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title: "Royal decree establishes SDAIA as national data and AI authority"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sdaia-established-2019"
language: "en"
event_date: "2019-08-30"
published: "2026-10-03"
last_verified: "2026-10-03"
category: "Policy"
publisher: "Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Royal decree establishes SDAIA as national data and AI authority

- Event date: 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30)
- Topic: Policy
- In this story: SDAIA, NDMO, NCAI, NIC
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/sdaia-established-2019

A royal decree dated 30 August 2019 established the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), linked directly to the Prime Minister. The decree created two affiliated bodies, the National Data Management Office (NDMO) and the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI), and transferred the National Information Center (NIC) to SDAIA. The authority was given the mandate to set the national strategy for data and AI and to oversee its implementation.

## Sources

1. [New Saudi center for artificial intelligence and national data management](https://english.ajel.sa/new-saudi-center-for-artificial-intelligence-and-national-data-management) — Ajel, 2019-08-30
2. [Saudi Arabia - National AI Authority (2019)](https://regulations.ai/regulations/saudi-arabia-2019-08-sdaia-establishment) — regulations.ai

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

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