{"id":80859,"date":"2025-10-06T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?p=80859"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:59:34","slug":"google-selects-saudis-lahint-for-global-ai-in-govtech-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2025\/10\/06\/google-selects-saudis-lahint-for-global-ai-in-govtech-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Selects Saudi\u2019s Lahint for Global AI in GovTech Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google has selected Saudi startup <a href=\"https:\/\/lahint.sa\/en\">Lahint<\/a>, a rising GovTech platform, to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/startup.google.com\/programs\/growth-academy\/ai-for-govtech\/emea\/\">Growth Academy: AI for GovTech 2025<\/a>, as one of 24 startups worldwide chosen to drive innovation in the government sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This milestone follows Lahint\u2019s graduation from leading regional programs such as Misk Launchpad, CODE Tech Founders, and Unlocked by Sanabil 500, underscoring its position as one of the fastest-growing GovTech players in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmedsaber9\/\">Ahmed Saber<\/a>, Lahint\u2019s Chief Technology Officer at Lahint, stated that joining Google\u2019s accelerator marks a significant step in supporting the company\u2019s technical and operational growth. He added that Lahint currently offers more than 60 digital government services, benefiting over 200 companies ranging from startups and SMEs to large enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saber emphasized that Lahint is focused on developing solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to reduce processing times, minimize errors, and increase transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lahint has obtained four ISO certifications, and is also an AI service provider accredited by SDAIA and holds its Waee badge for AI ethics compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has selected Saudi startup Lahint, a rising GovTech platform, to join the Growth Academy: AI for GovTech 2025, as one of 24 startups worldwide chosen to drive innovation in the government sector. This milestone follows Lahint\u2019s graduation from leading regional programs such as Misk Launchpad, CODE Tech Founders, and Unlocked by Sanabil 500, underscoring &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[644],"tags":[227,2448,3561,1591],"class_list":["post-80859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communications-technology","tag-ai","tag-google","tag-govtech","tag-lahint"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google Selects Saudi\u2019s Lahint for Global AI in GovTech Program - Gulf Tech News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Google Selects Saudi\u2019s Lahint for Global AI in GovTech Program\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2025\/10\/06\/google-selects-saudis-lahint-for-global-ai-in-govtech-program\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google Selects Saudi\u2019s Lahint for Global AI in GovTech Program - 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