California, June 23 (Petra) His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess Rajwa Al Hussein, visited on Monday Replit, an AI software creation company in Silicon Valley, California, according to a royal court statement.
During a conversation with Replit’s founder and CEO, Jordanian entrepreneur Amjad Masad, the Crown Prince expressed his pride in Jordanian talent, which has proven capable of competing at the global level, noting the importance of harnessing drive and determination to capitalise on available opportunities and tools to maximise impact. His Royal Highness praised the productive collaboration between the National Council for Future Technology and Replit, a cloud-based software development platform and AI-powered coding assistant, which has resulted in the launch of the ‘Siraj’ project, an AI-powered Arabic-language learning assistant serving 1.3 million users across some 5,800 schools.
Discussions also covered the potential of expanding cooperation on AI initiatives in the fields of education and skills development, as well as hosting programming competitions to drive innovation and accelerate development in priority sectors in Jordan, such as water and energy.
//Petra// AK
