Paris · 13+ years in AI
Ayushman Dash.
I've built AI models and systems for 13+ years, across Germany, Canada, India and now Paris.
Research published. Models shipped. A company founded on it, $3M raised.
Today I lead Data & AI at Jus Mundi, a legal tech in Paris.
Now I also teach AI, and build things on the side for the fun of it.
13+years building AI
$3Mraised as a founder
25+company collaborations
5masterclasses hosted
The highlights.
The work I would show you first, models in production, a company, papers, and what I am building now.
2026 · LIVE · five AI agents
Namaste JiMy mom sends me a good-morning image on WhatsApp every single day. So I built a small team of AI agents, using OpenAI, Sarvam, Cohere and Cloudflare , to do exactly that.
$3M raised100+ languagesLanguage AI for the languages most of the industry skipped: 25+ Arabic dialects, Tagalog, Indian languages. Speech, documents and translation, sold to banks, broadcasters and governments.the research behind it →
NeuralSpace.AI · benchmark, 2024The most accurate Arabic speech AI90.75% average across five public datasets, first on every one, ahead of Google, OpenAI, AWS, Azure and IBM. Dialects, not just the formal register.
NeuralSpace.AI · ABS-CBN, ManilaA million minutes of subtitles a yearA Tagalog captioning model for the largest media company in the Philippines, owned by them, retrained every 500 hours from its own corrections.
NOW · Jus Mundi, ParisHead of Data & AIJus AI 2, our legal research agent, independent auditors preferred it 5:1 over the version before.
Research · 2017–2021Indic-TransformersAmong the first transformer language models for Indian languages, in 2020. Five papers, a thesis, and the story of stopping it all when the Transformer landed.
LATEST · Sep 7Ashish Vaswani's Transformer paper landed while I was sleeping in the labRead it →Live · online · free
The masterclasses.
Two classes, taught by someone who trains these systems for a living. Seats are capped so the Q&A stays real.
Fundamentals · 4 cohorts runFundamentals of AI for Everyoneno code, no mathsTwo hours: how AI evolved, the AI cold war, what a model actually looks like in real life, what LLMs really are, AGI, the next frontier, and more.See the 120 minutes
For teams · next cohortAI in Practicefor engineering, product and designHow working with AI actually changes the way teams ship, from someone whose own team builds with agents every day.See what it coversVoices
Notes from people I have worked with.
“Ayushman has the ability to understand the strategy and technical requirements needed to implement some of most challenging AI projects. I was fortunate to work with him on several projects where he could distill complex concepts to non technical team members.”
St John DalgleishCEO, Perlon AI“I've learned so much about AI from Ayushman. He possesses incredible clarity of thought and can explain difficult concepts with the simplest of analogies. I've interacted with tons of AI and machine learning scientists in my career but none come close to Ayushman's ability to convert theoretical R&D experiments into real-life MVPs that create actual customer value.”
Shobith GopaLead, Sales & Partnerships, Scrut Automation“Lucky to have Ayushman as my mentor! Under his leadership at NeuralSpace, I gained AI fundamentals and helped ship multiple AI SaaS products. His clarity, vision, and human-centric approach truly skyrocketed my career. An inspiring leader and innovator!”
Adarsh KheraProduct Designer, SitetrackerIf you read two things here
How I Felt While Shutting Down My Company, NeuralSpaceThe hardest thing I have written. What it actually feels like to close the company you built.Read it
Our Hindi model made 2.4× fewer errors than OpenAI. Here's the recipe.A small team, a language big tech underserves, and the recipe that beat OpenAI at it.Read it
Fighting Imposter Syndrome - Even After Building a Successful CareerFour countries, a company, models still in production, and I still ask whether I am good enough.Read it
How we beat Google, OpenAI and AWS at Arabic speech recognitionThe benchmark nobody expected a startup from Odisha to win, and how we did it.Read it
I Said No to a $15 Million Acquisition Offer. Do I Regret It Now?The offer was real. So was the no. Whether I regret it is a longer answer than yes.Read it
The day Gartner called us a Cool VendorWhat it means when the analysts notice you, and what it changes the next morning.Read it
How A Three-Week AI Project with Saudi Aramco Led to Months of BurnoutWe shipped it. It worked. And it cost me more than any failed project ever has.Read it
I worked on this 9 years ago and today it is used in the new Meta RayBan.Research feels pointless right up until it shows up in a product nine years later.Read it
Why I Left Canada to Build My AI Startup in OdishaEveryone builds where the money is. I went home instead, and I would do it again.Read it
I was almost done with my thesis when the Transformer paper landedMonths of experiments, one paper from Google, and a decision to start over.Read it
The Story of An Average Engineer - How Perseverance Can Be Your SuperpowerI was never the smartest person in the room. Here is what worked instead.Read it
How I Did a Master’s in AI in Germany with Just 15K INR in Savings And No Study LoanFifteen thousand rupees, no loan, and a one-way ticket to Germany. The full math.Read it
