Ratified on the LEAP stage in Riyadh, the aixplain and Syriatel partnership signals Saudi Arabia's emergence as an exporter of sovereign AI
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, August 31, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Saudi Arabia's ascent as a builder of artificial intelligence reached a milestone moment today at LEAP, the Kingdom's premier technology conference, as aixplain and Syriatel Telecom S.A. formally sealed a Memorandum of Joint Recognition marking the first deployment of Saudi AI infrastructure in the Syrian Arab Republic.
For years, countries have acquired their intelligence infrastructure from a limited set of distant suppliers. Today, the Kingdom enters the ranks of AI-exporting nations, and it does so in a distinctly Saudi manner: delivering technology to a neighbor undergoing renewal, in that neighbor's own language, and under conditions that preserve freedom and local ownership.
aixplain, the enterprise agentic AI platform built with Arabic-first capability and sovereign deployment as its foundation, is the company carrying that achievement. Its infrastructure will drive AI services across Syriatel's network, reaching more than twelve million subscribers as Syria steps into a new period of openness and rebuilding.
"Syria's renewal will be authored by its citizens, powered by the region, and owned by its people," said Dr. Hassan Sawaf, Founder and CEO of aixplain. "I stand today between two homelands. Saudi Arabia gave this technology its ambition and its wings, and Syria gave me mine. To bring the Kingdom's first AI infrastructure to the country of my origin, alongside Syriatel and its two decades of devotion to the Syrian people, is an honor of my career."
"Syriatel is uniquely positioned to be Syria’s technology bridge by enabling the nation's digital economy and driving its transformation from the present into the future,” said Yasir Kahf, Chief Executive Officer of Syriatel. "AI is the platform for that journey, and aixplain is the ideal partner to kickstart this journey,"
From Vision to Export
The ratification at LEAP aligns the partnership with the broader narrative the conference is designed to showcase: a Kingdom whose Vision 2030 has reshaped it from a technology consumer into a technology producer, and now into a technology exporter. At the same conference, aixplain launched Koder, a Saudi first in sovereign AI technology deployed globally and part of the region's growing sovereign AI ecosystem.
More information is available at koder.aixplain.com.
About the Memorandum
First executed in Damascus and formally ratified in Riyadh, the Memorandum of Joint Recognition celebrates aixplain's role as the first Saudi AI infrastructure provider to operate in Syria and affirms the parties' commitment to advancing Arabic-first, sovereign AI for Syrian talent, institutions, and enterprises.
About aixplain
aixplain is the operating system for building, deploying, and governing agentic AI, with Arabic-first capability and sovereign deployment at its core. Based in Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia, and trusted by enterprises and governments with the strictest security and data-sovereignty requirements, aixplain exists to make every entrepreneur a global enterprise through access to safe, reliable, and secure sovereign AI. For more information, visit www.aixplain.com.
About Syriatel
Syriatel Telecom S.A. is Syria's largest telecommunications provider, serving more than twelve million subscribers since 2001.
Media Contact: Reem El Gohary, Communications, aixplain comms@aixplain.com
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