Nakul Duggal

Senior Vice President and GM of Automotive & Cloud Computing of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Qualcomm

Search every verified Nakul Duggal interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Nakul Duggal, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Automotive & Cloud Computing at Qualcomm, has been active in discussing the company's strategy around physical AI, automotive technology, and robotics. In a March 2026 interview with NEURA Robotics, Duggal said that the idea of automating what humans do in a heterogeneous physical environment is a "new concept" that is "starting to get explored very rapidly." He stated that "the future will not be decided on screens" but "built in the physical world through powerful partnerships." At Qualcomm's Investor Day in June 2026, Duggal described physical AI as "the next great computing wave" that runs on the edge, not in the cloud, and said the addressable market for automotive, industrial, and robotics is expected to grow from $300 billion to over a trillion dollars within the next decade, with robotics becoming a very large segment. In the automotive sector, Duggal announced a partnership with Stellantis in May 2026, stating that Qualcomm will deploy its digital chassis platform across all of Stellantis's brands starting in model year 2028, covering connectivity, in-cabin experience, and self-driving software. He noted that Qualcomm's automotive business has grown at about 25% annually and is expected to exit fiscal 2026 at $6 billion in annualized revenue. At the Qualcomm Auto Summit in June 2026, Duggal explained that the company decided three years ago to "overdimension the silicon" and build a mixed-critical architecture that allows cockpit and ADAS systems to run on the same platform, calling this approach "Flex." He also said the industry is moving from software-defined vehicles to AI-defined vehicles.