OmniOps Secures $8 Million to Enhance AI Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
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Funding Details: Secured $8 million from GMS Capital Ventures.
Company Background: Established in 2024 by Saudi entrepreneur Mohammed Altassan, OmniOps focuses on AI infrastructure solutions.
Technological Innovations: Specializes in energy-efficient, cloud-native high-performance computing (HPC) clusters and is developing a sovereign AI inference cluster with advanced Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops) features.
Strategic Importance: Aligns with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and the National Strategy for Data and AI, emphasizing data sovereignty and local content.
Clientele and Partnerships: Trusted by organizations like Saudi Airlines and CNTXT, with collaborations involving NVIDIA, Google Cloud, and IBM.
OmniOps, recognized as Saudi Arabia's first AI infrastructure technology provider, has announced the successful closure of a SAR 30 million (approximately $8 million) funding round, spearheaded by GMS Capital Ventures. This strategic investment is poised to provide OmniOps with the necessary resources to scale its operations, enhance research and development, and further the advancement of AI infrastructure within the Kingdom.
Founded in 2024 by Saudi entrepreneur Mohammed Altassan, OmniOps is strategically positioned to meet the escalating demand for AI technologies across Saudi Arabia. The company specializes in constructing and scaling sustainable, energy-efficient, cloud-native high-performance computing (HPC) clusters tailored to the unique requirements of its clients. Additionally, OmniOps is in the process of developing its own sovereign and compliant AI inference cluster, integrated with advanced Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops) features. These innovations aim to streamline AI deployment and enhance operational efficiency, providing scalable infrastructure that empowers enterprises and government entities to accelerate their AI initiatives.
"At OmniOps, our mission is to empower organizations with advanced solutions that are both efficient and scalable," stated Mohammed Altassan, founding CEO of OmniOps. He further elaborated that optimizing AI infrastructure and workloads through OmniOps can lead to a potential 50% reduction in GPU power consumption and a doubling of workload speed, resulting in up to 14 times improvement in GPU inference efficiency. This enables clients to embrace artificial intelligence with enhanced power consumption metrics and a significantly improved total cost of ownership.
This investment underscores the growing significance of the AI sector in Saudi Arabia, a key component of the nation's Vision 2030. The Saudi National Strategy for Data and AI places a strong emphasis on data sovereignty, privacy, and local content across vital sectors such as government, energy, aviation, and healthcare. OmniOps' domestically developed AI infrastructure services are particularly pertinent in this rapidly evolving ecosystem.
Expressing enthusiasm about the investment, GMS Ventures remarked, "We are thrilled to partner with Mohammed Altassan and the world-class team of professionals that OmniOps has assembled. OmniOps is poised to become a leading Saudi Arabian AI infrastructure service provider. In addition to significant financial support, GMS Ventures will leverage its extensive experience and global network to help OmniOps solidify its leadership position within the Saudi AI ecosystem."
OmniOps has already garnered trust from top enterprises and government organizations, including Saudi Airlines and CNTXT. The company has established strong alliances with global technology leaders such as NVIDIA, Google Cloud, AMD, Pure Storage, IBM, HPE, Supermicro, and Lenovo. These partnerships ensure that OmniOps' clients have access to best-in-class technologies required to drive digital transformation and achieve strategic objectives.
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