What HUMAIN does

HUMAIN is Saudi Arabia's national AI company, established in May 2024 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund with $100 billion in planned investment to consolidate and deploy the kingdom's AI capabilities under Vision 2030. The company operates a vertically integrated AI stack spanning hyperscale data centers (targeting 6.4GW of capacity over the next decade, with 11 sites totaling 2,200MW under construction outside Riyadh and first facilities in Riyadh and Dammam targeted for Q2 2026 at 100MW each), cloud platforms, proprietary AI models including the ALLAM Arabic multimodal LLM, and enterprise operating systems (HUMAIN ONE for autonomous AI agent deployment and HUMAIN OS for agentic workflow orchestration across 150+ agents). Strategic technology and capital partnerships with NVIDIA, AWS, AMD, Qualcomm, Cisco, xAI (with HUMAIN's $3B Series E stake now converted to SpaceX shares), Accenture, McKinsey, DataVolt, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Saudi Aramco underpin the platform. The company serves Saudi government entities, large enterprises, hyperscalers, and AI companies, and added a dedicated HUMAIN Sport vertical in February 2026 following the acquisition of London-based ai.io.

HUMAIN's go-to-market combines enterprise field sales with a channel-partner and JV-driven distribution architecture. Direct enterprise sales target Saudi ministries, agencies, and state-owned enterprises requiring sovereign AI, data localization, and Arabic-language models, supported by Accenture (primary AI reinvention partner) and McKinsey as consulting delivery partners. Hardware and infrastructure relationships with NVIDIA, AMD, Qualcomm, and Cisco provide compute and networking access, while HUMAIN ONE is distributed globally through AWS Marketplace across 39 regions and 123 availability zones, and AI infrastructure capacity is monetized through colocation contracts, the 51/49 STC/Center3 joint venture (targeting up to 1GW), and the AMD-Cisco-HUMAIN joint venture (1GW over five years). Revenue streams are pre-operational for the largest infrastructure buildout but include early data center colocation contracts (notably MIS at SAR 382 million plus SAR 1.88 billion in design-and-build), enterprise platform licensing for HUMAIN ONE, AI Agent Marketplace commissions, and HUMAIN Sport product revenue. Most disclosed enterprise customers (MIS, Luma AI, STC, Turing, Publicis Groupe Middle East) represent anchor offtake rather than distributed volume, and the company's revenue base will remain limited until data centers come online in Q2 2026.

Name

HUMAIN

Legal name

HUMAIN

Website

https://humain.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

HUMAIN is Saudi Arabia's PIF-owned national AI company building a vertically integrated stack of gigawatt-scale data centers, cloud platforms, Arabic AI models, and enterprise agent operating systems for government entities, hyperscalers, and large enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Infrastructure and Enterprise AI Platforms

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Electronic Computers (3571)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

Keywords

• AI infrastructure services
• Hyperscale data centers
• Enterprise AI platforms
• Sovereign cloud computing
• Arabic language models

Headquarters

HQ city

Riyadh

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Data Center Colocation Services: HUMAIN develops and operates hyperscale AI data centers offering colocation services to hyperscalers, enterprises, and AI companies. Revenue generated from data center capacity leasing, GPU compute hosting, and infrastructure services. MIS contract valued at SAR 382 million for data center colocation represents a significant contract exceeding 30% of MIS's 2025 revenues.
2. AI Infrastructure Partnership Revenue: HUMAIN generates revenue through strategic partnerships with technology companies (NVIDIA, AMD, Qualcomm, Cisco) for AI infrastructure deployment. Partnerships include joint ventures with AMD and Cisco for 1GW AI infrastructure, and supply agreements with Qualcomm for 200MW-scale AI data centers.
3. HUMAIN ONE Enterprise Platform: Enterprise AI operating system available globally via AWS Marketplace. Generates revenue from enterprise licensing and platform access fees for organizations deploying autonomous AI agents across business functions.
4. AI Agent Marketplace: World's first enterprise AI agent marketplace on HUMAIN ONE, enabling third-party developers to publish AI agents and enterprises to deploy them. Platform revenue model supporting AI agent discovery, deployment, and scaling.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HUMAIN is a vertically integrated AI company that develops and operates hyperscale AI data centers, cloud platforms, proprietary AI models (including the ALLAM Arabic large language model), and enterprise operating systems (HUMAIN ONE and HUMAIN OS) for building and governing autonomous AI agents. The company delivers sovereign AI infrastructure to government entities, large enterprises, and hyperscalers primarily in Saudi Arabia and globally, with infrastructure partners including NVIDIA, AMD, Qualcomm, Cisco, AWS, and xAI.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HUMAIN ONE: Enterprise-grade operating system for building, deploying, and governing autonomous AI agents at scale, integrating development, data, orchestration, and governance tools including HUMAIN Code, HUMAIN Guardian, HUMAIN Eye, and HUMAIN Fabric.
• HUMAIN OS
• HUMAIN Sport

Products and services

• HUMAIN ONE Enterprise-grade operating system for developing, deploying, and managing autonomous AI agents at scale. Integrates development, data, orchestration, and governance tools including HUMAIN Code, HUMAIN Guardian, HUMAIN Eye, and HUMAIN Fabric into a unified system. Available globally through AWS Marketplace across 39 regions and 123 availability zones.
• HUMAIN OS Agentic AI-powered operating system designed to embed AI into enterprise workflows, integrating over 150 AI agents through a unified interface. Runs on gigawatt-scale data centers called HUMAIN Core. Designed to address the estimated 90-95% failure rate of enterprise AI pilots by aligning software architecture with sovereign compute infrastructure.
• ALLAM Arabic LLM Proprietary multimodal Arabic large language model developed for sovereign Arabic AI capabilities. Integrated into Qualcomm-powered edge devices and deployed across HUMAIN's AI infrastructure. Provides Arabic-language AI capabilities tailored to Saudi language and cultural requirements.
• HUMAIN Sport Sports technology division delivering integrated AI platforms for athlete development, performance analysis, fan engagement, talent identification, and sports facility management. Includes 3DAT markerless motion capture, aiScout talent identification platform, and aiLab facility integration software.
• HUMAIN Core Data Centers Hyperscale AI data centers providing colocation services, GPU compute hosting, and infrastructure services to hyperscalers, enterprises, and AI companies. Targets 6.4GW of data center capacity over the next decade with initial facilities in Riyadh and Dammam (each with 100MW initial capacity, targeted Q2 2026 operational). Includes 211 plots of land secured for expansion across Saudi Arabia and 11 AI data centers under construction with 2,200MW capacity outside Riyadh.
• Enterprise AI Agent Marketplace World's first enterprise AI agent marketplace built on HUMAIN ONE, enabling third-party developers to publish AI agents and enterprises to discover, deploy, and scale AI agents across business functions. Supports platform revenue through marketplace commissions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Data center capacity expansion from 1 GW to 6.4 GW planned over next decade
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and flagship.

• QualcommcoreTechnology or Integration · 27 May 2026MoU to collaborate on developing advanced AI data centers, cloud-to-edge infrastructure, and hybrid AI services in Saudi Arabia and global markets. Qualcomm will deploy Snapdragon and Dragonwing processors in HUMAIN's AI cloud infrastructure and integrate ALLAM Arabic LLM into Qualcomm-powered edge devices. Qualcomm establishing Design Center in Saudi Arabia.
• AMDcoreTechnology or Integration · 21 May 2026AMD and Cisco formed joint venture with Humain to deliver 1GW of AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia over next five years. JV combines Humain's data centers with AMD's GPUs and Cisco's networking infrastructure, with all three companies serving as founding investors.
• CiscocoreTechnology or Integration · 21 May 2026Cisco and AMD joint venture with Humain to deliver 1GW of AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia over next five years combining Humain's data centers with AMD's GPUs and Cisco's networking infrastructure.
• DataVoltstrategicTechnology or Integration · 21 May 2026Collaboration to develop large-scale data centers with partnership aiming to build multi-gigawatt data center pipeline. DataVolt developing data centers across Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, and other parts of Asia alongside existing project in NEOM City industrial hub Oxagon.
• AccenturecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 20 May 2026Strategic collaboration making Accenture the primary AI reinvention partner in Saudi Arabia. Partnership focuses on five areas: AI Reinvention Services, Enterprise AI Architecture, Workforce Transformation, Ecosystem Activation, and Digital Trust. Combines HUMAIN's full AI stack with Accenture's global transformation expertise.
• Publicis Groupe Middle EaststrategicGTM or Marketing Partner · 20 May 2026Luma AI partnership with Publicis Groupe Middle East as preferred generative AI technology partner for advertising and creative production across Saudi Arabia and MENA region, leveraging Project Halo 2GW AI supercluster.
• McKinseycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 30 April 2026Enterprise partnership with McKinsey for AI transformation consulting and deployment services, signed as part of HUMAIN's pivot from sports investments to AI infrastructure backed by $23 billion partnership portfolio.
• TuringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2026Strategic partnership to build world's first enterprise AI Agent Marketplace on HUMAIN ONE platform at FII PRIORITY Miami summit. Turing becomes first U.S.-based customer of HUMAIN ONE. Partnership combines HUMAIN's infrastructure with Turing's model evaluation and fine-tuning expertise.
• Luma AIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026Luma AI opening Riyadh office to support Arabic-native AI development through HUMAIN Create collaboration. Partnership developing world's first Saudi-built Arabic-native foundation model. Luma AI also partnered with Publicis Groupe Middle East as preferred generative AI technology partner.
• ai.iostrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026HUMAIN acquired controlling stake in London-headquartered AI and sports technology company ai.io, launching HUMAIN Sport division. Combined entity delivers integrated AI platforms for athlete development, performance analysis, fan engagement, and sports facility management across professional, amateur, and grassroots sports.
• stc (Center3)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 December 2025Joint venture for developing AI-centric data centers in Saudi Arabia. HUMAIN holds 51%, STC retains 49% through subsidiary Center3. Partnership targeting up to 1 gigawatt of total infrastructure capacity starting with initial 250 megawatts. MoU extended by 6 months in June 2026 for final negotiations.
• NVIDIAflagshipTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2025Multi-year AI infrastructure partnership to develop AI factories with up to 500 megawatts capacity and deploy several hundred thousand Nvidia GPUs over five years. First phase includes 18,000-GPU GB300 Grace Blackwell supercomputer connected via Nvidia InfiniBand networking. HUMAIN authorized to purchase up to 35,000 NVIDIA GB300-equivalent chips under U.S. export control conditions.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Strategic collaboration to launch HUMAIN ONE, the industry's first enterprise-grade operating system for developing, deploying, and managing autonomous AI agents at scale. Joint investment exceeding $5 billion in AI infrastructure, AWS services, and talent development in Saudi Arabia. AWS Saudi Region under development.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A1 record

Investments6 records

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