AI co-Innovation Program
An RDIA open-innovation programme, led with Aramco, in which startups and researchers built AI prototypes for energy, industrial and logistics challenges. Several teams went on to found startups.
[ What you get ]
Expert mentoring, training, prototype development and links to incubators and accelerators. The 2025 edition produced 22 prototypes and 3 new startups.
[ Who it's for ]
Startups and independent researchers working on AI solutions to energy, industrial and logistics challenges.
- Run by
- Research, Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA), with Aramco as lead partner
- Equity
- Not published
- Format
- Not published
- Where
- Multiple cities
- Duration
- unknown
- Stages
- Idea · Pre-seed
- Sectors
- AI · Energy · Industrial · Logistics
[ Elden Studios ]
Accepted? Show up with a product.
Programmes back founders who ship. Elden Studios builds your MVP in weeks, in your name, so you walk in with something live.
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:rdia.gov.sa