Leaders from the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) and NVIDIA came together for a pivotal discussion, signifying a continued partnership between the two entities. Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi, head of SDAIA, hosted NVIDIA’s Founder, President, and CEO, Jensen Huang, at the organization’s headquarters in Riyadh.
Their conversation centered on potential collaborative efforts in technology, specifically focusing on data and artificial intelligence. The pair shared insights on the global landscape of AI and data advancements, as well as NVIDIA’s role in the upcoming Global Smart City Forum (GSCF 2024), an event spearheaded by SDAIA.
The engagement between SDAIA and NVIDIA is not new; they have collectively initiated a multi-year agenda to create a supercomputing platform of high performance within the Kingdom. This endeavor aims to foster the development of AI-driven applications in fields such as language processing and computer vision, advancing the Kingdom’s ambitions to integrate AI technologies.