HUMAIN Opens HUMAIN+ AI Training Centre in Riyadh for 1,500 Learners a Year
The PIF-backed company's applied AI programme starts in early 2027, with sector labs where participants build prototypes on HUMAIN's own models and infrastructure.
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HUMAIN, the artificial intelligence company backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, has launched HUMAIN+, an applied AI education programme, and inaugurated its learning centre at the company's Riyadh headquarters in Majdoul Tower.
The centre will open to learners in the first quarter of 2027 and is designed for about 1,500 people a year, the company said. It came days before HUMAIN's planned December 15 release of its full AI stack in the kingdom, including a 3 trillion-parameter open-weight model.
The programme gives HUMAIN a way to train the government and corporate staff it hopes will use its models and cloud. Participants in its sector labs will identify problems, design use cases, build prototypes and demonstrate results using HUMAIN's AI platforms, models and infrastructure. The labs cover government, finance, health care, energy and industry, education, tourism, logistics and supply chain, legal and compliance, human resources and sport.
HUMAIN+ has four tracks: for leaders, non-technical professionals, technical specialists and students. Topics range from AI strategy, governance and productivity to product development, agentic AI, security and infrastructure operations. Assessment is based on the skills participants show, and graduates receive certificates of completion. Teaching mixes on-campus classes, self-paced digital study supported by a tutor built on HUMAIN's ALLAM model, and immersive lessons.
"Through HUMAIN+, we are connecting our full-stack AI capabilities with hands-on learning, empowering leaders to make better decisions, professionals to transform how they work, and builders to turn ideas into real solutions," chief executive Tareq Amin said.
Mubashir Malik, head of HUMAIN Academy, said the programme was built around what a learner can "actually build, improve or deploy" as a result.
HUMAIN is working with VUZ, a Riyadh-founded video company, to build lessons that combine its AI tools with VUZ's patented 360-degree video technology. A first demonstration was shown at the launch, and HUMAIN expects the immersive experience to be available within about a month, according to Middle East AI News, which reported that Amin said the idea began as a Netflix-style platform for AI.
HUMAIN said it is developing partnerships with technology companies, educational institutions and industry bodies for its courses and labs, but it has not named any.
Sources
- Entrepreneur Middle East · Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN Launches HUMAIN+ to Expand Applied AI Education
- Middle East AI News · HUMAIN to launch 3 trillion parameter model in December
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