Saudi Aramco taps Alphabet spinoff SandboxAQ for AI collaboration

Saudi Aramco signed a deal with SandboxAQ, a startup spun off from Alphabet Inc., to use artificial intelligence to turn carbon emissions into useful products.

“We want to up-value and convert to more marketable products low-value fuels and CO2 emissions,” SandboxAQ Chief Executive Officer Jack Hidary said in an interview from Davos, Switzerland. “That will help give Aramco more revenue and keep carbon out of the atmosphere.” He didn’t detail the terms of the deal.