Riyadh: Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha concluded the fourth day of his visit to Silicon Valley with a series of high-level meetings with global technology executives and venture capitalists, aimed at expanding strategic partnerships in artificial intelligence infrastructure, semiconductors, advanced computing, and local manufacturing.
According to Saudi Press Agency, Alswaha met with NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang to discuss scaling AI factories developed by HUMAIN in partnership with the firm, adopting next-generation platforms to accelerate AI model deployment, and expanding national infrastructure capabilities.
In talks with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, the minister explored expanding semiconductor and advanced computing collaborations, localizing solutions, activating Intel Foundry operations in the Kingdom, and integrating Intel technologies into HUMAIN's computational ecosystem.
Discussions with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) President and CEO Antonio Neri focused on accelerating local AI hardware manufacturing and integrating HPE's AI factory frameworks with HUMAIN's computing infrastructure.
To drive tech financing and startup growth, Alswaha met with Kleiner Perkins Managing Partner and General Partner Mamoon Hamid. Discussions centered on expanding investments into Saudi AI and deep-tech enterprises, attracting portfolio companies to establish Saudi operations, and linking domestic startups to international venture capital networks.
These engagements support Saudi Arabia's strategic drive to embed itself in global AI and semiconductor value chains, localize deep tech, attract foreign direct investment, and enhance the digital economy's global competitiveness.