We build AI strategy that ships.
For Saudi government entities and enterprises turning AI ambition into working systems.
Cicada reports on Saudi AI every day. That gives our advisors a current, detailed view of the market, the regulators and the vendors. We turn that view into decisions you can act on.
What we do
AI Strategy & Readiness
Assess where AI creates value in your organization, benchmark readiness against SDAIA's frameworks, and produce a prioritized roadmap with owners, budgets and milestones.
- AI readiness assessment
- Use-case discovery and prioritization
- Operating model and governance
PDPL & Data Governance
Bring data practices in line with the Personal Data Protection Law and NDMO standards, so AI programs can move without compliance surprises.
- PDPL gap assessment
- Data classification and governance
- AI ethics and risk controls
Vendor Selection & Procurement
Independent support choosing models, clouds and integrators: requirements, RFPs, scoring and contract terms, with local-content and data-residency rules built in.
- Requirements and RFP design
- Cloud, model and integrator evaluation
- Commercial and contract review
Arabic LLM Deployment
Design and deploy Arabic-first generative AI: model choice, retrieval over your own documents, evaluation in Arabic, and hosting inside the Kingdom.
- Model selection and evaluation
- Retrieval and knowledge assistants
- In-Kingdom hosting and security
KSA Market Entry
For international technology companies: market sizing, regulatory path, partner mapping and go-to-market for Saudi government and enterprise buyers.
- Market and competitor mapping
- Regulatory and licensing path
- Partner and channel strategy
How we work
- 01
Diagnose
Interviews, data review and a readiness baseline in the first weeks.
- 02
Design
A roadmap, architecture and business case your leadership can approve.
- 03
Deploy
Pilot with real users and real data, measured against agreed targets.
- 04
Scale
Hand-over, training and governance so it keeps working after we leave.
Why Cicada
Newsroom intelligence
We track every major AI announcement, regulation and deal in the Kingdom. Our advice starts from current facts.
Arabic first
Strategy documents, workshops and deliverables in Arabic and English, written for Saudi decision makers.
Vendor neutral
We don't resell software or cloud. Our recommendations are independent.
Who we work with
- Government
- Energy
- Financial services
- Giga-projects
- Healthcare
- Telecom
Let's build.
Book a briefing
A 30-minute conversation with a Cicada advisor. We reply within one working day.