What's the Story? Aramco Digital wants to democratize access to AI chips
In this podcast, Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why Aramco Digital CEO Tareq Amin wants to provide 'AI-infrastructure-as-a-service' to customers and democratize access to AI chips, in part by teaming up with startup Groq.
At a Glance
- Tareq Amin's vision for creating a "Google of the Middle East" (04:31)
- Aramco Digital launches a new AI-powered operating system dubbed Nour OS (06:57)
- Why Aramco Digital wants to be an AI-infrastructure-as-a-service company (08:44)
Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to explain why Aramco Digital is tapping into a $7.5 billion fund to create the "Google of the Middle East." We also discuss how Aramco Digital CEO Tareq Amin wants to provide "AI-infrastructure-as-a-service" to customers and democratize access to AI chips, in part by teaming up with startup Groq.
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Here are a few topics we cover:
Background on startup Groq (01:02)
Tareq Amin takes over as CEO of Aramco Digital (02:48)
Amin's vision for creating a "Google of the Middle East" (04:31)
Groq's approach to developing AI chips (05:27)
Aramco Digital launches a new AI-powered operating system dubbed Nour OS (06:57)
Why Aramco Digital wants to be an AI-infrastructure-as-a-service company (08:44)
Could startups like Groq pose significant competition to Nvidia? (12:01)
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