIF, today announced the launch of HUMAIN, a PIF-owned company. HUMAIN will operate and invest across the artificial intelligence (AI) value chain as a unified operating company.
Chaired by HRH the Crown Prince, HUMAIN will provide a comprehensive range of AI services, products and tools, including next-generation data centers, AI infrastructure and cloud capabilities, and advanced AI models and solutions. The company will also offer one of the world’s most powerful multimodal Arabic large language models (LLMs).
The company will enable capabilities to develop and deliver AI solutions locally, regionally and globally. HUMAIN aspires to both enhance human capabilities and support the unlocking of new possibilities through the digital economy.
PIF and its companies are actively investing in building an AI ecosystem and fostering international AI partnerships. These investments benefit from Saudi Arabia’s value proposition, including its strategic location at the nexus of three continents, which enables large volumes of data to be processed, as well as the country’s economic growth prospects and young, tech-savvy population, which support cutting-edge AI research and innovation.
PIF's strategy for the AI and digital economy contributes to positioning Saudi Arabia as a globally competitive hub by innovating and building capacity, in its mission to enable the development and diversification of the domestic economy.
The Global AI Index, published in 2024, ranked Saudi Arabia as the world leader in terms of government AI strategy.
HUMAIN will also streamline various data center initiatives, procure hardware and accelerate the adoption of AI technologies. The company will serve as a regional and global AI hub for strategic sectors, including energy, healthcare, manufacturing and financial services....
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The PIF has $925 billion under management.
And from Nvidia, May 13:
HUMAIN and NVIDIA Announce Strategic Partnership to Build AI Factories of the Future in Saudi Arabia
HUMAIN, the new full AI value chain subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, today announced a landmark strategic partnership with NVIDIA, the world leader in AI computing infrastructure, to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence development.
The two organizations will leverage NVIDIA platforms and expertise to establish Saudi Arabia as a global leader in AI, GPU cloud computing and digital transformation to drive innovation and growth worldwide.
The partnership underscores HUMAIN’s mission to position Saudi Arabia as an international AI powerhouse — combining cutting-edge infrastructure, frontier AI models, immersive digital platforms and human capital development.
Powering AI Factories of Tomorrow
HUMAIN is making a major investment to build AI factories in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a projected capacity of up to 500 megawatts powered by several hundred thousand of NVIDIA’s most advanced GPUs over the next five years. The first phase of deployment will be an 18,000 NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell AI supercomputer with NVIDIA InfiniBand networking.
These hyperscale AI data centers will provide a secure foundational infrastructure for training and deploying sovereign AI models at scale, enabling industries across Saudi Arabia and worldwide to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.
Unlocking the Era of Physical AI With NVIDIA Omniverse
HUMAIN will deploy the NVIDIA Omniverse™ platform as a multi-tenant system to drive acceleration of the new era of physical AI and robotics through simulation, optimization and operation of physical environments by new human-AI-led solutions. This will allow industries such as manufacturing, logistics and energy to create fully integrated digital twins, boosting efficiency, safety and sustainability while fast-tracking the Kingdom’s journey toward Industry 4.0.
Enabling the Kingdom’s AI Ecosystem Through Workforce Transformation
To support this transformation, HUMAIN and NVIDIA will collaborate on large-scale upskilling and training initiatives, providing thousands of Saudi citizens and developers with hands-on experience in advanced AI, simulation, robotics and digital twin technologies. This effort will contribute to building a robust national AI ecosystem and align with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals of economic diversification and digital leadership.
“AI, like electricity and internet, is essential infrastructure for every nation,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Together with HUMAIN, we are building AI infrastructure for the people and companies of Saudi Arabia to realize the bold vision of the Kingdom.”
“We thank NVIDIA for their strategic partnership with the Kingdom. This collaboration with HUMAIN marks a turning point, building the AI factories of the future, unlocking compute and powering the next era of physical AI,” said His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology. “This lays the groundwork for a new industrial revolution, anchored in advanced infrastructure, talent and global ambition. This is how Saudi Arabia continues to lead as a partner of choice in shaping the future of AI.”....
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