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NEOM + Red Sea + Qiddiya + Roshn giga-projects (Vision 2030's domestic pillar); ~$45B Vision Fund LP commitment; $20B Blackstone infra; Lucid; gaming stakes (EA/Take-Two/Activision/Nintendo/Capcom/Nexon) — all channeled through PIF. NEOM specifically was scaled back from 2024 amid reported cost-overrun/manipulation findings, and 'new contracts for Neom dried up' by 2025.

med confidence · as of 2026-07-26 · about Mohammed bin Salman

Sourced figures 3

  • Wikipedia — Public Investment Fund NEOM, Red Sea, Qiddiya, Roshn (domestic giga-projects); $45B Vision Fund, $20B Blackstone infra, Lucid, gaming stakes

    2026-05 med

  • Wikipedia — Mohammed bin Salman NEOM announced Oct-2017 as a 26,000 km2 'linear city'; by 2024 evidence of 'deliberate manipulation' surfaced and the project was substantially scaled back; by 2025 'new contracts for Neom dried up'

    2025 med

  • kestrel — WebFetch of Wikipedia Public Investment Fund page Humain (Saudi AI champion) is part of the kestrel task framing but NOT confirmed by name on the fetched Wikipedia pages — PIF's page instead references a 'Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence' investment; treat 'Humain' naming as unverified

    2026-07-26 low


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