HUMAIN: Pioneering Saudi Arabia’s Arabic AI Revolution with Multimodal LLMs
In 2025, Saudi Arabia made a bold move in the world of artificial intelligence by launching HUMAIN—a groundbreaking AI company backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF). Officially unveiled on May 12, 2025, by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, HUMAIN is more than just another tech venture; it represents the Kingdom’s vision of becoming a leader in Arabic-focused AI solutions. Central to its mission is a powerful new multimodal Arabic large language model (LLM) that stands to reshape how AI understands and interacts in Arabic.