U.S. President Donald Trump reacts subsequent to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman through the Saudi-U.S. Funding Discussion board, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Might 13, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion dedication from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to put money into the USA after the oil energy accorded him a gala welcome at first of a tour of Gulf states.
A slate of high-profile enterprise offers throughout Riyadh, Doha and Abu Dhabi have been being unveiled this week, with synthetic intelligence and rising applied sciences taking centre stage as Gulf nations race to safe a foothold within the international AI economic system. Right here is an summary of main offers and bulletins made on the sidelines of Trump’s Gulf go to:
* Amazon Net Companies and Saudi Arabia’s AI startup Humain introduced plans to take a position $5 billion-plus in a strategic partnership to construct an “AI Zone” within the kingdom.
* U.S. chip agency AMD and Humain introduced plans to construct AI infrastructure that may see them make investments as much as $10 billion to deploy 500 megawatts of AI computing capability over the subsequent 5 years.
* Saudi Arabian DataVolt plans to take a position $20 billion in AI information centres and vitality infrastructure in the USA. * Google , DataVolt, Oracle, Salesforce , AMD, and Uber are committing to take a position $80 billion in applied sciences in each international locations.
* Development consulting corporations Hill Worldwide, Jacobs, Parsons, and AECOM are constructing key infrastructure tasks similar to King Salman Worldwide Airport, King Salman Park, The Vault, Qiddiya Metropolis, and extra, totalling $2 billion in U.S. providers exports.
* Extra main exports embrace GE Vernova’s gasoline generators and vitality options totalling $14.2 billion and Boeing 737-8 passenger plane for AviLease totalling $4.8 billion.
* Healthcare agency Shamekh IV Options shall be investing $5.8 billion, together with a plant in Michigan to launch a high-capacity IV fluid facility.
* Hassana Funding Firm and Franklin Templeton signed a memorandum of understanding valued at $150 million to discover a strategic partnership associated to investments in Saudi non-public credit score alternatives.
* Saudi Aramco will signal on Tuesday memorandums of understanding with U.S. liquefied pure gasoline producer NextDecade and utility agency Sempra, Aramco’s chief govt mentioned.
* U.S. chip big Nvidia and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-owned AI startup Humain introduced a partnership.
* U.S.-based funding platform Burkhan World Investments mentioned it signed memorandums of understanding with Saudi companions, totaling $15 billion in new funding commitments.
Revealed on Might 13, 2025