--- title: "HUMAIN" url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/entities/humain" language: "en" type: "Corporation" --- # HUMAIN Saudi artificial intelligence company owned by the Public Investment Fund, launched in May 2025 to build AI infrastructure, models and services. HUMAIN appears in 35 stories in the Cicada archive, from 2023 to 2026. ## Every story, oldest first - 2023-10-17 — [Tareq Amin, ex-Rakuten Symphony chief, joins Aramco Digital as CEO](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/tareq-amin-joins-aramco-digital-2023): Tareq Amin, previously CEO of Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony, joined Aramco Digital as CEO, as reported on 17 October 2023. - 2024-10-30 — [PIF and Google Cloud sign deal for Saudi global AI hub near Dammam](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/pif-google-cloud-ai-hub-announced-2024): At FII8, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Google Cloud announced a partnership to create a global AI hub near Dammam in the Eastern Province, with research on Arabic models and Saudi-specific AI applications and AI programs for millions of students and professionals. - 2025-05-12 — [Tareq Amin takes the helm as HUMAIN CEO](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/tareq-amin-named-humain-ceo-2025): Tareq Amin was appointed CEO of HUMAIN in May 2025 when the PIF company launched. - 2025-05-12 — [Crown Prince launches HUMAIN, PIF's full-stack AI company](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-launched-2025): On 12 May 2025, on the eve of President Trump's visit, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, PIF chairman, had launched HUMAIN to operate and invest across the AI value chain: data centers, AI infrastructure and cloud, advanced AI models including a multimodal Arabic large language model, and AI solutions. - 2025-05-13 — [AWS and HUMAIN announce $5bn-plus 'AI Zone' in Saudi Arabia](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-aws-ai-zone-2025): Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HUMAIN announced an AI Zone with investment of more than $5 billion, combining AWS infrastructure, semiconductors and UltraCluster networking with services such as SageMaker, Bedrock and Amazon Q, plus a unified AI agent marketplace for government. - 2025-05-13 — [Saudi Arabia pledges $600bn US investment during Trump visit](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/us-saudi-investment-forum-600bn-2025): During President Trump's Gulf visit, Saudi Arabia pledged $600 billion of investments in the United States, with $300 billion of deals reportedly signed at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh on 13 May 2025. - 2025-05-13 — [Nvidia to supply HUMAIN with 18,000 GB300 chips in first tranche](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-nvidia-18000-chips-2025): At the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh on 13 May 2025, Nvidia said it would supply HUMAIN with more than 18,000 of its latest GB300 Grace Blackwell chips with InfiniBand networking in a first deployment, and several hundred thousand processors over five years. - 2025-05-13 — [AMD and HUMAIN announce up to $10bn AI infrastructure collaboration](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-amd-10bn-2025): AMD announced a collaboration with HUMAIN involving investment of up to $10 billion to build about 500 MW of AI compute capacity, with reports describing facilities in both Saudi Arabia and the United States. - 2025-06 — [MCIT and SDAIA issue National Data Center Strategy targeting 1.5GW by 2030](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/national-data-center-strategy-2025): In June 2025 the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) launched the National Data Center Strategy, targeting up to 1.5 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2030, one of the Middle East's largest planned national builds. - 2025-08-06 — [Saudi Arabia hosts OpenAI open models via HUMAIN-Groq partnership](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/openai-gpt-oss-humain-groq-2025): On 6 August 2025 HUMAIN and Groq announced the Middle East's first deployment of OpenAI's open-weight gpt-oss-120B and gpt-oss-20B models, running on Groq's inference infrastructure inside HUMAIN's sovereign data centers in the Kingdom, Arab News reported on 7 August. - 2025-08-25 — [HUMAIN breaks ground on first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025): HUMAIN began construction of its first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam in late August 2025, with initial capacity of up to 100 MW each and a launch then expected in the second quarter of 2026, according to CEO Tareq Amin, as reported by Bloomberg. - 2025-08-25 — [HUMAIN launches Arabic chat app powered by ALLaM 34B](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-chat-allam-34b-launch-2025): HUMAIN launched HUMAIN Chat on web, iOS and Android on 25 August 2025, initially for users in Saudi Arabia, powered by the new ALLaM 34B model. - 2025-10-27 — [HUMAIN and Qualcomm plan 200MW of AI200/AI250 inference racks](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-qualcomm-200mw-2025): HUMAIN and Qualcomm announced a collaboration to deploy 200 MW of Qualcomm AI200 and AI250 rack-scale AI inference solutions in Saudi Arabia beginning in 2026, which they describe as the world's first fully optimized edge-to-cloud hybrid inferencing service. - 2025-10-27 — [HUMAIN unveils HUMAIN One, which it calls the first AI operating system](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-one-ai-os-2025): At FII9 HUMAIN unveiled HUMAIN One, which it describes as the world's first AI operating system, consolidating HR, finance, procurement and productivity tasks in a language-based interface. - 2025-10-27 — [FII9 closes with over $50bn in deals and pledges](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/fii9-riyadh-2025): The ninth Future Investment Initiative ran from 27 to 30 October 2025 in Riyadh under the theme 'The Key to Prosperity', ending with more than $50 billion in signed agreements and investment pledges across AI, advanced technology, renewable energy and infrastructure. - 2025-10-28 — [HUMAIN and Blackstone-backed AirTrunk plan data center campus with $3bn start](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-airtrunk-3bn-2025): On 28 October 2025 HUMAIN and AirTrunk, backed by Blackstone and CPP Investments, announced a partnership to build and operate data centers in Saudi Arabia, with an initial investment of about $3 billion. - 2025-10-28 — [Aramco signs term sheet for significant minority stake in HUMAIN](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aramco-humain-minority-stake-2025): The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Aramco signed a non-binding term sheet on 28 October 2025 under which Aramco would acquire a significant minority stake in HUMAIN, with PIF keeping majority ownership and both contributing AI assets, capabilities and talent. - 2025-11-19 — [HUMAIN leads $900m Series C in Luma AI at $4bn valuation](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/luma-ai-900m-series-c-humain-2025): Luma AI raised a $900 million Series C led by HUMAIN, with AMD Ventures and existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the video-AI company at $4 billion. - 2025-11-19 — [AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN set up joint venture for up to 1GW of AI infrastructure](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/amd-cisco-humain-jv-2025): AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN announced a joint venture in November 2025, around the US-Saudi Investment Forum, to deploy up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia by 2030. - 2025-11-19 — [US approves up to 35,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips each for HUMAIN and G42](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/us-approves-35000-blackwell-chips-humain-2025): The US Commerce Department said on 19 November 2025 that it approved exports of up to 35,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips each to Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN and the UAE's G42. - 2025-11-19 — [xAI and HUMAIN to build 500MW data center in Saudi Arabia](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-xai-500mw-2025): Elon Musk announced at the US-Saudi Investment Forum on 19 November 2025 that xAI, HUMAIN and Nvidia will build a 500 MW AI data center in Saudi Arabia, powered by Nvidia chips. - 2025-11-19 — [HUMAIN and Nvidia plan up to 600,000 GPUs over three years](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-nvidia-600000-gpus-2025): At the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, HUMAIN and Nvidia announced an expanded partnership to deploy up to 600,000 Nvidia GPUs, including GB300 Blackwell platforms, over three years across Saudi Arabia and the United States. - 2025-12-18 — [stc's center3 and HUMAIN sign MoU for AI data center joint venture](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/stc-humain-datacenter-jv-mou-2025): stc's subsidiary center3 and HUMAIN signed an MoU on 18 December 2025 to form a joint venture, 51% HUMAIN and 49% stc, to develop and operate AI-focused data centers with an initial capacity of up to 250 MW and a long-term target of 1 GW, subject to customer commitments. - 2026-01-21 — [HUMAIN and National Infrastructure Fund agree $1.2bn financing framework](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-infra-1-2bn-financing-framework-2026): On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the National Infrastructure Fund (Infra) and HUMAIN announced a non-binding financing framework of up to $1.2 billion for about 250 MW of hyperscale AI data center capacity, reported on 21-22 January 2026. - 2026-02-10 — [HUMAIN unveils agentic HUMAIN OS at PIF Private Sector Forum](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-os-pif-private-sector-forum-2026): At the Public Investment Fund's Private Sector Forum in Riyadh (9-10 February 2026), HUMAIN CEO Tareq Amin presented HUMAIN OS, an AI-native, intent-driven operating system designed to orchestrate tasks across enterprise systems. - 2026-03-10 — [Aramco reports $5.3bn technology value for 2025, $2.6bn from AI](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aramco-ai-technology-value-2025-results): With its 2025 results, Aramco reported Technology Realized Value of $5.3 billion, of which $2.6 billion was attributed directly to AI-driven solutions across about 500 use cases, bringing cumulative value to $11.3 billion since the metric began in 2023, a figure Aramco says is verified by an independent third party. - 2026-05-21 — [HUMAIN names Accenture its strategic reinvention and AI partner in Saudi Arabia](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-accenture-strategic-partner-2026): HUMAIN appointed Accenture as its Strategic Reinvention and AI Partner in Saudi Arabia in May 2026. - 2026-06-01 — [HUMAIN to bring Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion robotaxi platform to Saudi Arabia](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-nvidia-drive-hyperion-robotaxi-2026): At Nvidia GTC Taipei on 1 June 2026, Nvidia said HUMAIN is working to introduce robotaxis built on the DRIVE Hyperion platform in Saudi Arabia, extending the platform's footprint to the Middle East alongside partners such as Foxconn, VinFast and Uber. - 2026-07-09 — [HUMAIN and Canada's Cohere agree to collaborate on AI compute and sovereign models](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-cohere-partnership-2026): HUMAIN and Canada's Cohere announced on 9 July 2026 a collaboration covering AI compute and sovereign AI models, according to a joint statement reported from Riyadh. - 2026-08-31 — [DataVolt and HUMAIN start building 100MW AI data center at NEOM's Oxagon](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/datavolt-humain-oxagon-construction-2026): DataVolt and HUMAIN launched construction of a 100 MW AI data center at Oxagon in NEOM, the first part of a 360 MW phase of the campus, with the first 100 MW expected to be available in 2028. - 2026-08-31 — [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): At LEAP 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) said its first Saudi infrastructure region, an investment of more than $5.3 billion (SAR 19.88 billion), is on track to launch in December 2026 with three availability zones, bringing AWS to 40 regions. - 2026-09-01 — [Together AI and HUMAIN plan 250MW Saudi data center targeting $5bn revenue](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/together-ai-humain-250mw-2026): At LEAP 2026 Together AI and HUMAIN announced a 250 MW data center in Saudi Arabia to serve AI training and inference workloads across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, targeting $5 billion of gross annualized revenue in its first operating year. - 2026-09-01 — [HUMAIN launches Nvidia Blackwell Ultra cloud at 1.1MW, targets 35MW in 2027](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-nvidia-ai-cloud-live-2026): HUMAIN launched its Nvidia-powered AI cloud, running HGX B300 Blackwell Ultra systems, with 1.1 MW of operational capacity, per Enterprise, and utilization above 90%, per HUMAIN. - 2026-09-03 — [HUMAIN unveils humain-m3, a 428bn-parameter Arabic model built with MiniMax](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-m3-arabic-frontier-model-2026): At LEAP on 3 September 2026 HUMAIN announced humain-m3, a 428-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts Arabic model commissioned from MiniMax and further pre-trained on more than one trillion Arabic-native tokens. - 2026-09-09 — [HUMAIN prepares IPO and outside capital, Fortune reports](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-seeks-external-investment-2026): Fortune reported on 9 September 2026 that HUMAIN has begun preparations for an IPO. --- Cicada · The signal in Saudi AI. 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