September 28, 2026 – Kuwait City – -- HONOR grew smartphone shipments 35% year on year in the Middle East during the first half of 2026, even as the overall regional market contracted 13%, according to Omdia data cited by the company. The brand was the only major vendor in the region to post growth in the period, moving into second place in the market after posting 73% growth in the first quarter alone.

Riyadh – September 13, 2026 -- NourNet, a Saudi digital services provider, closed its participation at LEAP 2026 by unveiling a beta AI Agent Platform and expanding its flagship data center to 10 MW and up to 750 racks.

Riyadh – September 07, 2026 -- COFE Tech has closed a pre-IPO funding round valuing the company at $178 million, setting a target for a listing on the Saudi Exchange by 2029. The round was announced at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh and co-led by Wa'ed Ventures, the venture capital arm of Aramco, and Aditum Investment Management, a regional fund partner to global asset managers including BlackRock. Masarrah Investment Company and Alyasra Foods also participated.

Riyadh – September 07, 2026 -- HUMAIN, the Saudi Public Investment Fund-backed AI company, has named Compal Electronics (TWSE: 2324) its strategic long-term ODM partner to build next-generation AI infrastructure and intelligent computing platforms.

Riyadh – September 07, 2026 -- HUMAIN has named Compal Electronics (TWSE:2324) as its long-term strategic ODM partner to build AI infrastructure spanning cloud data centers to edge devices, with the deal signed and showcased at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- August 31, 2026 -- Data Dynamics announced general availability of Enterprise 2.0.5 at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh. The company said 60% of AI projects stall due to data curation and AI-readiness gaps, prompting the release of a platform that enforces governance directly at the data layer. Enterprise 2.0.5 targets models pointed at unmapped data, agents with standing access to content, and compliance teams left proving control after incidents occur. The software is available now across cloud, on-premises, sovereign and air-gapped deployments.