Amir Husain Is Building the Future of A.I.
Dinah Eng's Fortune profile follows Husain from a childhood in Pakistan to Austin and SparkCognition, and his work with Boeing, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems and the U.S. military.
Press
In the
News
Profiles, reviews and coverage of Amir Husain and his companies in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Inc., Big Think, Fox Business, CNBC and the Austin press.
Journal Profile: Amir Husain's 'burn the ships' moment put him on a path to success
Brent Wistrom's Journal Profile covers Husain's rough start as a UT student, his startups SparkCognition and SkyGrid, and his plans for a startup incubator and a computer museum in Central Texas.
'The Cybernetic Society' Review: The Brain and the Machine
In a Bookshelf review, James B. Meigs describes The Cybernetic Society as Husain's case that people and AI will change together in a feedback loop, and notes that Husain lands on the optimistic side.
Why your next CEO could be a machine
Big Think published an excerpt from The Cybernetic Society in which Husain profiles an imagined “cybernetic corporation” of 2035, run by a central machine intelligence instead of a management pyramid. He is also one of Big Think’s featured experts.
Austin's SparkCognition raises $123 million, tops $1 billion in value
The Statesman reports that SparkCognition raised $123 million at a valuation above $1 billion, making it Austin's newest unicorn, and quotes Husain on its hiring plans.
These 5 Power Players Show Why Austin Is the Most Exciting Startup Hub in the U.S.
Inc.'s Surge Cities feature on Austin names SparkCognition founder Amir Husain as "The Brains" and tells how he came from Lahore as a teenager to study under Edsger Dijkstra at UT.
How Frightened Should We Be of A.I.?
Tad Friend's essay on the risks of artificial intelligence discusses The Sentient Machine, including Husain's argument that the way to deter misuse of AI is to build defensive AI of our own.
How the oil industry could benefit from artificial intelligence
On Fox Business, SparkCognition CEO Amir Husain talks about how artificial intelligence can help the energy sector.
20. SparkCognition
CNBC ranks SparkCognition No. 20 on its 2017 Disruptor 50 list and names Amir Husain as founder and CEO.
Momentumville
A Money magazine feature on Austin's dot-com boom visits Kurion, a Web infrastructure start-up, and quotes its chief technologist Amir Husain arguing that there is no middle ground for a city on the way up.