Tareq Amin
CEO, HUMAIN (Saudi Arabia)
Builder
Why they matterLeads HUMAIN, the PIF-backed company building the Arabic model ALLaM and Saudi AI data centres.
May 2025: HUMAIN launches in Riyadh
Who’s shaping AI in the Gulf
The builders, researchers, policymakers, investors, explainers and critics moving AI forward in the Gulf. Every entry links to a source and to the moments on our timeline.
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- 2 Oct 2026
Eric Xing
President, MBZUAI, Abu Dhabi
Researcher
Why they matterMachine learning researcher from Carnegie Mellon who now leads the UAE's graduate AI university.
Checked 2 Oct 2026
Omar Sultan Al Olama
UAE Minister of State for AI
Policymaker
Why they matterHolds the world's first AI minister post, created in 2017. Represents the UAE in UN AI talks.
Jul 2026: addresses UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance
Ahmed Yahia Al Idrissi
CEO, MGX (Abu Dhabi)
Investor
Why they matterMGX, Abu Dhabi's AI investment company, co-led OpenAI's $122B funding round.
Checked 2 Oct 2026
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