Aramco Joins Forces with Saudi AI Startup Humain

| October 28, 2025

Big news from Saudi Arabia: Aramco, the country’s energy giant, is teaming up with Humain, a fast-growing AI company backed by the government, to build a stronger national AI future.

This week, Aramco signed a preliminary deal to buy a significant minority stake in Humain—the AI firm launched just months ago by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). While PIF will keep majority control, Aramco will bring its own AI tools, data centers, and tech talent into the mix.

The goal? To make Saudi Arabia a global leader in artificial intelligence—especially when it comes to using AI in real-world industries like energy, manufacturing, and logistics.

 

Why This Matters

Humain isn’t just another tech startup. Since its launch in May 2025, it’s been building a full AI ecosystem—from powerful data centers to advanced language models. One of its key projects is ALLAM, one of the world’s strongest AI systems that understands and speaks Arabic.

It also runs Humain Chat, an AI assistant that already has 300,000 active users in Saudi Arabia.

Now, with Aramco on board, Humain will get even more firepower. Aramco plans to contribute:

• AI technology from its digital arm, Aramco Digital

• A massive 19,000-chip AI data center built with Groq processors (super-fast for AI tasks)

In return, Aramco hopes to use Humain’s platform to cut costs, reduce emissions, and run its operations more efficiently—like using AI to predict equipment failures or optimize oil production.

Bigger Plans Unveiled

The deal was announced at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, where Humain also shared other big updates:

• A $3 billion partnership with AirTrunk (backed by Blackstone) to build new data centers across Saudi Arabia

• Plans to list on both the Saudi stock exchange and NASDAQ within the next four years

Yazeed Al-Humied, a top PIF official, said the move is about “fueling AI talent, innovation, and investment” in one unified effort. Aramco CEO Amin Nasser added that this partnership will “accelerate Saudi Arabia’s AI infrastructure” and strengthen the country’s role in industrial AI.

What’s Next?

The deal isn’t final yet—it still needs official agreements and government approvals. But it’s a clear sign that Saudi Arabia is all-in on AI, bringing together its biggest companies to build a homegrown tech future.

And with energy giant Aramco now in the AI game, it’s not just about chatbots or apps—it’s about transforming entire industries from the ground up.