From policy to procurement to reporting, government runs on knowledge work — and GenAI can automate 60-70% of it. We're looking for founders who will rebuild how government gets done.
Saudi Arabia is executing the most ambitious national transformation in the world. But transformation runs on knowledge work — strategies, reports, procurement cycles, policy analysis — delivered by armies of consultants and manual processes. The Kingdom spends $4.3B a year on consulting alone, the largest market in the GCC. Much of that work is exactly what GenAI now does best.
The government has seen this. Ministries are demanding value over volume. DGA projects $56B in annual GenAI productivity gains for the public sector by 2033. The question is no longer whether this work gets automated — it's who builds the tools. Saudi Arabia intends to lead, not follow.
Government ICT spend hit $8.5B in 2025, with AI investment up 20% year over year (DGA). PIF launched HUMAIN. The government isn't planning to buy — it's buying.
LLMs crossed a capability threshold. For the first time, AI can do the research, drafting, and synthesis that government runs on. BCG made $2.7B from AI in 2024. McKinsey built Lilli. The technology is ready.
Local data centers and sovereign inference APIs solve data localization. Startups can deploy enterprise AI while staying compliant.
Government procurement runs through Etimad — but everything around it is manual: scoping, vendor comparison, compliance checking, contract monitoring. Build the layer that sits on top of the official rails and automates the full lifecycle, not just the paperwork.
Decades of expertise live in Arabic documents, old contracts, and the heads of veteran staff — unsearchable and walking out the door. Build the retrieval and reasoning layer that makes a ministry's entire history queryable.
New regulations ripple through the economy in ways no options paper captures. Build the engine that models a proposed policy against real economic data, existing law, and comparable precedents from other markets — before it takes effect.
Millions of government records exist as scanned Arabic documents — handwritten, stamped, mixed dialect and formal MSA. Every AI application downstream is starved without them. Build the digitization, extraction, and structuring infrastructure. Unglamorous, defensible, essential.
Native Arabic language capability, not translated English. Understanding of Saudi dialects and formal MSA.
PDPL-compliant data handling. NCA cybersecurity controls. Data localization capability.
Saudi-based founders, or willing to establish significant Saudi presence. Local entity, local team, deep integration with government systems.
Multi-factor auth, encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging. Cloud controls (CCC) compliance.
We're looking for founders who understand both AI and government. Maybe you've shipped products at scale and want to tackle a harder problem. Maybe you've worked inside Saudi ministries and know the opportunities and challenges firsthand. Maybe you've spent years in consulting and know exactly which 60% should be automated. Ideally, you bring more than one. You're ready to build in Riyadh and hire Saudi talent.
We have relationships across ministries, PIF entities, and Vision 2030 programs. We open doors.
We've helped dozens of companies navigate market entry, regulatory compliance, and GTM/biz dev.
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We're accepting applications from founders with working products, strong teams, or deep domain expertise. Tell us what you're building and why you're the one to build it.
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