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Here’s what we’re tracking today

Humain plans 1.7 GW Saudi data-center build next year

Anthropic is spending like gangbusters before its IPO

Compute, at scale

PIF-backed Humain is betting USD bns on turning Saudi Arabia into an AI-compute hub for global workloads

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Wednesday, 30 September 2026

A rupture at our doorstep

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The week is coming to a close on a sour diplomatic note, as Algeria decided to abruptly cut off ties with the UAE yesterday. Algiers' decision is the culmination of years of geopolitical divergence over the Sahel and Western Sahara.

Today at a Glance

The Pitch

The US won’t get serious about AI governance — and the rest of the world may pay the price.

The Business of AI

Humain plans 1.7 GW Saudi data-center build next year.

AI in Business

Anthropic is spending like gangbusters.

Data Point

Emiratis are the world’s biggest AI super users.

Global

The US and China have a new red phone.

Anthropic’s a two-time loser — and Dubai’s going driverless.

Business of AI

Humain plans a 1.7 GW Saudi datacenter build next year

Indian startups are becoming the Gulf's go-to AI build partners

Veeza AI wants to fix the Global South's "broken visa process"

Endimension's AI radiologist tackles global shortages

India’s Docketrun eyes UAE as a MENA entry point

Deloitte invests in AI to scale Saudi unit

Presight’s domestic order book hit a record in 2Q 2026

Humain is funding a two-track AI buildout

Humain preps its IPO — OpenAI is on the hunt for more money

BTC miner Phoenix shifts toward AI infrastructure in Europe

AI in Business

How Egypt’s entrepreneurs use AI

While AI struggled through some hiccups, the tech pushed through as an indispensable facet of the workplace — and Egypt’s entrepreneurs are proof

How corporate AI mandates burned through budgets and teams with little to show for it

Is digital expansion the new branch scaling for banks?

How AI is changing your investing experience

While LLMs can help investors understand information more efficiently, they are less suitable for building investment strategies

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