Foresight, not hindsight.
§ In the Press
Omar doesn't chase the future. He recognises it while it's still over the horizon.
AI Pioneer · Polymath · Correctly predicted all 3 AI waves
Omar Mukhtar predicted and built Physical AI, Generative AI, and Predictive AI decades before they were buzzwords.
Physical AI today, turning the planet's 1.6 billion vehicles into autonomous agents through Outonomous. Generative AI in 2019, multilingual neural summarization across Chinese, English, Arabic, and Hindi, before "LLM" was a word anyone used. Predictive AI in 2004, a prediction engine on live exchanges two decades before the boom.
Three waves. Three predictions. All correct.
§ On the Record
"Omar is a pioneer of bringing AI into practice, building his first full AI product in 2004 while in a developing country."
Jason Corso · Toyota Prof. of AI, Michigan · Co-Founder, Voxel51 · On Omar's team at Outonomous
§ Engagements
Keynotes, advisory, partnerships.
Physical AI, the foresight to call a wave early, and the operating chops to ship it. LinkedIn is the fastest way through.
§ The Arc
Three waves. Three predictions. All correct.
Newest first. By 2004, the pattern is settled, and Outonomous reads as the next inevitable call.
2024 to now
Physical AI
Outonomous
A modular, reversible autonomy platform that turns existing vehicles into safe autonomous agents, installed in 30 minutes, plus a data engine running on the world's existing fleet. The third call, under construction now.
2019
Generative AI
Kondense
Multilingual summarization of any link on the web, across English, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu. Shipped years before ChatGPT made summarization common knowledge. The second call.
Watch ↗2014 to 2015
Pre-incumbent product calls
Location tasks · DoodleSing
A location-based task and expense app in 2014. DoodleSing in 2015, a freeform collaborative canvas, roughly seven years ahead of Apple's Freeform.
Watch ↗Amazon · Microsoft
The data backbone
AI inside the giants
AI work inside two of the companies that built the modern internet.
2004
Predictive AI
Production prediction engine
A production stock-market prediction and analysis engine. Before cloud. Before GPUs. Before AI was an asset class. The first call.
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§ In Motion
Omar, in motion.
6:37Access to AI for ALL· AI
5:57Seattle to Portland in a Day: 204-Mile Bike Odyssey· Endurance
3:37Solo 40-Mile Mountain Run in Extreme Heat· Endurance
3:00Kufic Zoomorphism: The Majestic Teal Eagle Unveiled· Calligraphy
6:51Carving Rocks: The Delicate Arch of Arches National Park· Sculpture
20:32Conquering Mount Rainier· Endurance
6:35Pioneering AI: My Stock Market Analysis Tool· AI · 2004
6:15Kondense: AI-Powered Summarizer for a Multilingual World· AI · 2019
2:29DoodleSing (2015): The Pioneer Ahead of Apple's FreeForm· Product
4:33Location-Based Task & Expense App from 2014· Product
5:47Reversing cognitive decline from ChatGPT usage· Neuro
0:59One minute morning hack, with EEG brain wave proof· Neuro
8:41Museum of Flowers, Woods, Plants and Perfumes· Perfume
14:51Mastering the Art of Perfuming with Mandy Aftel· Perfume
4:19My Natural Perfume Essence Kit: From Rose to Rosemary· Perfume
3:32Autographed: 'Have a Beautifully Perfumed Life' by Mandy Aftel· Perfume
5:11Japanese Makiwara: Creating Hands of Stone· Martial Arts
0:26Extreme Martial Arts Conditioning: Cement & Makiwara· Martial Arts
0:15Moonlit Mastery: Bo Staff Spinning Under the Stars· Martial Arts
0:28Bo Staff Spinning in the Sun's Embrace· Martial Arts
2:39From Pedals to Peaks: 40-Mile Mountain Run Challenge· Endurance
0:33Scaling Heights: Impromptu Climb· Endurance
7:07Mathematics using Arabic Letters: Abjad Book Reveal· Mathematics
7:03Exploring Kufic Calligraphy: Artistry, Traditions, Tools· Calligraphy
3:16Square Kufic: Geometric Calligraphy & Woolen Masterpiece· Calligraphy
2:14Mastering Kufic on Wool, à la Michelangelo· Calligraphy
3:57Chinese Calligraphy Deep Dive: Tools & Techniques· Calligraphy
3:45Traditional Calligraphy Pens vs. Modern Brushes· Calligraphy
4:14Woodcut Wonders & The Pantheon's Architectural Error· Sculpture
1:42The Bay Bridge in Wood: A 9-Piece Puzzle Masterpiece· Sculpture
4:31Tribute to the Wright Brothers: Kitty Hawk Masterpiece· Sculpture
1:40Native American Art: Eagle's Flight to the Sun· Sculpture
1:50Bee-autiful Beginnings: Unique Childbirth Gift· Sculpture
2:02Tech-Infused African Art Mask· Art
3:42Indus Civilization: Unraveling the Unicorn's Mystique· Civilizations
13:54Omar Ibn Said Opera: Biography of A Slave in America· Storytelling
7:12Turkish Puppet Theatre: Hacivat and Karagoz· Storytelling
3:03From Tiny Seeds to 10-Foot Titans: Sunflower Journey· Horticulture
0:45Pomegranate Tree: Incredible 2-Year Transformation· Horticulture
1:31Nature's Dance: Bees on My Sunflowers· Horticulture
0:20Sunflower Commando: The Invisible Bug Hideout· Horticulture
6:59Elixir Unearthed: Hidden Soul of Your Coffee· Stories
7:24My Thanksgiving Thoughts· Stories
§ The Mandate
A humanitarian arithmetic.
The mission: save 100 million lives a year from avoidable vehicle accidents. Over 100 million accidents and injuries happen on the world's roads every year, the overwhelming majority caused by human error. Outonomous exists to make AI safety standard equipment on every vehicle already on the road, not just the ones built new.
Read the full mandate →1.3M
Lives lost to road accidents, annually
94%
Crashes caused by human error
$1.8T
Annual US societal harm from traffic crashes (TRIP, 2024)
1.6B
Vehicles on Earth today
30 min
Platform install on any vehicle, any year
On demand
A standing engine for novel, patentable IP
§ Renaissance Man
Renaissance man.
Hand-painted calligraphic panel, oxblood and ink.
- Perfumery
Trained under Mandy Aftel, Aftelier.
- Neuroscience
Six years of research-grade EEG self-experimentation.
- Calligraphy
Square and zoomorphic Kufic. Classical Chinese.
- Mathematics
Abjad numerical-letter system, original deep study.
- LLanguages
English, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, plus Chinese NLP.
- Endurance
Mount Rainier. Seattle to Portland in a day. 40-mile solo run at 45°C.
- Martial arts
Bo staff, makiwara, hands-of-stone conditioning.
- Sculpture
Wood, stone, metal. Carved, burned, hand-cut.
- Civilizations
Indus Valley and Native American traditions, to source.
- Horticulture
Ten-foot sunflowers from seed. Pomegranate orchard across years.
- Storytelling
Omar Ibn Said opera. Turkish shadow theatre, Hacivat and Karagoz.
§ Press
In the press.
- HUM News EnglishSilicon, Steel, and Strategy: The Systematic Foresight of Omar Mukhtar's Outonomous→
- CXO DispatchHow to Save 100 Million Lives a Year with Autonomous Vehicles→
- C-Suite BriefDeploying Physical AI and Robotics to Solve the Road Safety Crisis→
- Randlesham60,000 Hours in AI to Solve a Trillion-Dollar Road Safety Problem→
§ From the Team
On the team.
Jason Corso, Toyota Professor of AI at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of Voxel51, is on Omar's team at Outonomous.
"Omar is a pioneer of bringing AI into practice, building his first full AI product in 2004 while in a developing country. Outonomous can upgrade any vehicle on the road to full autonomy. Any model year. 30-minute install, transferrable. Wow. Impressive."
"At 100,000 AVs per year, it would take 2,820 years to cover America. This is what excited me about Outonomous. A generalizable plug-and-play approach to vehicle autonomy."
"Bringing AI into the physical world and improving that world is vastly more valuable than all the AI videos in the world. You're spot on."
§ The Credo
"Caring is a super-power.The more caring we have, the more light we bring into the world through our being and our work."
Omar Mukhtar