MBS’s Pivot to AI Hinges on Trump Deal to Import US Chips

Tareq Aminhas a sales pitch that’s opened virtually every door in Silicon Valley: If you’re looking for AI computing power, come to Saudi Arabia.

This week, the chief executive officer of the kingdom’s state-backed tech firm, Humain, is headed to the White House as part of a mission to convince the Trump administration to give the country access to the cutting-edge American chips it needs to pull off those deals and become one of the largest artificial intelligence infrastructure players in the world.

Saudi Arabia is making Humain a centerpiece of its plan to diversify its economy – and to get a piece of the ...