Riyadh
21 articles
Riyadh turns the volume up
By the time the first bassline rolled across the crowd, it was already obvious that Soundstorm 2025 wasn’t just opening another edition. Something had shifted.
The making of a music city
There’s a moment when Soundstorm hits critical mass—not when the first act comes onstage, but when the entire crowd syncs into one collective frequency.
SOUNDSTORM accelerates the tempo
There are festivals, and then there is the moment a city flicks from ordinary reality into a huge humming circuit board of sound.
A global movement for healthy humanity
Something big is happening in global health, and it didn’t start in a lab. It started in Riyadh.
The Southward shift of AI
The sands of Riyadh were warm, but the atmosphere inside the grand hall of FII9, the annual gathering hosted by the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute, felt hotter.
FII9 arrives at a defining moment
In just a few days, the global stage shifts once again to Riyadh. The ninth edition of the Future Investment Initiative — FII9 — is about to open its doors.
Betting big on the future of aging
What if we’ve been thinking about aging all wrong? What if, instead of treating heart disease, cancer, or Alzheimer’s after they strike, medicine could target the root causes of aging itself—pushing back frailty, cognitive decline, and disease before they happen?
Ethics of immortality
What if the secret to a longer life isn’t a scientific breakthrough, but an ethical dilemma?
AI and the end of aging
The future of aging is being rewritten by artificial intelligence. For centuries, humanity has accepted the slow, inevitable decline of the body as an unshakable reality. But what if aging wasn’t a certainty, but a problem to be solved?
The $101M competition to revolutionize aging
A century ago, living beyond 50 was a triumph. Now, it’s not just about adding years but about making those years count. A radical shift is underway—one that challenges the very notion of aging itself.