{"id":438331,"date":"2025-11-06T10:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/?p=438331"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:45:30","slug":"regional-business-ai-adoption-is-highest-in-saudi-arabia-says-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/regional-business-ai-adoption-is-highest-in-saudi-arabia-says-new-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional business AI adoption is highest in Saudi Arabia, says new report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Saudi businesses are at the forefront of regional AI adoption, with 81% of companies already implementing artificial intelligence solutions customized for their specific industries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The figures come from a report released at the SAP NOW AI Tour Riyadh. The survey found that almost all Saudi companies (96%) plan to invest in data quality and consolidation in the next year, showing a strong focus on building reliable data infrastructures to support scalable AI applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to the data, when it comes to success metrics, companies prioritize customer satisfaction (52%), followed by revenue growth (47%), cost reduction (48%), and improved decision-making (47%). More than half (51%) of respondents expect to see measurable returns on their AI investments within two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to SAP, the survey results reaffirm Saudi Arabia\u2019s leadership in AI adoption across the Middle East, underscoring its growing influence as a regional hub for digital innovation and advanced technology deployment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The GCC region is currently experiencing a significant AI boom, with new regional companies and partnerships emerging. Particularly since May 2025, AI deal activity has been off the charts. HUMAIN, a company launched by the PIF, quickly rose to become a regional powerhouse with AI-focused infrastructure, software, and even hardware.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The UAE has also seen significant AI activity, with the launch of Stargate UAE and billions of dollars invested in data centers and AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi businesses are at the forefront of regional AI adoption, with 81% of companies already implementing artificial intelligence solutions customized for their specific industries. The figures come from a report released at the SAP NOW AI Tour Riyadh. The survey found that almost all Saudi companies (96%) plan to invest in data quality and consolidation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":438332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":[],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29330],"tags":[29366,29354],"audience-intent":[],"content-types":[],"country":[],"entity":[],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-438331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-mena","tag-saudi-arabia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438331"},{"taxonomy":"audience-intent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience-intent?post=438331"},{"taxonomy":"content-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-types?post=438331"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=438331"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=438331"},{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/format?post=438331"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=438331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}