Tareq Amin, CEO of Humain, the Saudi artificial intelligence (AI) company established under the Public Investment Fund (PIF) to drive the Kingdom’s tech strategy, said recently that the Kingdom is aiming to become the world’s largest exporter of AI tokens, while accelerating its efforts to position itself as a regional and global technology hub.
Tareq Amin gave the update while speaking at the PIF Private Sector Forum (held on February 9th and 10th), stating that the Kingdom has the necessary resources, including abundant energy supplies and strong geographic connectivity, to establish itself as a global AI powerhouse.
The Humain CEO’s remarks also align with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy, which seeks to transform the Kingdom into a leading regional technology hub by the end of the decade.
“Humain is a company that has an ambition to become a global player in this important space. We are an AI total value chain company, focused on Humain core, which is our data centres. These are not small data centres. We are talking about gigawatt capacity,” Tareq Amin said.
Emphasising the critical role of energy in AI’s development, Tareq Amin said, “AI is an energy game. We have power, energy affordability and abundance, connectivity, land, and water. We have all that it needs to translate Saudi Arabia into the world’s largest AI token exporter.”
Tareq Amin further revealed that Saudi Arabia plans to launch and commercialise its own operating system in the coming months, potentially becoming the third country after the United States and China to do so.
“One thing I was deciding was whether to show you this here, but we have a big event coming at LEAP, and we will commercialise this. In the last meeting we had with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he referred to operating systems, specifically whether to use Windows or Mac. Saudi Arabia will be the first country outside the US and China that will commercialise its own operating system,” he said.
Talking about Humain, in January 2026, the venture agreed to a financing framework of up to USD 1.2 billion to expand AI and digital infrastructure across the Kingdom. The non-binding agreement outlines financing terms to develop up to 250 megawatts of AI data centre capacity to serve Humain’s local, regional, and global customers.
In December 2025, the company partnered with Saudi Telecom Co. to form a joint venture focused on developing and operating AI-driven data centres in the Kingdom. According to a Tadawul filing, Humain will hold a 51% stake in the venture, while stc will own the remaining 49%.