Saudi Arabia has introduced HUMAIN Chat, the country’s first Arabic conversational app built at home for Arabic speakers. It is developed by HUMAIN, a Public Investment Fund company creating end-to-end artificial intelligence capabilities, and runs on ALLAM 34B, the firm’s flagship Arabic large language model.
“This is a point of pride for Saudi Arabia and shows that globally competitive technology can be rooted in our own language, infrastructure, and values, built in Saudi Arabia by Saudi talent.” — Tareq Amin, CEO, HUMAIN
Why it matters
HUMAIN Chat is designed for the needs of more than 400 million Arabic speakers and two billion Muslims worldwide. It brings culturally aware responses and Arabic-first features that have been missing in many global tools.
🗣️ Arabic speech and dialects
Understands and responds to multiple dialects with easy switching between Arabic and English.
🌐 Real-time search
Keeps answers current by drawing on live information where appropriate.
🔁 Shareable conversations
Save, reuse, and share threads for learning and teamwork.
🔐 Sovereign hosting
Hosted in Saudi Arabia and aligned with national data protection rules.
Context
The Public Investment Fund is backing new companies and sectors that support Vision 2030. HUMAIN Chat reflects this push by pairing advanced models with local language depth and cultural fluency.
Source: Saudi Press Agency and HUMAIN announcements.
