From idea to Impact. Wathib company profile 2026: enterprise AI, software development and IT operations for Saudi organisations, from Riyadh.
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Wathib Telecommunications & IT · Company Profile · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Version 2.1
What’s inside
Founded
2022, Riyadh, by a team of Saudi engineers, researchers and strategists.
Conviction
The gap between AI’s promise and its practical value closes only through disciplined execution.
Approach
Outcomes rather than hype. A team that doesn’t just consult; it builds, ships and operates.
We make impact through transformation
Wathib is a Saudi company specialising in research, development and technical operations, helping organisations turn AI from an experiment into a sustainable enterprise capability.
Major leaps begin with confident steps, and that is the approach we bring to every project we undertake.
Our vision
To be partners in digital transformation through locally driven innovation with global competitiveness, enhancing business efficiency and paving the way for a smart, sustainable future.
Our mission
To empower organisations to unlock their technological potential through tailored solutions that combine deep research, innovative development, and operational excellence.
Five commitments we hold to
We don’t just consult and leave. We don’t just build a platform and hand over the keys. We research, develop and operate, end to end.
Local & global expertise
Researchers and developers combining deep Saudi market knowledge with international experience.
Quality & information security
A commitment to high quality and advanced information security across everything we run.
Current technology
The latest technologies and established best practices, not novelty for its own sake.
Built to scale
Customised solutions that are scalable and growth-oriented from the first architecture decision.
Sustainable partnership
Measured by what still works a year after launch, not at handover.
Section 02
Research. Development. Operations.
Ideas lose value in the handoff. Strategy, development and operations are often split across teams. Ownership fragments, decisions slow down, and systems become harder to sustain. Three pillars under one roof close that gap.
The right problem
Many projects fail not because the solution was bad, but because the problem was never deeply understood.
The real world
What separates a prototype from a product is architecture, considered UX and genuine integration.
After launch
Launch is not the finish line. In our experience most projects need 80% of the effort after go-live.
Start with clarity.
We define the problem, context and opportunity before execution.
Discovery
Frame the real challenge. We get to the constraint behind the request, before a single line of code is written.
Roadmap
Turn ambition into decisions. Work is sequenced against business objectives so each phase earns the next.
Feasibility
Validate readiness and requirements. What is buildable, at what cost and risk, proven by a proof of concept.
Service 02
Build what works.
We turn validated ideas into products and platforms built for real users and real scale.
Product design
Usable experiences, designed Arabic-first and RTL-aware from the start.
Digital platforms
From an MVP that validates value to a platform that carries production load.
Architecture
Built to hold up under real users, not just in the demo.
Integration
Connect cleanly to the systems you already run.
Readiness
Documented handover, real knowledge transfer and the enablement your team needs to run the system without us.
Security
Controls and compliance embedded from day one, not bolted on after the fact.
Improvement
Continuous monitoring against performance baselines, with a continuity plan and incident response when something breaks.
Service 03
Keep it
performing.
Launch is not the finish line. We keep systems secure, stable and improving.
Enterprise AI
We don’t tack AI on as decoration.
We turn AI from ad-hoc usage into a disciplined enterprise capability, with clear governance, data privacy and sovereignty, Arabic-tuned models, and a measurable return.
Deployment: sovereign language models that run inside your own infrastructure or on a Saudi cloud, not on someone else’s.
AI strategy
Actionable roadmaps that connect technology to business goals and identify the highest-return use cases.
Generative AI & LLMs
Advanced prompt engineering and enterprise applications, with LLM customisation and deployment at sovereign scale.
Responsible AI
Governance and ethics frameworks supporting reliability, safety and alignment with national controls.
What you get
- An AI strategy and roadmap with an estimated return
- Production-ready generative AI applications
- Customisation and deployment of sovereign language models inside the Kingdom
- A responsible-AI governance framework
Case study
Samsung Saudi Arabia. Generative AI and prompt engineering, delivered across every department and management level.
Regulated by design.
Two sectors where the rules are not an afterthought. We build financial and real-estate platforms with compliance and security in the architecture, not bolted on afterwards.
FinTech
Compliance and cyber security from day one, not retrofitted.
We design digital financial products for SAMA alignment from the design stage, and for the ZATCA e-invoicing ecosystem.
Compliant financial products
Platforms, wallets and financial products designed for SAMA controls from the ground up.
Payments & integration
Payment gateways, e-invoicing (ZATCA) and banking systems, and where useful, blockchain.
Cyber security & trust
Transaction security, digital trust services and electronic signature.
PropTech
From scattered paper files to platforms built on data and AI.
From asset and contract management to tenant and investor experience, serving the sector’s ambition under Vision 2030.
Asset & contract platforms
Digitising portfolio, contract and document management in one trusted place.
Property analytics & AI
Data analytics and AI-assisted contract review for faster investment decisions.
Tenant & investor experience
Portals and apps that simplify the journey from enquiry to contract.
What you get
- A tailored, role-based programme for your organisation
- Prompt-engineering workshops with guided practical application
- Usage and governance guides for responsible adoption
- Measurement of training impact and rising digital skills
Enable the whole organisation
Not just the technical team. Delivered in Arabic and English, with use cases drawn from the Saudi market.
Role-based programmes
Tracks for executive, HR, finance, marketing and operations, not one generic workshop.
Prompt engineering
Hands-on application on use cases drawn from your team’s real work.
Responsible use
Policies for safe use that protect your organisation’s data.
Section 03
Sovereign products, built for the Saudi enterprise
Beyond services: deployment-ready platforms that run inside the Kingdom and under your control. Every Wathib product is designed to run within your systems and regulatory needs, not the other way round.
Liza
Sovereign enterprise RAG that answers from your own documents, in Arabic and English, with a source for every answer.
ITRA
Offline-first inventory and fixed-asset verification, digitally signed and posted to any ERP.
More sovereign products
We continue to expand the Wathib product ecosystem.
Why it holds up
- Arabic-first, genuinely bilingual: it treats the several different Arabic words for one idea as a single concept, because it matches on meaning rather than characters
- Permission-aware retrieval: an employee asking about salaries never reaches HR files
- Clickable source citations: every answer traceable to its exact origin
Knowledge, drawn from the depths
Liza
A sovereign enterprise RAG platform that answers your people’s questions from your own documents, in Arabic and English, with a direct clickable source.
In either language
An employee asks in Arabic or English.
Only what they may see
Semantic search retrieves only permitted documents.
With the source
Linked to the exact page, line, cell or slide. If it isn’t there, it says so.
Sovereignty, control and reach
Air-gapped or sovereign cloud
Runs air-gapped in your own data centre, or on a Saudi sovereign cloud. Your data never goes to an external cloud.
AES-256 at rest
Per-organisation keys, full audit logs, and PII detection and redaction for national IDs, salaries and contract terms.
Open-source, no lock-in
Built on Llama, Mistral and BGE-M3, tuned for Arabic, with no dependency on a single external vendor.
Advisor skills grounded in Saudi regulation
Designed for
Adoption path
HR policy assistant
Department knowledge bases
Company-wide rollout
Executive analytics dashboard
Use cases
- Fixed-asset audit and physical inventory / stocktake
- Asset tracking across sites, and ERP reconciliation
At a glance
- 15+ major ERPs · 3 runtimes · 100% offline capable
Know what you own, everywhere
ITRA
The offline-first, sovereign field-verification platform that keeps your inventory and asset register honest, capturing physical ground truth and posting it, digitally signed, to any ERP.
With no signal
Barcode, QR or RFID, fully offline. Status is present, moved or missing.
And sign
Reconciled against the register, sealed with a tamper-evident signature and audit trail.
To your ERP
Posts automatically, with no rip-and-replace and value in weeks not years.
Ground truth for every asset you own.
A physical walk-through becomes trusted, ERP-ready truth: offline, on any device, from a warehouse floor to an air-gapped vault. Every count lands in a tamper-evident, cryptographically signed audit trail.
On the floor
Scan barcode, QR or UHF-RFID where the assets are, with no signal, no cell, no excuses.
Against the register
Check the count against what the business system expects: present, moved, damaged, missing, extra.
Back to your ERP
Send the signed outcome to the ERP, 15 of them, through one canonical contract.
ERP and CRM integrations include
Signed trail
Who it’s for
Finance & audit
A count that passes the auditor, with no findings.
IT & asset management
A live, accurate asset register with location and status.
Operations & warehouse
Faster field counts; an end to double manual entry.
Government & defence
Fully air-gapped operation for classified sites.
Built for the Saudi context
Sovereignty is not a feature we added late. Our products run inside your infrastructure or on a Saudi cloud, our team is fully Saudi, and our integration work targets the systems the Kingdom actually runs on.
Air-gapped on-premise or Saudi sovereign cloud deployment. For Liza, client data never leaves your infrastructure.
Working experience with Saudi government systems, including Wathq, the commercial-registry platform, for KYB and business verification.
Platforms designed for the controls Saudi regulators set; financial work designed for SAMA alignment from the design stage.
Sectors we serve
Six sectors where we build, integrate and operate, each with its own regulatory and operational demands.
Financial sector
Integrated technology solutions for banks and financial institutions, ensuring security and operational efficiency.
Healthcare
Smart healthcare platforms that help providers deliver better patient care.
Real estate
Advanced digital solutions for property management and real-estate operations, efficient and transparent.
Hospitality
Smart platforms that elevate the guest experience and improve service quality across hospitality and tourism.
Industry & manufacturing
Advanced digital solutions to optimise production lines, automate industrial processes and lift operational efficiency.
E-commerce & retail
Integrated e-commerce platforms and smart retail solutions that improve the customer experience and grow sales.
Community impact
We believe AI should not be the exclusive privilege of large enterprises.
Student training and academic development
We host university students across research, analysis, development and operations, on a full delivery cycle with real clients, so they graduate with field experience no classroom can give.
Non-profit applications
We build applications for real community needs, from tools that improve access to healthcare to solutions that support public-service delivery, with non-profits, on systems built to last.
Community impact
- Student training and academic development
- Non-profit applications
Our belief
- AI should not be the exclusive privilege of large enterprises.
Leadership & expertise
An executive team combining global experience with a forward-looking view, setting strategic direction, driving partnerships, and overseeing delivery across government and enterprise.
Khalil Malki
Chief Executive OfficerSets the strategic direction and oversees partnerships and day-to-day operations. Over a decade in software engineering and technical integration.
- Technical Team Lead, Ministry of Commerce
- Expert Integration Developer, Bank Albilad
- Software Developer, Delta Air Lines, Home Depot
MSc Computer & Information Science, Clark Atlanta University. BSc Management Information Systems, King Abdulaziz University.
Mohammed Abahussain
Chief Operating OfficerOversees day-to-day operations and the delivery of technical integration solutions, with a background in integration engineering and consulting.
- Senior Integration Engineer, Ministry of Commerce
- Senior Integration Consultant, Tekn Business Solutions
- Software Developer, Bank Albilad
BSc Computer & Information Systems, Clark Atlanta University.
Talal Alanazi
Chief Business Development OfficerLeads strategy and national partnerships, and the development of digital services across travel, hospitality and transport in Saudi Arabia.
- Senior Project Manager & Business Development, Samsung Electronics
- Focus, business development, strategic partnerships
- Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP)
MBA, University of Southern Indiana. PMP, Project Management Institute.
How we engage
An agile methodology that secures clarity of vision, speed of delivery and quality of outcome, and does not end at go-live.
Discovery
We frame the real problem, the constraints and the evidence.
Planning
Roadmap, architecture and a sequence tied to objectives.
Build
MVP first, then the production platform.
Testing
Validation against real use, not demo conditions.
Operate
Monitoring, security, continuity and improvement.
We start from the idea
Engagements begin with a consultation identifying where the highest return sits and what to build first.
We take on what we didn’t build
We take over existing systems and operate, secure and monitor them.
Your data stays yours
Evaluations run on a sample of your own documents or assets, inside your infrastructure.
Corporate information
Registration
| Legal name (Arabic) | شركة واثب للاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات |
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| Legal name (English) | Wathib For Communications and Information Technology Company |
| Entity type | Limited Liability Company |
| Unified National No. | 7032179660 |
Operations
| Working hours | Sunday – Thursday, 09:00 – 18:00 AST |
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| Telephone | +966 11 411 0394 |
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