PANews reported on November 20 that the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it has authorized the export of advanced U.S. semiconductors to two artificial intelligence companies in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Both companies have been approved to purchase 35,000 Nvidia Blackwell (GB300s) chips. The two companies are G42, an Abu Dhabi-based state-owned AI company, and Humain, a Saudi government-backed AI enterprise. The Department of Commerce stated that the approval comes with stringent security and reporting requirements.