RIYADH: Artificial Intelligence continues to prove itself a valuable, unique long-term asset in Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation, underscored by the Ministry of Interior’s Absher Conference.
After unveiling the success of Tuwaiq Academy’s Tuwaiq Hackathon on the conference’s first day, the second day of the Absher Conference was a platform for in-depth dialogue on the Kingdom’s prospering AI industry. With fundamental discussion building upon the Ministry of Interior’s role in leveraging digital transformation, panel conversations gave voice to training academies, tech startups, and AI in media.
During the panel “Investing in Govtech: Empowering AI Startups to Redefine Government Services,” the bridge of collaboration between government entities and AI start-ups shed light on investments, infrastructure, and talent.
Mohamed El-Abbouri, CEO of Signit, a Saudi technology company, elaborated on the intersection between infrastructure readiness and transformation.
“Saudi ranks as one of the top countries globally when it comes to government technology. In addition to that is the government’s infrastructure readiness … Saudi citizens are digital-first people, so we have the local talent to deliver on that,” he said.
