Soumitra Dutta co-founded two technology startups: Fisheye Analytics, sold to WPP in 2013, and edutech firm Igesia, launched in 2019. He has also served on the boards of Sodexo, Dassault Systèmes and ZS Associates, bringing strategic insight on technology, innovation and business growth.
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Soumitra Dutta, former dean of Oxford's Saïd Business School and co-founder of NexiVerify and CAASAA, says the next era of AI must move beyond text and into the physical world. He argues that future systems will blend language with perception, reasoning, and real-world interaction, learning from experience instead of words alone. Machines that grasp causality, cope with uncertainty, and recover from mistakes will lead the way. From 2026 onward, physical agents and world models could deliver practical, real-world results, such as spotting crop diseases earlier to improve agricultural yields.
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