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title: "Cicada | Saudi AI & Tech News, Data and Consulting"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en"
language: "en"
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# Cicada: The signal in Saudi AI.

Sourced reporting on AI in Saudi Arabia: SDAIA, HUMAIN, data centers, policy and startups, plus a verified timeline, data trackers and AI consulting.

## Latest

- 15 Sept 2026 — [Riyadh hosts Global AI Week with the fourth GAIN Summit and UNESCO ethics forum](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/gain-2026-fourth-edition-riyadh)
- 9 Sept 2026 — [HUMAIN prepares IPO and outside capital, Fortune reports](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-seeks-external-investment-2026)
- 3 Sept 2026 — [HUMAIN unveils humain-m3, a 428bn-parameter Arabic model built with MiniMax](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-m3-arabic-frontier-model-2026)
- 1 Sept 2026 — [HUMAIN launches Nvidia Blackwell Ultra cloud at 1.1MW, targets 35MW in 2027](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-nvidia-ai-cloud-live-2026)
- 1 Sept 2026 — [LEAP 2026 day two adds $2.5bn for data centers and cloud](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap26-day-two-data-centre-investments)
- 1 Sept 2026 — [Together AI and HUMAIN plan 250MW Saudi data center targeting $5bn revenue](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/together-ai-humain-250mw-2026)
- 31 Aug 2026 — [LEAP 2026 closes with nearly $15bn in AI and infrastructure announcements](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap26-opens-riyadh)
- 31 Aug 2026 — [AWS confirms December 2026 launch of Saudi region and 50MW AI Zone by 2028](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed)
- 31 Aug 2026 — [DataVolt and HUMAIN start building 100MW AI data center at NEOM's Oxagon](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/datavolt-humain-oxagon-construction-2026)
- 9 Jul 2026 — [HUMAIN and Canada's Cohere agree to collaborate on AI compute and sovereign models](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-cohere-partnership-2026)
- Jul 2026 — [Saudi startups raise $93.5m in July 2026; UAE takes 96.8% of regional funding](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/saudi-startup-funding-h1-july-2026)
- 1 Jun 2026 — [HUMAIN to bring Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion robotaxi platform to Saudi Arabia](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-nvidia-drive-hyperion-robotaxi-2026)

## Trackers

- Announced investment: $48.7 bn (20 announced commitments)
- Data center capacity tracked: 6,338 MW (26 sites)
- Funding rounds tracked: 11

## Sections

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- [AI](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/ai)
- [Gov-Tech](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/govtech)
- [Startups](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/startups)
- [Data Centers](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/datacenters)
- [Policy](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/policy)
- [Giga-projects](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/gigaprojects)
- [Investment](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/investment)
- [Events](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/topics/events)
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Cicada · The signal in Saudi AI.
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