US tech firms secure AI deals as Trump tours Gulf states

<p>Nvidia to sell hundreds of thousands of AI chips in Saudi Arabia and Cisco also signs deal with UAE company G42</p><p>A swath of US technology firms announced deals in the Middle East as Donald Trump trumpeted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/13/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-gulf-middle-east-latest-us-politics-news-live?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-682354948f0824efe73e38a5#block-682354948f0824efe73e38a5">$600bn in commitments</a> from Saudi Arabia to American artificial intelligence companies during a tour of Gulf states.</p><p>Among the biggest deals was a set signed by Nvidia. The company will sell hundreds of thousands of AI chips in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/saudiarabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, with a first tranche of 18,000 of its newest “Blackwell” chips going to Humain, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth-fund-owned AI startup, Reuters reported. Cisco on Tuesday said it had signed a deal with G42, the AI firm based in the United Arab Emirates, to help the company develop that country’s AI sector.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/13/us-tech-ai-trump-gulf-tour">Continue reading...</a>