Saudi’s AI Empire, Nvidia’s Robot Plans, and talking Dolphins

In this, almost, but never quite, 30-minute episode, we investigate how Saudi Arabia is set to become the world’s next AI hub. Unravelling the state-backed initiative, HUMAIN, and the billions being channelled into local data-centre capacity with Nvidia and AWS.

We also uncover Nvidia’s newly open-sourced Isaac GR00T N1 foundation model, trained on vast libraries of human motion-capture, and the impact that is going to have on the robotics industry. When will they be coming for our jobs?

Finally, we explore the EnMap satellites now tracking CO₂ and NO₂ and if countries are even paying any attention to climate change. As well as finding out what dolphins think of humans by translating their conversations using Gemma AI.

Hosts:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanshanks/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewismarshall/

Each week, Jon Shanks, CEO of cloud-native consultancy and product business Appvia, and tech evangelist Lewis Marshall, senior developer and AI enthusiast, analyse the biggest news stories that week, that are shaping Cloud, Data and AI.

Alongside their insight, they invite frontline leaders, Chief Technology Officers and engineering heads from established, cloud-powered organisations to share candid lessons from running real-world workloads at scale.

Together, they take the headlines and get to the facts, helping you keep track of the fast-paced Cloud market.

Expect straight-talking conversation, sharp analysis as they explore how emerging technology reshapes business and society.

Tune in each week to stay a step ahead of the future of tech.

• No. of episodes: 47
• Latest episode: 2025-06-05
• Technology

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