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Latest deals
Napster and HUMAIN partner to bring Arabic-Native AI to public and private organizations across the region
Napster and HUMAIN partner to bring Arabic-Native AI to public and private organizations across the region (reported by Zawya).
Abu Dhabi Department of Government Enablement
Abu Dhabi will refresh the TAMM government services app as it pursues its AI-native government goal by 2027.
Dubai Future Foundation, Digital Dubai, DESC
Dubai launched an Agentic AI for Government Services Accelerator with 33 entities and 300+ public-service use cases.
HUMAIN, Al Yamama
Al Yamama won the enabling-infrastructure contract for HUMAIN's 6GW Al-Saad AI campus in Riyadh, tendered in May.
Synapse Analytics, Partech, Algebra Ventures
Abu Dhabi-based Synapse Analytics raised a $13m Series A led by Partech to expand its agentic AI platform.
Sirdab, Elm, BECO Capital
Logistics AI startup Sirdab raised $10m co-led by Elm and BECO Capital.
HUMAIN, DataVolt, NEOM / Oxagon
HUMAIN will develop ~100MW within the 360MW first phase of DataVolt's planned AI campus at Oxagon (NEOM), part of a wider 1.5GW campus, with availability expected in 2028.
HUMAIN, AWS
HUMAIN and AWS expanded their collaboration: up to 50MW of AI Zone capacity by 2028, HUMAIN Fabric on AWS Marketplace and the ALLAM Arabic LLM on Amazon Bedrock.
Stellaria
Geospatial AI company Stellaria closed an AED 25m seed round from angels at an AED 420m valuation.
MGX, BlackRock GIP, Aligned Data Centers
The Aligned acquisition closed, with an additional $5bn committed to Aligned's expansion.
CNTXT AI, AI71, BlueFive Capital
Sovereign data/AI company CNTXT AI closed a $60m Series A co-led by AI71 and BlueFive Capital.
Kuwait Investment Authority, NVIDIA, KKR
Reported: KIA joined a $10bn AI infrastructure venture alongside NVIDIA, KKR and Vistra (single trade-press source).
1001, Lux Capital, Sanabil
AI startup 1001 raised a $30m Series A led by Lux Capital with Sanabil participating, to expand AI operating systems for critical infrastructure across the Gulf.
Government of Bahrain
Bahrain committed $400m to an AI data centre in Sitra targeting Q4 2027.
G42, Cerebras
G42 and Cerebras will deploy an 8-exaflop sovereign AI supercomputer in India, extending UAE AI infrastructure exports.
HUMAIN, xAI
HUMAIN invested $3bn in xAI's Series E round; the stake later converted into SpaceX shares after the merger.
UAE Government, G42 / Khazna
The UAE AI minister said the Stargate UAE / 5GW campus will cost more than $30bn to build, ~50% above early estimates.
HUMAIN, center3, Hassan Allam
A Hassan Allam / Sterling & Wilson JV won a SAR750m (~$200m) contract for the first 16.2MW phase of a HUMAIN–center3 Riyadh data centre.
Signit, Raed Ventures
Signit raised a $15m Series A led by Raed Ventures for AI contract lifecycle management.
stc / center3, HUMAIN
stc's center3 signed an MoU with HUMAIN to form a 51/49 data center JV targeting 1GW of AI capacity, initially 250MW subject to customer commitments.
Brookfield, Qai (QIA)
Brookfield and QIA-backed Qai formed a $20bn JV to build AI infrastructure including an integrated compute centre in Qatar.
Microsoft, G42
Microsoft detailed $15.2bn of UAE spending 2023–2029, including a $1.5bn G42 stake and $5.5bn+ of AI/cloud capex from 2026.
HUMAIN, AWS
HUMAIN and AWS expanded the strategic relationship first established in May 2025 (second expansion phase).
HUMAIN, AirTrunk, Blackstone
HUMAIN and Blackstone-backed AirTrunk agreed a long-term partnership to finance, build and operate AI data centers in Saudi Arabia, starting with a ~US$3bn campus. AirTrunk's first Middle East move.
MGX, BlackRock GIP, AI Infrastructure Partnership
AIP, Abu Dhabi's MGX and BlackRock's GIP agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers at an implied ~$40bn enterprise value.
Cerebras, G42, Stargate UAE
Cerebras said it aims to deploy AI infrastructure at the Stargate UAE hub.
HUMAIN, Qualcomm
HUMAIN and Qualcomm will deploy 200MW of Qualcomm AI200/AI250 rack systems in Saudi Arabia from 2026 for global inferencing.
HUMAIN, center3
HUMAIN and center3 signed a connectivity deal for advanced connectivity services supporting HUMAIN's AI infrastructure.
Microsoft, US Department of Commerce
US export licences approved for Microsoft to ship the equivalent of 60,400 A100 chips (NVIDIA GB300) to its UAE data centers.
G42, OpenAI, Oracle
Partners launched Stargate UAE, a 1GW compute cluster in Abu Dhabi built by G42 and operated by OpenAI and Oracle; first 200MW expected to go live in 2026.
UAE Government, US Government, G42
The 5GW UAE–US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi was announced under the US-UAE AI Acceleration Partnership; it will house Stargate UAE.
AWS, HUMAIN
AWS and HUMAIN plan to invest $5bn+ in a Saudi 'AI Zone' with dedicated AWS AI infrastructure, on top of AWS's $5.3bn Saudi region due in 2026.
Google Cloud, PIF, HUMAIN
Google Cloud and PIF advanced a $10bn joint AI hub in Saudi Arabia, launched with HUMAIN as an expansion of the Dammam cloud region.
Oracle
Oracle pledged to invest $14bn in Saudi Arabia over the next decade to bring cloud and AI technologies to the Kingdom.
AMD, HUMAIN
AMD and HUMAIN plan to invest up to $10bn to deploy 500MW of AI compute capacity over five years.
DataVolt
Saudi DataVolt announced plans to invest $20bn in AI data centers and energy infrastructure in the United States.
SDAIA, AMD, Rackspace
SDAIA signed MoUs with US tech firms at the Saudi-US Investment Forum covering AI data centers, a cloud/AI centre of excellence and data infrastructure.
NVIDIA, HUMAIN
HUMAIN plans AI factories of up to 500MW powered by several hundred thousand NVIDIA GPUs over five years, starting with an 18,000 GB300 supercomputer.
NVIDIA, SDAIA
SDAIA and NVIDIA will deploy up to 5,000 Blackwell GPUs for a sovereign AI factory and train government and university engineers.
NVIDIA, Aramco Digital
Aramco Digital and NVIDIA agreed to develop AI infrastructure and an engineering centre of excellence in the Kingdom.
PIF, HUMAIN
PIF established HUMAIN as its full-stack AI company, with a goal of 6.6GW of data center capacity over the next decade.
Groq, Aramco Digital
Saudi Arabia announced a $1.5bn expansion of Groq's LPU inference infrastructure in Dammam.
MGX, OpenAI, SoftBank
Abu Dhabi's MGX joined the US Stargate venture; it reportedly plans to contribute about $7bn (per The Information, via Bloomberg).
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