Tareq Amin
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, I mean, for you to know, I'll tell you, we take things for granted in the US to a certain extent.
Let's assume you're a startup here and you want to access compute.
Let's assume you're a startup here and you want to access compute.
It's as simple as obviously going to a hyperscaler and within 30 seconds you're ready to go.
It's as simple as obviously going to a hyperscaler and within 30 seconds you're ready to go.
So this story is fascinating because my first discovery, let's say, in the role I was in at the time, I was hired to really run a subsidiary of Aramco, a new company that was intended to diversify out of its core business in which digital and AI was a really core component of it.
So this story is fascinating because my first discovery, let's say, in the role I was in at the time, I was hired to really run a subsidiary of Aramco, a new company that was intended to diversify out of its core business in which digital and AI was a really core component of it.
One of the biggest surprises I had is lack of AI infrastructure.
One of the biggest surprises I had is lack of AI infrastructure.
I mean, I did not know that the ability for startups, companies to access AI infrastructure is a challenge.
I mean, I did not know that the ability for startups, companies to access AI infrastructure is a challenge.
I mean, it took, look how large Aramco is, took them nine months from the process of
I mean, it took, look how large Aramco is, took them nine months from the process of
purchase order, export control process, deployment, installation.
purchase order, export control process, deployment, installation.
That means we have hindered a company to really achieve its objectives by nine months.
That means we have hindered a company to really achieve its objectives by nine months.
So that was the first opportunity that I saw that we need to address in the country.
So that was the first opportunity that I saw that we need to address in the country.
I tell you this story because this is how the Humane story started.