Humain
About
AI company focused on Arabic-first AI models and regional language and culture, backed by the Public Investment Fund.
Founders
Mona Almehaid
Vice President
Tariq Amin
Chief executive
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Ayman Al‑Ghamdi
President
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Lisa Su
Chair and CEO
Mohammed bin Salman
Crown Prince
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Vipul Prakash
CEO and co-founder
Qasar Younis
Co-founder & CEO
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Eng. Tareq Amin
CEO
Eng. Bassam Albassam
Head, Cloud Computing and AI Enablement Office
Abdullah Alswaha
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Shantanu Narayen
Chairman and CEO
Dr. Esam Alwagait
Director
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Mohammed bin Salman
Crown Prince
Unnamed HUMAIN CEO
CEO
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Sami Smeirat
Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Tareq Amin
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
Microsoft plans $10 billion Gulf investment for cloud, AI infrastructure, ETDatacenters
Microsoft will invest more than $10 billion across the Gulf by 2030 to expand cloud and AI infrastructure, plus over $400 million for regional subsea and terrestrial connectivity, and deepen partnerships with regional AI firms such as Abu Dhabi-based G42, Saudi Arabia’s Humain and Qatar’s Qai.
War in the Middle East & Rising Interest Rates Threaten the Funding for AI Build-Out
Regional conflict, attacks on cloud infrastructure, and rising interest rates are threatening capital flows and debt financing for the global AI build-out, even as Gulf sovereign and private capital continue to back AI players.
Riyadh emerges as Middle East's fastest-rising AI hub
Riyadh is rapidly rising as an AI hub after LEAP 2026 announcements that unlocked large commitments in land, energy and compute, anchored by deployments from HUMAIN, hyperscalers and several local industrial builds.
The ‘Switzerland’ of AI: Saudi Arabia’s big AI bet
HUMAIN, a state-backed AI company led by CEO Tareq Amin and launched under Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, plans a 3 GW data-centre build, has a $3 billion commitment from Blackstone, and aims to position the Kingdom as a global AI compute hub and marketplace for open models.