The People

The Outonomous Team

Meet the builders, researchers, and operators who saw the Physical AI era coming.

The People

Builders who saw the Physical AI era coming.

Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar

Founder · AI Pioneer

Building in AI since 2004. Correctly predicted all three AI waves before they arrived. Operating background across Amazon and Microsoft.

A polymath builder across AI systems, autonomy, product, perfume, martial arts, calligraphy, language, and endurance, Omar founded Outonomous from a personal mission shaped by years of taking long grueling trips to bring his mother heart medicine.

AI 2004 to NowAmazonMicrosoft
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Prof. Jason Corso

Prof. Jason Corso

Toyota Professor of AI & Robotics · Voxel51 Co-Founder

Toyota Professor of AI and Robotics. Chief Scientist and co-founder of Voxel51, a leading visual AI platform used by major organizations including Google, Microsoft, Porsche, GM, Medtronic, and Walmart.

ToyotaVoxel51Visual AI
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Prof. Shuguang Zhang

Prof. Shuguang Zhang

MIT · Guggenheim Fellow · Wilhelm Exner Medal Winner

One of the world's leading scientists. Wilhelm Exner Medal recipient, Guggenheim Fellow, National Academy of Inventors Fellow, and AIMBE Fellow. He has created multiple fields with his research. Holder of 30+ patents, h-index of 98, with founder-to-IPO experience through 3-D Matrix in Japan, which traded as the most active stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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Tim May

Tim May

Strategic Advisor — Communication & UX

Strategic Advisor — Communication and User Experience at Outonomous. More than 21 years in visual communication and strategy, and Creative Director at XPLANE, where he leads teams working with Fortune 100 companies. At Outonomous, Tim makes the complex clear: translating Physical AI into language, visuals, and stories everyone can understand.

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Dominic Brennan

Dominic Brennan

Board Member & Strategic Advisor

Board Member and Strategic Advisor at Outonomous. Decades of experience in Enterprise Asset Management, complex supply chains, capital projects, and field operations across asset-intensive industries, and a senior leader within SAP's Utilities organization. At Outonomous, Dominic brings deep experience in the systems behind the physical world to our scale challenge.

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