Echelon, the Riyadh-based technology company driving AI transformation across the Middle East, and Applied Intuition, the leading physical AI company, has announced a business development partnership to bring Applied Intuition's physical AI platform to Saudi Arabia.
A key player in the region, Echelon partners with leading global technology companies to bring frontier technology to the kingdom and drive AI transformation across the Middle East.
The company provides local development, customizations and ecosystem integration, helping ensure the Kingdom both builds and deploys its own tech while partnering with top industry leaders worldwide. Echelon also embeds forward deployed engineers with its partners and customers, building the local engineering capability to run AI systems in production.
Applied Intuition builds the software and digital infrastructure that make moving machines intelligent and autonomous across industries such as mining, construction and automotive, including in cars, robotaxis and trucks.
On the strategic tieup, Khalid Bin Bader Al Saud, the Founder and Managing Director of Echelon, said: "Saudi Arabia has an opportunity not simply to adopt physical AI, but to help define how it is deployed at national scale. Ever since I met with the team at Applied Intuition, I have been excited about what their physical AI stack can unlock here."
"Applied Intuition brings one of the world's most advanced platforms, and we will develop Saudi talent and deploy it across the industries that matter most to Saudi Arabia," he stated.
"Applied Intuition’s platform, deployed globally, will form the technical foundation and positions Saudi Arabia to build intelligent infrastructure into its logistics network from the ground up," he added.
Qasar Younis, the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, said: "Saudi Arabia is making one of the world's biggest investments in physical AI."
"Deploying at national scale takes partners who know how to build on the ground. Echelon is critical in helping to shape the future of physical AI in the kingdom," he noted.
As part of its long-term commitment to Saudi Arabia, Applied Intuition has established a regional office in Riyadh and is hiring locally.
Applied Intuition and Echelon will also work towards positioning the country as a global hub for research into autonomous driving for the logistics industry, he added.-TradeArabia News Service