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Why one of Austin’s top AI founders says he is ‘incredibly long Pakistan’

Pakistan Published 2 November 2026, 23:26 · archived 2 Nov 2026

Amir Husain, who sits on the advisory boards of LUMS and AAASE, says the numbers show Pakistan’s moment has arrived. His answers on what it takes to build here are more revealing. Having lived in Austin for 30 years, Amir Husain says, “I look at myself as a bit of a global citizen, and I can be where I need to be.” The founder of SparkCognition, the AI company now called Avathon that reached a unicorn valuation under his leadership, was recently appointed to the University Advisory Board of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and, last month, to the first Industrial Advisory Bo...

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