The Career Pivot Saudi Tech Professionals Are Making Right Now At the start of 2026, LinkedIn published its most-watched annual report; the 25 fastest-growing jobs. In first place, for the second year running, was AI Engineer. Alongside that headline, the World Economic Forum reported that AI had already created 1.3
The global business intelligence market is worth USD 33.3 billion in 2025 and will continue to expand in 2026, with market reaching USD 37.96 billion in minimum. A 2026 survey found that 68% of organizations admit their current BI platform is not delivering the expected return on investment. The most
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology launched something that every tech professional, student, and digital transformation leader in Saudi Arabia needs to know about immediately: the AI & Cloud Kingdom Tour. In partnership with Google Cloud, MCIT has launched a free, week-long hybrid training
On Tuesday, 10 March 2026, the Saudi Cabinet made an official decision that carries strategic weight far beyond its headline; Saudi Arabia was formally designated the Year of Artificial Intelligence. This is not branding. It is the formalization of a strategy years in the making, one that has already produced
Something historic happened in Riyadh in early 2026. At the PIF Private Sector Forum, Tareq Amin — CEO of HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund AI company, unveiled HUMAIN OS, an operating system built entirely around artificial intelligence agents. Not a chatbot. Not a productivity addon, not a simple algorithm.
There is a difference between an AI that answers questions and an AI that completes tasks. A chatbot waits for you to type something, generates a response, and stops. An AI agent receives a goal — “optimize the inventory for warehouse” and then acts. It checks real-time sensor data. It
A retail chain analyses its sales data is flowing well. The numbers look encouraging. Revenue is up. A decision has been made to expand the range. Six months later, the expansion stalled. The original analysis excluded older, higher-volume branches using legacy point-of-sale systems, where the product line had underperformed. This
There is a quiet but urgent reality reshaping workplaces across Riyadh, Jeddah, and every major city in the Gulf. Skills mismatches and career transition inefficiencies are costing the Saudi economy an estimated SAR 62 billion in lost earnings for Saudi nationals every year — and that figure rises to SAR 196
