The Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority “Monsha’at” organized a visit to Google as part of a tour involving six Saudi fast-growing companies operating across various sectors in Silicon Valley, California. The visit comes under Monsha’at’s initiative to support potential unicorn companies and enable their international expansion.

The tour included several visits, panel discussions, and workshops covering a range of topics, including large-scale product development, innovation culture and visitor experience at Google, and e-commerce infrastructure.

The sessions and workshops featured a group of experts and specialists, including Joana Carrasqueira, Product and Special Projects Lead at Google DeepMind, Alex Fodomerov, Software Engineer at Google, Tawab Fakhri,

Innovation Evangelist at Google, and Simran Singh, Head of Financial Institutions at Plaid.

Through these tours, Monsha’at aims to enable Saudi entrepreneurs to connect with global networks of investors and experts, while creating direct impact on the growth and sustainability journey of Saudi startups, in line with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030 to support the knowledge economy and strengthen the global presence of national companies.