\nLong-Term Strategic Collaboration Between Microsoft and HUMAIN with Plans to Bring ALLAM to Microsoft Foundry and M365 Copilot ecosystem, Alongside Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) Providing Hands-On AI Deployment.<\/p>\n
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia \u2013 26th August 2026 \u2013 HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities globally, today announced the first milestone in a long-term strategic collaboration with Microsoft.
\nThe collaboration will initially focus on two areas: working to bring HUMAIN\u2019s ALLAM models to Microsoft\u2019s AI ecosystem and bringing together HUMAIN\u2019s AI experts with Microsoft\u2019s Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) to work directly with organizations to support the identification, development and deployment of high-value AI solutions across Microsoft technologies.
\nThe collaboration builds on Microsoft’s AI platform \u2013 including Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft Foundry and others \u2013 and HUMAIN’s AI capabilities across Arabic language models and AI applications. Together, the companies will initially focus on helping organizations accelerate AI adoption through Arabic-language AI capabilities and hands-on engineering support, while exploring opportunities to deepen the collaboration across additional areas over time.
\nThe companies intend to make ALLAM available through Microsoft Foundry, giving developers and enterprises access to HUMAIN\u2019s Arabic language models within Microsoft\u2019s AI ecosystem. Organizations could use models to build, customize and deploy AI applications and agents designed to support Arabic-language and regional business requirements.
\nThrough Microsoft M365 Copilot, organizations would be able to create mission-critical specialized agents that leverage ALLAM\u2019s Arabic-language capabilities in productivity and business workflows. ALLAM represents the first technology milestone planned under the collaboration and provides an initial foundation for broader collaboration between HUMAIN\u2019s AI capabilities and Microsoft\u2019s platforms.
\nAs part of the collaboration, HUMAIN\u2019s AI experts and Microsoft\u2019s Forward Deployed Engineers will work alongside Microsoft teams and customers across Microsoft\u2019s AI ecosystem. Their role will extend beyond ALLAM, providing hands-on engineering support to organizations implementing AI solutions across a range of Microsoft technologies and customer environments.
\nWorking directly alongside customer teams, HUMAIN and Microsoft\u2019s engineers will help identify high-value use cases, integrate AI into existing workflows, configure and optimize deployments, and support the transition from experimentation towards mission-critical, production-scale implementation.
\nThis co-engineering model combines Microsoft\u2019s enterprise AI platforms with HUMAIN\u2019s applied engineering capabilities, helping customers address the operational, technical and organizational requirements involved in deploying AI at scale and accelerate the path from AI experimentation to real business value.
\n\u201cThis collaboration begins with plans to bring ALLAM to a number of key Microsoft AI solutions, and this is just the first step,\u201d said Tareq Amin, Chief Executive Officer of HUMAIN. \u201cOver the coming months, HUMAIN and Microsoft intend to introduce a much broader set of capabilities that expand how organizations build, deploy, and scale AI. What you’ll see at LEAP is the next generation of enterprise AI integration. By combining Microsoft’s global platform with HUMAIN’s AI capabilities and forward-deployed engineering expertise, we’re creating practical solutions that help enterprises accelerate AI adoption and deliver real business impact. This announcement is only the beginning.\u201d
\n“AI delivers the greatest value when it becomes part of the way people work every day,”said Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft. “By combining Microsoft’s trusted AI platform with HUMAIN’s Arabic AI capabilities, we’re helping organizations across Saudi Arabia build AI that understands local language and context while meeting the security and governance requirements of enterprise and public sector customers.”
\n\u201cWhat\u2019s exciting about this collaboration is that it brings together the capabilities organizations need to put AI to work,\u201d said Naim Yazbeck, President, Middle East and Africa, Microsoft. \u201cIn Saudi Arabia, we\u2019re already seeing the conversation move quickly from AI ambition to AI at scale. Bringing together Arabic AI capabilities, hands-on engineering expertise and the tools people use every day can help organizations turn AI opportunities into practical solutions, while building capability here in the Kingdom that has relevance across the wider region.\u201d
\nLooking ahead, Microsoft and HUMAIN intend to explore opportunities to deepen their collaboration across additional areas of AI, including productivity, devices, models and infrastructure, as well as joint go-to-market initiatives. These areas would build on the initial collaboration around ALLAM and forward-deployed engineering as the companies explore how their respective technologies and capabilities can support responsible AI adoption across Saudi Arabia and the broader Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n
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