Saudi's Humain invested $3 billion in xAI's Series E funding round

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Saudi’s Humain invested $3 billion in xAI’s Series E funding round

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Wed, February 18, 2026 at 11:12 PM GMT+9 1 min read

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Feb 18 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s Humain, the kingdom’s artificial intelligence company, said on Wednesday ‌it had invested $3 billion in Elon ‌Musk’s xAI as a part of its Series E funding ​round just prior to its acquisition by SpaceX.

The investment made Humain a “significant” minority shareholder, with its xAI holdings converted into SpaceX shares, it ‌said.

Saudi Arabia is ⁠boosting its artificial intelligence ambitions as it seeks to capitalize on the ⁠growing demand for compute capacity and diversify revenue sources away from oil.

The investment builds on ​the partnership ​announced between Humain ​and xAI in November ‌at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum where both firms said they would jointly develop 500 megawatts of AI data center infrastructure.

In January, xAI said it raised $20 billion in an upsized Series ‌E funding round as the ​company ramps up deployment ​of new models ​and infrastructure to get ahead of ‌competitors OpenAI and Anthropic.

A ​month after ​the fundraise announcement, Musk’s SpaceX acquired xAI in a massive consolidation move that combines ​the billionaire’s artificial ‌intelligence startup with his space and rocket ​firm.

(Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; ​Editing by Vijay Kishore)

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