Crown Prince launches HUMAIN, PIF's full-stack AI company
By Cicada DeskEvent date: 1 min read
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In brief
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.
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. Tareq Amin was named CEO.
HUMAIN's stated ambition is 1.9 GW of data center capacity by 2030.
Key figures
- 1.9GW2030 data-centre target
Sources
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- 1Saudis launch new AI firm ahead of Trump trip (Riyadh, May 12, 2025) NAMPA / AFP · 12 May 2025
- 2Saudi Crown Prince launches HUMAIN, a PIF company Gulf Business · 13 May 2025
- 3Saudi Arabia creates future AI powerhouse called Humain Middle East AI News
Archive report. Written in 2026 from contemporary sources and dated to the day the event happened.
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Cicada Desk. "Crown Prince launches HUMAIN, PIF's full-stack AI company". Cicada, 12 May 2025. https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-launched-2025
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