Ulf Persson

Chief Executive Officer, Abbyy

Search every verified Ulf Persson interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In March 2025, Persson announced the opening of ABBYY’s first AI research and development center in Bengaluru, India, describing the city as having “one of the world's best pools of AI Talent.” He stated that the company is “investing heavily in AI” and aims to be the “absolute market leader in document centric AI powered document centric process automation.” Persson said the expansion was motivated by access to talent, the local ecosystem of developers and system integrators, and the potential to grow India as a market. In earlier interviews, Persson discussed the pace of AI development relative to regulation, saying that “a technology that is developing at breakneck speed” has outpaced the “regulatory and audit framework.” He argued that AI applications must make sense from the user’s perspective, be financially viable, and be “safe,” with results that are “auditable and consistent and unbiased.” Persson also emphasized the importance of defining clear success criteria before undertaking digital transformation, noting that “just the fact that we can do it doesn't necessarily mean that we should do it.”