The AI Economy with Marc Benioff and H.E. Abdullah Alswaha | Dreamforce 2025 | Salesforce

Inspiring Leadership & AI Vision

• 💡 H.E. Abdullah Alswaha highlighted Marc Benioff's transformative leadership in SaaS and the shift to Agentic AI, noting Salesforce's projected 30-40% productivity increases.
• 📌 He emphasized the importance of trustworthy AI principles, which Saudi Arabia championed during the G20, contributing to the industry's growth.

Saudi Arabia's Transformative Vision 2030

• 🚀 Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia achieved 50% non-oil GDP diversification seven years ahead of its 2030 target.
• ✅ Significant progress in women empowerment in tech and STEM, increasing from 7% to 36%, surpassing Silicon Valley's 26%.
• 🔬 The nation has fostered scientific breakthroughs, including a Nobel Prize winner for metal organic frameworks to capture water from air and CO2, and sent the first Arab astronaut to the ISS.

Powering the Intelligent Age

• ⚡ Saudi Arabia is committed to being an empowering nation for the intelligent age, addressing the projected 63-80 gigawatts of energy needed for AI.
• 💡 They are innovating in compute architecture with near-memory computing, AI photonics using microLEDs, and advanced liquid cooling solutions to drastically improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.
• 📊 These innovations aim to achieve 5% improvements in token processing and a 50% reduction in total cost of ownership for compute infrastructure.

Strategic AI Development & Impact

• 🎯 The kingdom aims to be the most AI-enabled nation, focusing on Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Physical AI, with a strong emphasis on enterprise solutions that drive GDP and job creation.
• 📈 Examples include Aramco saving $1 billion using AI for oil drilling optimization and ASML cutting lithography quality assurance from 6 to 3 months with custom AI models.

Bridging Global Divides

• 🤝 Saudi Arabia positions itself as a bridge between West and East, advocating for AI as a general-purpose technology that leaves no one behind.
• 🌍 They are actively working to close the compute divide (preventing AI concentration in few countries), the data divide (ensuring models are not only trained in one language), and the algorithmic divide (leveraging global talent).
• 🇺🇸 The Minister highlighted Saudi Arabia's 90-year alliance with the US and its market-first approach to partnerships, emphasizing a lifelong commitment.

Invitation to Collaborate

• 🤝 H.E. Abdullah Alswaha invited attendees to LEAP 2026 in Saudi Arabia, the largest tech event, to witness firsthand the kingdom's progress and foster partnerships.
• 🌟 He stressed that a peaceful and prosperous Middle East, led by Saudi Arabia, offers a unique opportunity for global collaboration in empowering people, safeguarding the planet, and shaping new frontiers.