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What happens when AI becomes part of the team?
How AI agents, automation and hybrid workforces are changing enterprise teams in Saudi Arabia.
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Why Saudi Arabia doesn’t need to be first
Why Saudi Arabia’s ‘fast-follower’ approach to AI and technology may be its biggest competitive advantage.
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How technology blurred the boundaries of travel (and life)
Discover how technology is transforming travel in 2026, blurring the boundaries between movement, work, identity and everyday life.
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Three incredible things tech has achieved in 2026
Explore three major tech breakthroughs of 2026, from fusion energy advances to space robotics and humanoid surgical systems.
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The rise of water intelligence platforms
Find out how water intelligence platforms are transforming infrastructure through smart meters, IoT sensors, cloud systems, and real-time analytics across global cities.
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The startup opportunity inside ageing water systems
Ageing water infrastructure is creating new opportunities for startups in predictive maintenance, smart metering, infrastructure analytics, and water technology platforms.
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How SUSTAIN turns ambition into action
Saudi Arabia’s SUSTAIN platform shows how AI can turn sustainability ambition into coordinated execution.
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How Saudi Arabia is building sovereign AI
How Saudi Arabia is bringing together energy, infrastructure, and capital to build sovereign AI capability.
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What’s it really like to work in XR?
Amy Peck (Founder and CEO at Endeavour XR) came to #LEAP23 to share her unique perspective on the state of the metaverse, and how blended reality tech is blurring the boundaries between physical and digital life. We caught up with her after the event to get more insights into what
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Mentorship over money: A key to entrepreneurial success
Imagine you’re starting out on your journey as an entrepreneur. You’re excited. You’re overflowing with ideas, with this vision of the future that you can help to create – and you’re being propelled forwards by enthusiasm and passion. So what do you do? You work hard to
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Startups: Find an investor who understands your business
When we interviewed William Bao Bean (General Partner at SOSV and Managing Director of Orbit Startups), we asked what makes a good match between an investor and a startup. He said: “For us the number one driver is ‘Can we be helpful?’” Orbit’s approach to selecting investments isn’t
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What does a Space Architect do on Earth?
Have you ever met a Space Architect? Let us introduce you to #LEAP23 keynote speaker Phnam Bagley (Space Architect at Nonfiction Design). Nonfiction is a creative studio that turns science fiction into reality, blending space architecture with Earth-based design and facilitating a future in which the world around us
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An AI-powered robot for education and empowerment
We interviewed #LEAP23 speaker Elnaz Sarraf (Founder and CEO at ROYBI Robot) to learn how she came up with her life-changing product (clue: it started with sketches on paper in her bedroom), and how she navigated the journey from the seed of an idea, to raising funding of $4.
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Fintech: it’s a force for evolution
“…under one roof (an unfathomably big roof) we have smart energy, smart cities, and health tech bumping into fintech tech. LEAP 2023 afforded me the chance to talk with others from around the world, in different industries, about that intersectionality of smart data use cases in an open framework; a
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Never underestimate the power of stories in tech
“I just don’t understand technology. It’s too complicated, it’s not my thing. When the conversation turns to new tech, I switch off.” Have you ever heard people who don’t work in tech say things like this? Being a self-identifying technophobe is a really common way
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How tech can diversify food production (+increase security)
A little while back we interviewed #LEAP23 keynote speaker Arnavaz Schatten (Director of Sustainability at Infarm) to get the lowdown on her work in vertical farming and sustainability. Schatten said: “…the idea behind vertical farming is not to replace traditional agriculture – it’s to supplement and improve it, make it