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AI in the Newsroom: What the Riyadh Media Conference Reveals About Saudi Arabia's Information Architecture
The SAMC's 10th AI in Media conference — held during the Year of AI, during a war — reveals how Saudi Arabia is reshaping information, narrative, and public discourse through AI.
BlackRock, Aramco, and the Jafurah Model: How $35 Billion in Foreign Capital Actually Works in Saudi Arabia
BlackRock's Saudi investments now exceed $35 billion. The $11 billion Jafurah gas deal is the template for how international co-investment works in the new PIF era.
HUMAIN's AI Infrastructure Machine: 600,000 GPUs, $77 Billion, and the Race to Build Saudi Arabia's Compute Future
HUMAIN secured 211 plots, signed $23B in tech deals, invested $3B in xAI, and plans 6.6GW by 2034. The comprehensive profile of Saudi Arabia's $100B AI company.
LEAP 2026 Postponed: How War Killed the Kingdom's $42 Billion Tech Stage
LEAP 2026 was supposed to open this week with $15B+ in AI deals. Instead it's rescheduled to August as Iran's Hormuz closure grounds flights and empties conference halls.
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AI in the Newsroom: What the Riyadh Media Conference Reveals About Saudi Arabia's Information Architecture
The SAMC's 10th AI in Media conference — held during the Year of AI, during a war — reveals how Saudi Arabia is reshaping information, narrative, and public discourse through AI.
BlackRock, Aramco, and the Jafurah Model: How $35 Billion in Foreign Capital Actually Works in Saudi Arabia
BlackRock's Saudi investments now exceed $35 billion. The $11 billion Jafurah gas deal is the template for how international co-investment works in the new PIF era.
HUMAIN's AI Infrastructure Machine: 600,000 GPUs, $77 Billion, and the Race to Build Saudi Arabia's Compute Future
HUMAIN secured 211 plots, signed $23B in tech deals, invested $3B in xAI, and plans 6.6GW by 2034. The comprehensive profile of Saudi Arabia's $100B AI company.
LEAP 2026 Postponed: How War Killed the Kingdom's $42 Billion Tech Stage
LEAP 2026 was supposed to open this week with $15B+ in AI deals. Instead it's rescheduled to August as Iran's Hormuz closure grounds flights and empties conference halls.
PIF and King Street: The Pivot to Private Credit That Signals the End of Direct Deployment
PIF's April 7 MOU with King Street Capital signals a structural shift from sovereign equity deployment to financial engineering. Why private credit, why now, and what it means.