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HUMAIN

HUMAIN is Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund-backed full-stack AI company (infrastructure, cloud, models, applications), chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; in February 2026 it made a $3B strategic investment in Elon Musk's xAI.

AI infraRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaFounded 2025Founders: Public Investment FundWebsite ↗See connections →
Last verified Sep 24, 2026

HUMAIN at a glance

Founded
2025[1]
  1. [1] Founded: Wikidata (retrieved September 27, 2026)

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Company Snapshot

HUMAIN is an AI infra company, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, founded 2025 by Public Investment Fund.

Recent changes

  1. Jan 2026Raised up to $1.2B Value Add Pulse enrichment

Funding history

1 equity event · newest first · sources dated per row
DateRoundAmountValuationLead investorsSource
Jan 2026Funding roundnot counted: no linked sourceup to $1.2B—
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Equity only. “Equity raised” above sums the rounds with a dated, linked source; rumored rounds, tender offers and secondary sales are listed but not counted, and debt financing is listed separately.

Investors

Public Investment FundSaudi National Infrastructure Fund

Latest Pulse

  1. Microsoft Commits $10B-Plus To Middle East AI BuildoutMicrosoft unveiled a new technology framework with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, committing more than $10 billion in capital and operating expenses through 2030 to expand cloud and AI infrastructure across the region.→
  2. Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN Builds Arabic AI on Chinese WeightsPIF-backed HUMAIN unveiled humain-m3, a 428-billion-parameter Arabic model built on Chinese lab MiniMax's open weights rather than developed from scratch, claiming top Arabic-benchmark scores while relying on foreign architecture underneath.→

Coverage Timeline

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  1. Sep 3, 2026AISaudi Arabia's HUMAIN Builds Arabic AI on Chinese Weights→

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Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN Builds Arabic AI on Chinese Weights

PIF-backed HUMAIN unveiled humain-m3, a 428-billion-parameter Arabic model built on Chinese lab MiniMax's open weights rather than developed from scratch, claiming top Arabic-benchmark scores while relying on foreign architecture underneath.

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When was HUMAIN founded?

HUMAIN was founded in 2025, according to Wikidata.

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