Saudi Arabia’s $100 Billion AI Fund Will Divest China If US Asks
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By
Marion Halftermeyer and
Mackenzie Hawkins
May 8, 2024 at 7:52 AM GMT+8
The head of Saudi Arabia’s new investment fund for semiconductor and artificial intelligence technology said the country would divest from China if it were asked to do so by the US.
“So far the requests have been to keep manufacturing and supply chains completely separate, but if the partnerships with China would become a problem for the US, we will divest,” said Amit Midha, the chief executive officer of Alat, an investment firm backed by $100 billion in capital from the
Public Investment Fund.