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title: "SAMAI trains more than one million Saudis in AI, 52% of them women"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/samai-one-million-reached-2025"
language: "en"
event_date: "2025-11-09"
published: "2026-10-03"
last_verified: "2026-10-03"
category: "Talent"
publisher: "Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
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# SAMAI trains more than one million Saudis in AI, 52% of them women

- Event date: 9 November 2025 (2025-11-09)
- Topic: Talent
- In this story: SDAIA, SAMAI, Ministry of Education
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/samai-one-million-reached-2025

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development announced at a gala in Riyadh on 9 November 2025 that the SAMAI program had trained more than one million Saudis in AI after its September 2024 launch. Women made up 52% of trainees, employees 70% and students 30%. SAMAI was described as the largest AI upskilling program in the Kingdom's history, and SAMAI 2 for government staff followed in January 2026.

## Key figures

- people trained: 1,000,000 people
- women share: 52 %

## Sources

1. [Landmark SAMAI initiative trains over one million Saudis in AI](https://www.middleeastainews.com/p/landmark-samai-initiative-trains) — Middle East AI News, 2025-11-09
2. [A National Celebration: Over One Million Citizens Empowered in AI Through the Samai Initiative](https://moe.gov.sa/en/mediacenter/moenews/Pages/news1_09112025.aspx) — Saudi Ministry of Education, 2025-11-09

Archive report. Written in 2026 from contemporary sources and dated to the day the event happened.

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