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.
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's 2026-2030 Strategy: The Most Important Document in Gulf Finance, Repriced for War
PIF's new five-year strategy was unveiled at FII Miami as cash reserves hit $15B, Aramco cut dividends by a third, and Iran closed the Hormuz Strait. The forensic analysis.
The $16.9 Billion Market: Saudi AI by the Numbers — and Whether the Numbers Are Real
MarketsandMarkets projects Saudi AI at $2.14B growing to $16.9B at 34.3% CAGR. 664 companies. $9.1B in funding. But can the forecast survive a war, a talent gap, and execution risk?