Aramco acquires 49% stake in AI startup Humain for $2.6 billion
Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco, through a wholly‑owned subsidiary, bought a 49% equity stake in AI firm Humain for roughly $2.6 billion in cash, while the Public Investment Fund (PIF) retains the remaining 51%. The transaction also brings AI, compute and digital assets to Humain, accelerating its plan to scale data‑center capacity to 3 GW by 2030 and to expand its full‑stack AI offerings.
Key points
- Aramco, via a subsidiary, bought a 49% stake in Humain for about $2.6 billion in cash, while PIF keeps 51%.
- The deal includes AI, compute and digital assets and targets 3 GW of AI data‑center capacity by 2030.
- Humain’s portfolio features the ALLAM multimodal Arabic LLM and four core AI infrastructure areas.
Humain, launched in May 2025, focuses on four core areas: next‑generation data centres, high‑performance infrastructure, advanced AI models—including the ALLAM multimodal Arabic large language model—and industry‑specific AI solutions. Aramco president and CEO Amin H. Nasser highlighted that the partnership builds on the company’s $11.3 billion Technology Realized Value since 2023, positioning Aramco as a global AI powerhouse. PIF deputy governor Yazeed A. Al‑Humied said the deal creates synergy across PIF’s six ecosystem pillars and strengthens Saudi Arabia’s AI leadership.
Saudi Aramco acquires a 49% stake in AI startup Humain, contributing ~$2.6B in cash in 2026 plus AI, compute, and digital assets; Saudi Arabia's PIF retains 51%
gamesbeat.com · 1 November 2026
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