Swiss-based AI safety company Umanitek has announced that HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud is leading its advisory board and investment round, as the company prepares to launch its AI accountability platform, Guardian Agent.
The development marks one of the first major investments from the GCC region into AI accountability infrastructure, a segment focused on monitoring, verification, and governance of artificial intelligence systems, at a time when Gulf countries are increasing capital deployment into AI ecosystems.
Umanitek’s Guardian Agent is designed to monitor and detect AI hallucinations and deepfakes at scale. The platform tracks what major generative AI systems — including ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, and Perplexity — generate about individuals and organizations, and produces verifiable evidence packs when misrepresentation or false information is identified.
The company positions the platform as a mechanism to hold AI developers and platforms accountable for the outputs produced by their models, addressing a growing gap in AI governance where responsibility for generated misinformation remains unclear.
The launch comes amid rising concerns over AI hallucinations becoming a material risk across sectors. Instances of generative AI systems producing false or harmful content have raised legal, reputational, and safety risks, including cases of executives being misrepresented in AI-generated outputs and consumer products powered by AI providing inappropriate or unsafe guidance.
Umanitek’s entry into the AI safety and accountability space reflects a broader shift toward infrastructure-level solutions focused on verification, monitoring, and regulatory alignment, as generative AI adoption accelerates globally.
As governments and enterprises scale AI deployment, accountability infrastructure is emerging as a critical layer of the AI stack. Early GCC investment in AI safety platforms signals growing regional interest not only in AI innovation, but also in governance, risk management, and regulatory readiness.
Related context:
In a separate development reported exclusively by Arabian Business in October 2025, HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud accused Meta of “turning a blind eye” to fake accounts impersonating his sister, HRH Princess Reem bint Alwaleed, which were allegedly defrauding Gulf residents on Facebook and Instagram.
