$40B in Saudi AI deals; UAE awaits 0.5m AI chip US export quota
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Lots of news to share related to President Donald Trump’s Gulf tour and all the technology announcements made during his visit to the region.
During the US Presidents visit to Riyadh, more then $40 billion of AI chip and AI infrastructure deals and investments were announced by the likes of AMD, AWS, Qualcomm and NVIDIA.
Today’s presidential visit to the UAE will also be full of tech deals, including an agreement that will allow the Emirates to import 500,000 of high-end NVIDIA AI chips per year until 2030! According to Reuters, the agreement also includes a reciprocal deal committing the UAE to build data centres in the USA
And, don’t forget, that the beginning of this week saw the launch of Saudi Arabia’s new national AI company HUMAIN.
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Saudi Arabia launches new AI giant: HUMAIN
#Saudi #investment – Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has launched HUMAIN, a new AI company chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Based in Riyadh, HUMAIN will develop advanced data centres, AI infrastructure, and a multimodal Arabic LLM, working with global tech partners including AMD, AWS Microsoft, NVIDIA and Google Cloud (Middle East AI News).
Oracle commits $14 billion to Saudi Arabia's tech future
#Saudi #investment – Oracle has pledged $14 billion over ten years to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The investment—nearly 10x its previous commitment—supports Vision 2030 and signals deepening US-Saudi tech ties, with major benefits for both public and private sectors (Middle East AI News).
Saudi forms AI-focused $10B joint venture with AMD
#Saudi #datacentres – HUMAIN has signed a $10 billion joint venture with AMD to create a global AI hyperscaler. The partnership will deploy 50MW of compute by Q4 2025 and scale to 500MW. Initial data centres will launch in Saudi Arabia before expanding to the US and beyond (Middle East AI News).
Saudi to build 500MW AI factories with NVIDIA tech
#Saudi #datacentres – HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s new national AI company, has partnered with NVIDIA to build AI factories powered by hundreds of thousands of GPUs. The initiative begins with an 18,000-unit Grace Blackwell supercomputer and aims to reach 500MW of capacity, ranking among the world’s largest AI infrastructure projects (Middle East AI News).
AWS, HUMAIN launch $5 billion AI Zone in Saudi Arabia
#Saudi #innovation– Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Saudi AI company HUMAIN will co-develop a $5B+ AI Zone to serve as a regional AI hub. The project expands AWS’s cloud presence and delivers cutting-edge services like SageMaker, Bedrock, and Amazon Q, fuelling the Kingdom’s $130B AI growth potential by 2030 (Middle East AI News).
Qualcomm and HUMAIN forge Saudi AI data centre deal
#Saudi #datacentres – Qualcomm has signed an MoU with Saudi AI company HUMAIN to co-develop next-gen AI data centres and cloud-to-edge services. The deal includes a Saudi-based Qualcomm Design Centre, helping boost local semiconductor design capabilities and supporting HUMAIN’s Arabic LLM across edge devices (Middle East AI News).
Scale AI to open Riyadh office following regional deals
#Saudi #marketentry - San Francisco-based Scale AI will open a Riyadh office by year-end, expanding its Middle East presence alongside plans for a UAE office. The Amazon-backed startup recently signed a five-year deal with Qatar’s government to integrate AI in public services. (Middle East AI News)
FEATURE: AI chip breakthrough expected as Trump heads to GCC
#GCC #geopolitics - As President Trump visits Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, Gulf leaders seek US support for AI technology access amid tightened export controls. The visit will generate major AI and tech investment deals, strengthening US-GCC partnerships and regional digital ambitions. (Middle East AI News)
US-UAE AI Chip Deal
UAE, US on verge of 500,000 AI chip annual quota deal
#UAE #AIchips – The UAE is close to sealing a landmark deal with the US to import 500,000 Nvidia AI chips annually. G42 would receive 100,000 chips (20%), with the rest shared by other organisations. The pact, expected to be announced today during President Trump’s official visit to theUAE, includes reciprocal US data centre investments. (Middle East AI News)
Data Centres
UAE's du launches GPU-as-a-service for AI development
#UAE #datacentres – UAE telecom provider du has launched GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), giving government and enterprise customers access to high-performance GPU computing for AI development without upfront hardware costs. The cloud-based offering supports generative AI, large language models, and aligns with the UAE’s AI-first strategy. (Middle East AI News)
Digital Transformation
Presight unveils AI-Policing Suite at Dubai summit
#UAE #security – Abu Dhabi-based Presight has launched a modular AI-Policing Suite at the World Police Summit 2025. The platform integrates generative AI, intelligent agents, and computer vision to enhance crime investigations and decision-making. The five-module system supports multilingual input and real-time monitoring for modern policing. (Middle East AI News)
Funding
Saudi $50 million AI fund to bridge Silicon Valley & GCC
#Saudi #venturecapital - Saudi VC Tala Al Jabri launched Wyld VC, a $50 million fund with the backing of Lawrence E. Golub's family office, investing in early-stage AI startups across the GCC and Silicon Valley. The fund aims to bridge technical expertise and boost Gulf AI infrastructure. (Middle East AI News)
Kazakhstan
Presight opens Central Asia hub in Astana
#Kazakhstan #smartcities - UAE-based Presight inaugurated its first Central Asia office in Astana during Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled’s visit. The move supports a $190 million smart city deal digitising urban infrastructure and deploying AI analytics to optimise traffic and public services. (Middle East AI News)
Startups
ProvenMed & Dr. Nutrition launch AI wellness kits
#UAE #healthtech - ProvenMed and Dr. Nutrition have partnered to launch Livv®, an AI-driven urine testing kit for home wellness monitoring. Available soon at 118 UAE Dr. Nutrition stores and online, the product aims to expand preventive health access across the Middle East. (Dubai PR Hub)
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