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I'm a passionate Data Scientist with a Ph.D. in Deep Learning (Erciyes University) and a proven track record of delivering business value through cutting-edge machine learning and deep learning techniques.

My expertise lies in extracting actionable insights from complex data.  At Al Jazeera Media Network, I leveraged my skills in Tableau, Google Data Studio, and Python (TensorFlow, PyTorch) to develop a solution that increased audience retention by 15%.

Before that, I authored a research paper on deep learning for medical image classification, published in a prestigious medical journal.  This experience honed my skills in computer vision and deep learning applications.

Beyond technical proficiency, I bring strong leadership qualities. As the former CTO of a digital marketing agency, I led cross-functional teams and developed successful technology roadmaps.

I'm a lifelong learner with certifications in Data Analysis with Python and emerging technologies like Augmented Reality.  I'm eager to leverage my skills in a fast-paced environment to tackle complex challenges and drive innovation through data-driven solutions.

Feel free to connect!

Mohammed Lubbad 🍉

I am an internationally recognized AI expert leader, having served large governmental and private entities toward their digital, AI and business transformation.

With 12+ years experience, I have been delivering complex AI strategies, conducted deep ROI analysis on AI investments and helped building national AI capabilities in Europe, US and Middle-East.

During my career, I've worked with top-tier strategy consulting firms and provided a tremendous added value to my clients - in terms of operational efficiency, profitability boosting and projects ROI.

Some examples of projects involve: 

• LLM development feasibility study and implementation
• AI enterprise maturity evaluation 
• Classical AI transformation
• Experimental AI integration
• AI use cases for operational excellence, profitability boosting
• Cognitive cities

Main industry of interest: Government, Energy, Telecommunication, Banking and Defense.

I love spending my free time in volunteering for animal-cause. Indeed, one of my ultimate life-goals is to found an NGO for animal welfare purposes.

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😱 Saudi's just deployed $1 trillion for the largest AI infrastructure on Earth 

The Kingdom is no longer a frontier,
it is the world’s new launchpad.

After NVIDIA export ban to Saudi and UAE has been lifted and nearly 2.5 million NVIDIA Blackwell have been ordered.

Riyadh alone, ordered 300,000 of them.

That's because Saudi's data centers demand has skyrocketed.

Currently, the Kingdom has 120 MW of live data centre capacity, with another 2.5 GW under development. 

Here are the current hyperscaler:

• SDAIA | سدايا national cloud zones
• aramco’s High-performance computing centers
• NEOM ZeroPoint DC clusters for cognitive cities
• Albawani | البواني (Oxagon data centre)
• Riyadh Hyperscale Zones (multiple operators)
• stc Dawiyat DC expansion, 30 MW
• Mobily DC clusters in Riyadh and Jeddah
• The Olayan Group DC investments
• Khazna Data Centers (UAE company in KSA)

Future and pipeline data centers:

• The Line, Oxagon, Trojena
• Aramco’s AI and supercomputing campus
• stc hyperscale expansion, 500 MW pipeline
• Riyadh’s “Digital Valley” - 400 MW
• Red Sea Global giga-project computing hubs
• Roshn AI smart city data grids
• Other international operators in KSA - 1.2 GW 

Saudi Arabia’s renewable backbone for clean AI compute:

• Sudair Solar PV – 1.5 GW
• Sakaka Solar PV – 300 MW
• Al Shuaiba Solar – 2.6 GW
• NEOM Green Hydrogen Solar & Wind – 4 GW
• ACWA Power portfolio – multi GW solar and wind base
• Aramco Renewables – scaling clean power

Leading global partners:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Alibaba Group
• Equinix
• Oracle
• IBM
• OpenAI
• Nvidia
• SoftBank
• Cisco (cyber)
• AMD
• Cerebras

Kingdom’s AI national champions:

• HUMAIN - largest AI company in the world
• SDAIA - national AI architecture, governance
• Royal Commission for Riyadh City | الهيئة الملكية لمدينة الرياض 
• Aramco - robotics, advanced analytics
• stc - AI services, telecom compute
• NEOM – cognitive cities, robotics, digital twins
• ACWA Power – AI energy optimization
• Saudi Digital Government Authority
• National Center for AI (NCAI)

AI adoption across Saudi industries:

• Aramco: subsurface modeling, predictive maintenance, digital twins
• SABIC: materials science models, industrials
• STC: AI telco intelligence platforms
• SAUDI AIRLINES, Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض
• Saudi Ports Authority, MAWANI: AI port logistics
• Saudi Electricity Company: energy grid automation
• Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia: hospital automation
• Saudi Central Bank – SAMA: AI credit scoring
• Diriyah Company l شركة الدرعية, Qiddiya | القدية): city-scale AI integration

Saudi's main capital firepower in AI:

• Public Investment Fund (PIF)
• Sanabil Investments
• Human Capability Development Program 
• National Development Fund
• Aramco Ventures
• NEOM Investment Fund (NIF)
• ACWA Power investments in digital energy

Saudi Arabia is building more than data centers.
It is building a new economic engine.

Most followed AI expert in Europe and Middle East • Strategy, AI Transformation, LLMs | Building National AI Capabilities

The Kaaba's was first built by Prophet Adam (as), later rebuilt by Prophets Abraham and Ismail (as) around 2,000 BCE.

It represents today the ultimate symbol of strict monotheism and makes Mekkah the holiest city in the world.

The city was originally meant to be a sanctuary.

Pilgrims came more and more. Not because Makkah had resources, but because it had meaning.

Then became the centre of trade in the Hejaz.

Caravans turned the region into a crossroads. Services formed around visitors. Markets, water systems, hospitality, governance.

With large numbers came the need of Infrastructure.

Modern era transformed Makkah from a city that hosts pilgrims, into a city engineered for pilgrimage.

Here are the main AI projects in the Holy City:

• Smart Makkah Operations Center - SDAIA | سدايا
 
Acts as the central AI brain for Hajj. Real time monitoring of crowds, transport, safety, and emergency response.

• Baseer AI platform - SDAIA

Computer vision to detect crowd density, abnormal movement, congestion risks. Enables early intervention before incidents happen.

• Tawakkalna super app - SDAIA

Digital identity, health status, permits, and access control. Acts as the AI enabled gatekeeper for safe movement and compliance during Hajj and Umrah.

• AI crowd analytics in Masjidul al Haram

Optimizes flow in Mataf and Sa'i. Protects ritual continuity while managing density.

• AI-powered traffic control - aramco digital, stc

Predictive routing, congestion avoidance, synchronized arrival windows.

• نُسُك -Nusuk - Ministry of Hajj and Umrah - وزارة الحج والعمرة

 AI assisted scheduling, permits, accommodation, and services. Reduces operational risk before pilgrims even arrive.

• AI Fatwa - PRAGMPM

Multilingual AI guidance for rituals and navigation. Faith supported by technology, not replaced by it.

• AI UAVs and drones for live monitoring - Ministry of Interior - KSA

Aerial intelligence for crowd flow, emergency readiness, and rapid response.

The story of Mecca is an example of how the greatest transformations do not begin with power or resources, but from the meaning that gives a place its immortality.

🇶🇦🇸🇦 Qatar and Saudi just launched a new $50 billion joint fund

When capital stops competing
and starts compounding across borders

regions do not announce power
they quietly build it

Last week, the Qatari-Saudi Business Council Committee discussed a proposal that matters far more than it sounds on paper.

The establishment of a joint investment company.

What is being built:

• A permanent Saudi-Qatari joint investment platform
• Initial target AUM of $15 billion (target: $50B)
• Focus on infrastructure, finance, mining

Combined capital firepower behind it:

• Public Investment Fund (PIF) - $1 trillion AUM
• Qatar Investment Authority - $510 billion AUM
• Over $1.6 trillion AI ownership in the US
• Scale sufficient to shape global markets

Key companies likely in scope:

• aramco - energy and downstream
• SABIC - industrial, materials 
• ACWA Power - renewables
• Maaden - mining and critical earths
• SALIC - food security
• NEOM - cognitive city cluster
• Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض - transportation
• QatarEnergy - LNG, energy value chain
• NAKILAT - maritime logistics
• Qatari Diar - real estate, hospitality
• Ooredoo Group - AI, digital infrastructure
• QNB Group - financial services 
• Qatar Airways - aviation, global connectivity

Energy and industrial weight:

• Saudi oil production capacity: 10 million bpd
• Qatar LNG export to  reach 126 mtpa by 2027
• Combined leverage across oil, gas, LNG, power, hydrogen
• Energy surplus converted into investment stability

Strategic and security dimension forming:

• Defense industrial coordination: SAMI, Barzan Holdings
• Interoperability in training, procurement, and doctrine
• Potential for a wider Islamic security architecture
• Strategic framework with Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt

Capital, energy, and security are converging into one system.

Shared risk
Shared upside
Shared governance
Shared long term strategic optionality

The GCC is no longer just aligning visions.
It is pooling capital, 
synchronizing power, and executing together.

🚨 UAE venture capital is in BEAST mode! [Save this list]

From Dubai to Abu Dhabi, the UAE isn’t waiting for innovation to happen. It’s funding it, scaling it, and exporting it.

With a peak of $1.5B (back in 2021) in funds deployed in startups, UAE is now the VC hub of the Middle East.

Here are 35+ active UAE-based VCs:

→ BECO Capital
→ Shorooq
→ Global Ventures
→ VentureSouq
→ Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
→ Arzan Venture Capital
→ Nuwa Capital
→ Wamda Capital
→ Chimera Capital
→ DisruptAD Ventures
→ Crescent Enterprises Ventures
→ Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi
→ Modus Capital
→ Plus VC (+VC)
→ Outliers Venture Capital
→ Nama Ventures
→ 500 MENA
→ Vision Ventures (VV)
→ RAED Ventures
→ Atypical Ventures
→ COTU Ventures
→ Core Vision Investment
→ Hope Ventures
→ Hub71-backed funds
→ MSA Novo (active in UAE via Hub71)
→ Mindshift Capital
→ Venture Highway
→ Falcon Network
→ Global Millennial Capital Ltd.
→ GINCO Investments (VC arm)
→ Kalon Venture Partners
→ Privity FZ LLE
→ Speedinvest (MENA team)
→ SEEDRA Ventures
→ Halcyon Ventures (UAE-based syndicates)
→ Tenami Capital

The hottest AI startup right now? 👉 ATELIC

Meet the founder Ben Owen, who is taking autonomous AI to the next level.

🚨 UAE digital export is literally BOOMING - and the reason is G42

Abu Dhabi's AI power is not accidental,
it is engineered.

And at the center of that architecture stands G42.

If ATRC is the mind,
MGX is the capital engine,

G42 is the muscle turning data into future,
powering the global south's AI future.

And it's chaired by by HH Shaikh Tahnoon bin Zayed. 
A genius chess player, sitting on $2 trillion empire (ما شاء الله).

G42's mandate is simple and radical:
build sovereign AI capabilities at national scale.

Core domains include:

• AI and advanced analytics
• High performance compute and cloud
• Data platforms and governance
• Healthcare and genomics
• Smart cities and digital government
• Cybersecurity and digital identity

Here is how G42 is structured:

1) Core42 - sovereign cloud, digital infrastructure

It powers critical infrastructure and public sectors in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

2) Inception

It's G42 intelligence layer, transforming data into real-world, applied AI solutions.

It has developed 3 Arabic LLMs:

• Jais
• Nanda
• Sherkala

3) Presight

Big data analytics and national decision intelligence. Among its use cases there are applications in Dubai Police HQ and Abu Dhabi Police.

4) M42 Health

It's health and life sciences powerhouse. It combines genomics, AI diagnostics and population health.

5) AIQ

Energy focused AI joint venture with ADNOC Group. It focuses on optimizing exploration, production and sustainability.

6) Khazna Data Centers

That's the hardware backbone.

Some of the services include:

 • Hyperscale data centers design
 • High-performance computing Infrastructure
 • Energy-efficient, sustainable data centers
 • edge and distributed computing

And notable projects are linked to Masdar City.

7) Space42

Born from the merging of Yahsat Space Services and Bayanat Smart Solutions, it operates at the intersection of satellites and geospatial intelligence.

• Earth observation, AI geospatial intelligence
• Secure satellite communications
• Sovereign space data platforms
• Smart mobility and infrastructure monitoring

From Zayed’s promise of modernity…
to HH Shaikh Tahnoon’s mission of AI leadership.

The UAE is the author of the next economy

🇴🇲 Oman's $4 billion investment for the world's most beautiful metro project

The sultanate is built on patience,
on trust before speed,

on paths that last generations.

From frankincense caravans,
to dhow routes across the Indian Ocean.

Nothing here is rushed,
everything is deliberate

Muscat metro project is the representation of the most beloved country in the GCC.

It will enhance mobility efficiency within Muscat and improve the city's infrastructure efficiency 

What is being deployed and built:

• $2.6 billion initial investment (Phase II)
• $1.4 for Phase II 
• 50 km metro network, 36 stations
• Links Ruwi, CBD, Sultan Haitham City, Airport
• 8 to 12 year horizon
• EPC plus systems integration model

Public sector partners :

• Oman Rail
• Muscat Municipality (MM) بلدية مسقط
• Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology - Oman

Private sector expected:

• Siemens Mobility
• Alstom
• Hitachi Rail
• CRRC MA
• Larsen & Toubro
• Consolidated Contractors Company

Tourism engine behind the metro:

• Oman Tourism Strategy 2040
• $51 billion planned investment
• Saraya Bandar Jissah (Muscat Bay) - $1 billion resort
• Omran Group OM - $20 billion tourism assets
• Oman Airports Management Company mandate
• 15 million passenger capacity in Muscat
• Oman Air - expansion across EU, Asia
• $200 million development (Jumeirah Muscat Bay)
• Mandarin Oriental Residences Muscat- hospitality
• Marriott Hotels, Accor, IHG: aggressive Oman expansion

Why this matters:

• Oman’s first true urban rail backbone
• Shift from roads to productivity
• Tourism scale without congestion
• Cities designed for decades, not quarters

Muscat does not announce ambition,
It reveals it quietly

Bismillah Al Rahman Al Raheem,

I am excited to share the new deck that me and Sharifa Al-Marri have produced.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈 represents the first comprehensive deck explicitly showing how AI is matter of national interest today.

It's not just a disruptive technology. It's a strategic asset for nations in their global competition.

AI has indeed to do more broadly with technological sovereignty and without it, a nation IS NOT SOVEREIGN. 🚫

The deck is so structured:

↳ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 - 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
What is AI, definition of its tech stack, main components and subcomponents per tech "layer", with some examples.

↳ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧
Behind GenAI apps we use everyday, what are the processes and companies part of the global value chain? Microchips, semiconductors, lithography etc.

↳ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑 - 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭
Here we provided a clear framework to assess the impact of AI in the sphere of national security and International geopolitical competition. 

↳ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒 - 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞
Comparison of US-China-EU capabilities, the historical opportunity for the GCC and some earths-rich African countries. The new AI world order.

If you find my post insightful, please go to my profile and turn the bell 🔔 on!

Jazaku Allah khayran

The Geopolitics of AI

Bismillah Al Rahman Al Raheem, 

GCC healthcare investments to reach $160 billions and most of the output will be driven by AI.

I have discussed about the AI use cases in the healthcare sector with one of the most recognized Chief Innovation Officers of the MENA region.

Amr Metwally, MBA, CPXP provided brilliant insights on:

1) AI adoption and challenges in healthcare
2) The human part of the AI transformation
3) Where Qatar and the GCC are heading to

and a surprise in the finale...

Watch the episode here👇 

https://lnkd.in/d2CkMtf9

This podcast series has been sponsored by Viviotex, a promising health tech company that will soon become unicorn in shaa Allah!

Great thanks to Dragos Cruceat for the great support!

EDGE, Barzan Holdings just signed a $800 million MoU to create a GCC defense champion

Not through headlines,
but through architecture.

Brotherhood to brotherhood.

At DIMDEXQatar Doha, EDGE Group and Barzan signed a strategic MoU that matters far more than it sounds on paper.

What is in the scope of the joint framework:

• UAS, loitering munitions, UGVs 
• Missiles, ammunition production
• Small arms, MRO , 
• Satellites, space technologies

Breakdown of the framework phases:

• Phase I - setup facilities in Qatar, tech transfer ($100-400 million)

This covers establishing local manufacturing/MRO capacity, typical for Gulf defense localization JVs.

• Phase II - production contracts ($200–800 million)

• Phase III - Could reach higher (up to $1.5-2 billion)

If the JV expands to multiple product lines, MRO services, or regional exports the scope of the MoU will expand.

This is the first step toward the creation of a GCC defense champion.

Here is how EDGE is structured:

• BEACON RED - cyber capabilities
• HALCON, AL TARIQ - self-guided systems 
• CARACAL- advanced defense technologies 
• SIGN4L - electronic warfare capabilities
• EARTH - geospatial intelligence a
• FADA -  space surveillance, LEO
• EPI, LAHAB - propulsion systems
• NIMR - armored vehicles, tactical mobility
• ADSB - naval vessels, corvettes, MRO
• AL TAIF - land systems sustainment
• ADASI - UAVs and autonomous systems
• ANAVIA - rotary wing and heavy lift drones
• HORIZON – aerial systems integration
• KATIM – secure communications, encrypted devices
• ORION – command, control, and ISR systems
• ADVANCED CONCEPTS, Calidus, LLC,

List of Barzan collaborations:

• Leonardo (Italy) - $3.7 billions
• FINCANTIERI (Italy) - $108 million
• Aselsan (Turkiye) - several millions
• TAIS Shipyards (Turkiye) - $1 billion
• STM (Turkiye) - $10-50 million
• MKE (Turkiye) 
• General Atomics (USA) - undisclosed value
• Orqa FPV (Croatia) 
• Rheinmetall - $100-300 million
• ST Engineering (Singapore) - $0.41 billion

When borders do not compete.
They compound.

The GCC was never meant to depend forever.
Its destiny is sovereignty.

Designed together.
Engineered together.
Defended together.

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