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Saudi Arabia, UAE enter global AI talent top 20
Gulf states rise in global AI talent density rankings
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Saudi AI voice startup Sawt raises $1 million funding
T2 and STV lead Seed round in Saudi AI voice startup funding
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This week's top stories — 20-26 July
Saudi opens Tawakkalna superapp sandbox; Presight partners with Tajikistan
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SAMAI AI training reaches 424,000 Saudi citizens
SDAIA initiative accelerates towards million-person target
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12 month robotaxi trial begins in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia launches city autonomous taxi trial with WeRide
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First Saudi sovereign AI inference service platform launched
New inference platform Bunyan ensures data sovereignty and compliance
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New sandbox opens Saudi superapp to private sector
Private developers can now access 34 million users via regulated sandbox
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Wittify.ai raises $1.5M Pre-Seed funding for Arabic AI
Saudi investors back Arabic conversational AI platform
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Lucidya raises $30M in Saudi Arabia's biggest AI round
Impact46 leads record investment in Saudi-based AI CXM platform
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This week's top stories — 6-12 July
This was the week that Saudi Arabia announced that it was introducing AI education curricula across all public schools, at all grades.
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DCO releases global AI ethics tool
DCO announces self-assessment ethics framework at Geneva summit
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Saudi to deploy nationwide AI education in schools
Kingdom to integrate AI across all school levels for the new academic year
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