Saudi AI firm Humain inks Nvidia deal as US allows chip sales

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia s state backed artificial intelligence firm Humain has announced a new partnership with Nvidia, as US officials cle...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's state-backed artificial intelligence firm Humain has announced a new partnership with Nvidia, as US officials cleared the way for the sale of advanced microchips to the Gulf kingdom.

The announcement came as Crown Prince and Prime Minister, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud visited Washington this week, where he secured a deal to purchase F35 fighter jets, inked a civil nuclear energy agreement, and saw the kingdom named a major non-NATO ally.

The Nvidia deal was announced while the crown prince and President Donald Trump oversaw a Saudi-US business forum on Wednesday as the two countries said they had signed a "strategic artificial intelligence partnership".

The deal between Humain and Nvidia laid the foundation for an "expanded strategic partnership" between the two companies with plans "to deploy up to 600,000 of Nvidia's latest AI infrastructure technologies over the next three years", Humain said in a statement.

"In addition to establishing Nvidia-powered data centers in Saudi Arabia, Humain is expanding its operations to AI data centers in the United States powered by Nvidia AI," it said.