Saudi Arabia-based oil and energy firm Aramco has acquired a 49% stake in AI firm Humain for $2.6 billion today.
The Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund owns 51% of the Humain, while Aramco now owns 49%$, through a wholly owned subsidiary.
The transaction will further accelerate Humain’s growth and advance its full range of AI capabilities globally, with PIF and Aramco contributing AI assets, capabilities, and talent.
The transaction will accelerate Humain’s ambition to build a globally competitive, integrated AI ecosystem spanning the full stack: from data centers and high-performance compute to advanced models, applications, and industry solutions. Additionally, it will further enable Humain’s plans to develop data center capacity by 2030 and deliver solutions that help the public and private sectors to deploy AI at scale.
The transaction builds on Saudi Arabia’s efforts to further enable the development and deployment of the most advanced data and AI technologies while attracting talent and investment opportunities.
PIF’s strategy for AI and the digital economy benefits from Saudi Arabia’s position as a globally competitive market through innovation and capacity building. Partnering with Aramco in Humain aligns with PIF’s 2026-2030 strategy, which aims to deepen integration across economic ecosystems, expand opportunities with the private sector, and accelerate the growth of national companies into globally competitive leaders.
Aramco is expected to leverage Humain’s AI infrastructure to translate advanced AI capabilities into industrial applications, further enhancing its global ecosystem and operations. Aramco, together with its affiliates, will benefit as a shareholder and strategic partner from HUMAIN’s advanced AI infrastructure and services.
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