Silicon Valley Is Courting Gulf Monarchies to Fund AI
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Nitasha Tiku on tech and Saudi Arabia.
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On this episode of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast, Paris Marx is joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how US tech companies are flocking to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fund their expensive AI ambitions.
Nitasha Tiku is a tech culture reporter at the Washington Post.
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(Budrul Chukrut / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)On this episode of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, we’re joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how US tech companies are flocking to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fund their expensive AI ambitions.
Nitasha Tiku is a tech culture reporter at The Washington Post.
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