Future Foresight: Tonomus Chief Commercial Officer Youssef Khalil On How Artificial Intelligence Is The Centerpiece Of Saudi Arabia’s Ongoing Economic And Digital Transformation

Future Foresight: Tonomus Chief Commercial Officer Youssef Khalil On How Artificial Intelligence Is The Centerpiece Of Saudi Arabia’s Ongoing Economic And Digital Transformation

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This article was co-written with Aby Sam Thomas, Editor in Chief, Entrepreneur Middle East.

To jump into a future of vast opportunity, one needs to have a clear vision. And Saudi Arabia-based Tonomus knows this all too well.

As a company that started out in 2021 as the technology and digital lead of Saudi Arabia's ambitious mega-project, NEOM, Tonomus came into its own in 2022 as a fully-fledged subsidiary that today bills itself as "a cognitive multinational conglomerate."









Tonomus' focus is thus on harnessing the power of cognitive technology -as opposed to smart technology- to fuel the future of cities. In fact, Tonomus has declared that it is "building the cognitive foundation and adopting hyper-disruptive solutions integral to the development of NEOM and its flagship initiatives, including THE LINE, Oxagon, and Trojena."

Entrepreneur Middle East spoke with Youssef Khalil, Chief Commercial Officer and President of Professional Services of Tonomus, at Vision Golfe, an event staged in June by Business France, a French government agency that aims to support the international development of the country's economy.

Vision Golfe, which was aimed at boosting the economic ties between France and