Business and technology news from Saudi Arabia: its AI programme, the Public Investment Fund, Aramco and the kingdom's tech companies.
The undisclosed investment follows a $9.2 million Series A in December 2025 and will fund expansion of COGNNA's AI-agent security operations platform across the Gulf.
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Saudi Arabia's crown prince and Turkey's president both urged restraint, people familiar with the calls said, while a third US aircraft carrier heads to the region.
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The Riyadh company's AI recruiters run up to 20,000 interviews and its call-centre agents handle up to 8,000 calls a day, its chief executive says.
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Saudi Arabia has not commented on the unverified claims, which target the pipeline the kingdom relies on to move crude to the Red Sea and avoid the Strait of Hormuz.
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The PIF-owned operator's $568 million order, its first for fixed-wing aircraft, carries options for 48 more and turns a July letter of intent into binding purchase agreements.
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The San Francisco start-up sells AI agents that research accounts and prepare outreach for enterprise sales teams, and is pitching itself as an alternative to Salesforce.
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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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The platform sells token bundles and dedicated GPUs for open-source models, keeping data and workloads in Saudi Arabia, but OmniOps named no customers, models or prices.
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The group also claimed attacks on a Yanbu oil facility and an Aramco building in Riyadh. Saudi forces said they shot down two drones but gave no word on damage.
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Container volumes at Mawani-run ports rose 10.58% last year, and a KAUST engineer says predicting ship arrivals and assigning berths is where AI can help first.
By Nakoda News Gulf Desk··2 min read
The 10th Future Investment Initiative was called off this year after Houthi attacks disrupted flights at Riyadh's main airport.
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The kingdom ranks alongside Canada and Australia in an AWS survey of 4,420 startups, but builders worldwide say customers are slow to buy.
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Chief executive Tareq Amin made the pledge at the launch of HUMAIN+, a Riyadh AI training platform with about 1,500 learner places a year that opens in early 2027.
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The Riyadh company, which says its database holds more than one billion verified business contacts, did not disclose the size of the round backed by angels and corporate investors.
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The platform sells token bundles for open-source and customer-supplied models running on Saudi-hosted GPUs, aimed at organisations with data residency rules.
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The hospital group's CFO says AI in revenue cycle management has cut revenue lost to rejections to 3-4% from 5-6% and shortened collection periods.
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India's biggest airline will also keep Jeddah and Madinah flights grounded until November 21, citing safety and security assessments as the regional war continues.
By Nakoda News Gulf Desk··1 min read
Workers in the two Gulf states sent about $6.72 billion between July and October, more than 45% of the total, despite the regional war.
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One facility pays for about 25 megawatts of GPUs and the other for grid connections sized for up to 1 gigawatt, weeks after Aramco took a 49% stake.
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The agency's global outlook expects Gulf oil exports to recover gradually as new pipelines and routes ease Hormuz exposure, and says AI investment returns will face more scrutiny.
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The attack caused a limited fire on the line that now carries about 4 million barrels a day of Saudi crude to the Red Sea, avoiding the Strait of Hormuz.
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Flydubai's planned Dammam restart slipped on its first day and Emirates and Air Arabia are still cancelling Saudi services, as Houthi attacks keep disrupting air links with the kingdom.
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Former State Street Saudi Arabia chief Majed Al Hassoun will lead the British bank's investment banking and markets business in the Kingdom, with four other senior hires.
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Prince Faisal bin Farhan attended the expanded meeting with invited partners, which discussed AI risks to international security and how to coordinate on safe development.
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The attack started a limited fire on the line that carries Saudi crude to the Red Sea, the kingdom's main export route around the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Korean company will license two imaging tools to the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, with stc's ICT arm wiring them into existing hospital systems.
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The SR2.5 billion agreements are the first deals under Infra's AI data centre financing programme, splitting money between about 25MW of chips and grid connections sized for 1GW.
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Etihad has cancelled all passenger and cargo flights to both cities until November 19, and Emirates, flydubai, Air Arabia and Indian carriers have also cut Saudi services.
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A GSMA Intelligence survey of 885 MENA enterprises finds ambition is high but regulation, cost and integration are delaying projects, and 8% have cancelled some outright.
By Nakoda News Gulf Desk··2 min read
No one was hurt, but the strike reached the King Abdullah Financial District, the business hub at the centre of Saudi Arabia's push for global capital.
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