Saudi Arabia ranks third globally in frontier AI models and AI job growth, driven by SDAIA-led strategy

Summary

An analysis of the 2025 Stanford AI Index highlights Saudi Arabia’s rise to third globally in frontier AI language models and AI job growth, behind only the U.S., China, India and Brazil in respective categories. The article credits the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), indigenous Arabic LLMs such as ALLaM, large-scale talent programs like SAMAE, and extensive regulatory and data-governance reforms as pillars of the kingdom’s ambition to become a top‑10 AI nation under Vision 2030.