Riyadh, February, 2025 – Saudi Arabia's leading digital enabler, stc, through its AI arm stc.ai, announces a groundbreaking partnership with SambaNova to introduce the Kingdom's first sovereign Large Language Model (LLM) as a service cloud platform. The platform, unveiled at LEAP 2025, will run the world's largest open-source frontier model, powered by Llama 405B, marking a significant milestone in the Kingdom's AI capabilities.
Key features of the platform include stc Enterprise GPT, a state-of-the-art generative AI solution, and the fastest inference speeds for Llama 405B, ensuring seamless integration and scalability for enterprises. The platform is designed to drive innovation across industries, from healthcare and finance to energy and telecommunications, positioning Saudi Arabia as a global leader in AI adoption.
Saud Alsheraihi, Vice President of Digital Solutions at stc, emphasized the strategic importance of this partnership: “This collaboration with SambaNova marks a significant milestone in our journey to empower Saudi enterprises with sovereign AI capabilities. By offering a secure and scalable inferencing-as-a-Service platform, we are enabling organizations to unlock the full potential of their data while maintaining complete control."
“SambaNova is pleased to partner with stc.ai to introduce KSA’s premier sovereign LLM-as-a-service cloud, running the world’s largest open-source frontier models at one-tenth the power compared to other solutions,” said Rodrigo Liang, CEO of SambaNova Systems. “This partnership showcases cutting-edge research and innovation from both companies and the fastest inference speeds.”
The collaboration introduces a revolutionary platform that enables sovereign AI entities to fine-tune models using their private data while leveraging industry-leading inference capabilities powered by SambaNova's advanced technology. The platform is being showcased at LEAP 2025, with general availability scheduled for later this year.