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AI runs on energy…
…so power is a real constraint. And that’s where Aramco enters the picture
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How the verification economy is driving new AI careers
Why verification is an increasingly valuable skill
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Why one enterprise customer changes everything
Learn how enterprise trust drives growth, and why one customer can unlock new opportunities. Discover how Telo AI used LEAP to build credibility and scale in Saudi Arabia.
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Why one enterprise customer changes everything
Learn how enterprise trust drives growth, and why one customer can unlock new opportunities. Discover how Telo AI used LEAP to build credibility and scale in Saudi Arabia.
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The long road to scale for surgical robotics
Surgical robotics is scaling through evidence and institutional adoption. Explore targets, global procedure growth, and the future of robotic surgery.
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Robotics in the real world
Industrial robotics is expanding beyond manufacturing. Discover adoption data, AI-driven advances, and the future of robotics deployment.
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Ocean tech is finding its depth
Ocean tech is evolving – from autonomous ocean data to seaweed farming and tidal energy. Discover three innovations that are changing climate, food, and energy systems.
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Is AI forcing everyone to pick a side?
As AI adoption surpasses 70%, companies face a strategic choice: build, buy, or drift. Explore how positioning (not technology) is creating competitive advantage.
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Climate tech is booming – so why does it feel like a slowdown?
Climate tech investment is still rising, but venture funding is more selective. We look at data from BloombergNEF, IEA and Dealroom to see where climate capital is going now.
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A Surgical LEAP, Shaping the Future of Surgery
Step into the theatre as we explore the future of surgical technology and how innovative discoveries are reshaping the way surgeons operate and train the next generation. Join some of the worlds most renowned surgeons as they look to the future of health tech and how technology can change lives
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Investors and NFTs: Is It Worth The Investment?
Today, it seems as if you cannot avoid NFTs. The news, social media, business moguls, venture capitalists, and teenagers alike are all buzzing about them. From mid-2021, we have started to see venture capital investment in NFT marketplaces, along with some exclusive NFT-directed funds being established. Now we
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Women In Tech, Inspiring Future Generations
To celebrate International Women’s Day and the theme #Breakingthebias, we will be looking at exciting projects that are being led by women and how tech is opening opportunities for female leaders. Get first-hand experience from female leaders in the tech industry, including 2019’s Woman of the Year
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Industry 5.0: How, What, Where and When?
Industry 5.0 is said to already be on the horizon but what is the actual difference between Industry 4.0 vs Industry 5.0? What technologies are at the cusp of the fifth industrial revolution? And what will real personalisation look like in Industry 5.0? Find out from
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The Unlimited Potential of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse
Web 1.0 was static, decentralised, mostly read-only home pages. Web 2.0 is about blogging, social media and e-commerce centralised and owned by tech giants. Web 3.0 is about whatever we want it to become. According to Chris Dixon: “We are now at the beginning of
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Building the Future with Geospatial Imaging
Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion, smart mega-city, NEOM, is breaking ground on the unspoilt coastline of the Red Sea, setting in motion a chain-reaction of construction projects creating a city where robotics is revolutionizing everything and outnumbering people, and self-driving cars are the norm. NEOM will be
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AI in life sciences: What we can learn from China
The US is recognised as the current leader in AI research and development – but China is closing the gap. And when it comes to the use of AI in life sciences, China has already edged ahead, as Dr. Kai-Fu Lee (CEO and President at Sinovation Ventures) noted during his
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Malicious, or just good at the job?
Welcome to this week’s LEAP:IN newsletter. Each week, we unpack leader’s powerful quotes and decipher the tech landscape. With exclusive content from some of the world’s leading experts in AI, robotics, space, edutech, climate tech and more, read on to discover this week’s insights and
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Four key metaverse trends to invest in
Renato De Castro (Executive Director at RMA Advisory) opened his #LEAP22 keynote with a touch of regret. In February 2009 he received a “very strange” offer – the opportunity to buy something called Bitcoin, for about $0.09. He didn’t buy it. Then in 2010, his child was born. “We
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The argument for local cybersecurity in Saudi Arabia
As the world has made a rapid shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some countries have moved faster than others. Saudi Arabia stood out from the start as a nation with the drive to accelerate the rollout of digital services. According to the World Bank,
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Connectivity as a human right: How does it change your digital strategy?
During his keynote at #LEAP22, Mazen Al Dawood (SVP of Corporate Strategy, Business Planning and Partnerships at Mobily) mentioned a recent survey that asked families in Saudi Arabia what was most important to them before they moved into a new house. Most said that their number one priority was to
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We’re limitless: How tech is expanding human potential
Scientists have long tried to figure out exactly how far human beings can go before we hit our outermost limits. For millennia, we’ve been creating technology to overcome the limitations of our physical bodies – and now we’re turning to tech to expand the limits of our minds. Over
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Technology from (and for) human resilience
“When in search of trade we reached the end of land, and so in front of us only water, we didn’t turn back. We didn’t go home. We used the greatest gift which has been given to us: our intelligence. And we built the boat.” This was how