At the Middle East’s premier AI event, the Global AI Summit (GAIN) held in Riyadh Sept. 10-12, SambaNova and Clouding AI agreed to jointly promote and enable the future of sovereign AI. With more than 15,000 attendees from 70 countries and sessions with some 200 industry speakers, the summit provided the perfect platform for both companies to align on their shared vision for the near future.
In a series of meetings, executives from both companies explored the latest AI advancements across the countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), especially in Saudi Arabia, and defined a collaborative market development strategy for the sovereign AI portfolio.
United in their shared vision of the Middle East as a leader in sovereign AI, executives from the two companies reiterated their commitment to strategic partnership and agreed to develop a comprehensive roadmap for accelerating AI transformation for enterprises in the region.
The discussions were led by Rodrigo Liang, SambaNova’s Co-Founder & CEO, Su Le, Chief Growth Officer, and Marshall Choy, SVP – Product, while Mohamed Shatla, Managing Partner, and Waleed Ghalwash, CDO & Partner, represented Clouding AI.
Clouding AI is on a mission to introduce the latest tech to the Middle East, and SambaNova is a one-of-a-kind AI company: SambaNova has the first enterprise-grade generative AI solution, based on a 1.3 trillion parameter Composition of Experts (CoE) architecture. Its ecosystem leverages curated and certified expert models from the open-source community to deliver state-of-the-art accuracy across diverse enterprise tasks and offering bank-grade security and privacy. It has set a new standard for performance and efficiency with an industry-leading 1,082 tokens per second running Llama 3 8B while achieving the industry’s lowest rate of power consumption.
“AI is having its moment, and the GCC has set its course to lead the change. Yet, as AI spreads, it is crucial to ensure sustainable and manageable growth. SambaNova’s sovereign AI solutions are designed to meet these demands. This is a new chapter in AI’s evolution, and now is the perfect time to adopt,” Mohamed Shatla explained.
The Middle East, particularly the GCC, has established itself as a key player in shaping the future of ethical and sovereign AI. Governments across the region have made significant strides by implementing regulatory frameworks to ensure the responsible development and deployment of AI technologies.
SambaNova’s full-stack sovereign AI solutions are ideally suited to meet the region’s growing need for secure and compliant data management. These on-premise systems can be pre-configured to adhere to local regulatory frameworks, ensuring all developments meet the highest standards set by individual states.
“We are impressed by the scale and speed of technological advancement in the Middle East. We are excited to deepen our collaboration with Clouding AI and introduce our portfolio to this ambitious region,” added Su Le.