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Exclusive: Saudi AI firm HUMAIN to launch giant global VC fund this year
Saudi state-backed AI firm HUMAIN, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and led by CEO Tareq Amin, plans to launch a very large global VC fund this year to accelerate frontier AI investments and tie them to compute commitments in Saudi data centers. HUMAIN has made a high-profile $3 billion investment in Elon Musk’s xAI and is expanding data center capacity and security amid regional tensions.
$15bln technology investments, partnerships announced as LEAP opens in Saudi Arabia
LEAP 2026 opened in Saudi Arabia with more than $15 billion in announced technology investments and strategic commitments focused on AI, cloud infrastructure and autonomous systems, led by deals involving HUMAIN, AWS, xAI, AMD and others.
AI Global Funding Statistics 2026: The Complete Data Breakdown
The article details record‑breaking AI investment in 2026, with $2.6 trillion in global AI spending and massive venture rounds concentrated among a few companies; Saudi Arabia announced a $100 billion Project Transcendence initiative and MENA attracted $858 million in AI funding in 2025.
Startup Funding News: Top Startups Backed by VCs in 2026
Mid-2026 venture funding is highly concentrated in a few frontier AI labs and specialized hardware plays, with mega-rounds for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Waymo and large financings for startups like Atoms, CuspAI, Glow, AegisAI and Etched.