Somi Arian's Recent LinkedIn Posts

Honoured to join global leaders, investors, and innovators at #FII9 this week with FII Institute Having recently worked on documentaries like Scaling Saudi: The Rise of Private Capital in the Kingdom and Fintech Arabia: The Future of Finance in the Kingdom, it’s encouraging to see those same themes: capital format…

Happy National Saudi Day! 🇸🇦 Diriyah is one of Saudi Arabia’s national treasures — a place that connects history, culture, and vision for the future. Every time I visit, I’m reminded how special it is, and I always enjoy bringing friends from the UK here when they visit. It shows a side of Saudi that many don’t…

Saudi Arabia is in the middle of a fintech boom. Regulatory reforms, bold capital, and a new wave of founders are building one of the fastest-growing financial innovation hubs in the world. My latest documentary, Fintech Arabia, captures this transformation through 45+ conversations with the people shaping it—foun…

I asked ChatGPT to create an image of me rock climbing. Not an especially accurate version of me… but close enough to pass at a glance, I guess?! It’s a small example of a much bigger point: we’re getting used to technology creating something on demand—instantly. Whether it’s an image, text, code, or video, the e…

My latest documentary, Scaling Saudi: the Rise of Private Capital in the Kingdom, was unveiled today. It was shown exclusively to over 1,000 leading Saudi and international investors and the Kingdom’s top regulators at the Private Capital Forum in Riyadh. The film captures the next chapter of Saudi Arabia’s entrepr…

Riyadh has become my second home, and with so many people asking what life here is really like, we’re launching a new social media series to demystify it — from the practical to the cultural. After two years of working, filming, and building a media company in the Kingdom, I’ve seen firsthand how fast things are ch…