JEDDAH: Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain and Canada’s Cohere have announced a strategic partnership to build one of the region’s largest dedicated AI infrastructure deployments and develop enterprise and sovereign AI models.
The strategic collaboration, announced on July 9 during Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to the Kingdom, will provide dedicated AI computing infrastructure to power the next generation of frontier AI models.
The deployment is expected to go live by the fourth quarter of 2027, combining Humain’s rapidly expanding AI infrastructure platform with Cohere’s expertise in frontier model development.
Backed by the Public Investment Fund, Humain operates across the AI value chain as part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy to position the Kingdom as a global AI hub by fostering innovation, developing intellectual property, and attracting international talent and investment.
Under the agreement, Humain will allocate at least 50 megawatts of dedicated AI computing capacity to support Cohere’s next-generation foundation models. The deployment is expected to scale over the next five years as demand for computing power increases.
Tareq Amin, CEO of Humain, said: “The future of artificial intelligence will be defined by access to compute. Frontier AI models require infrastructure at unprecedented scale.”
He added that Cohere’s decision to choose Humain for its first major international AI computing deployment outside North America underscores the strength of the infrastructure the Saudi company is building and its capacity to support the next generation of AI model research and development.
Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of Cohere, said: “To build increasingly capable AI models, you need reliable access to high-performance compute.
“Our partnership with Humain gives us the AI infrastructure that provides the scale and flexibility needed for future generations of enterprise AI models while supporting our long-term compute requirements.”
He added that the firm looks forward to collaborating with Humain on frontier AI initiatives, including the development of sovereign AI models, that will benefit Saudi Arabia and other markets.
The partnership will also support enterprise AI adoption across the region by combining Cohere’s expertise in secure enterprise AI with Humain’s full-stack capabilities to help organizations deploy trusted solutions that improve productivity, knowledge management, customer engagement, and operational efficiency.
“Building on this infrastructure, Humain and Cohere will collaborate on the development of sovereign AI models, including Arabic-language and domain-adapted foundation models, as well as special-purpose AI models tailored to enterprise and sector-specific use cases,” the release stated.
Humain said the collaboration reflects the growing importance of AI infrastructure in supporting frontier AI models.
“By combining large-scale accelerated compute with Cohere’s model research and engineering capabilities, Humain and Cohere aim to advance the mission of secure, enterprise-grade AI models while expanding regional AI compute capacity,” the statement added.
It further stated that as demand for frontier enterprise AI continues to grow, the collaboration provides a scalable framework for future expansion, enabling additional compute capacity to support new model programs over time.
“Together, Humain and Cohere are strengthening the compute foundation for next-generation AI while helping organizations deploy secure, production-ready AI solutions tailored to real-world enterprise needs,” it added.
