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Lessons for a Life Lived Well | Amir Husain’s 2025 UT Austin Commencement Speech

📅 May 10, 2025 Deep Tech with Amir Husain 14 MIN 4215 VIEWS 3 SEGMENTS · 2 SPEAKERS
Lessons for a Life Lived Well | Amir Husain’s 2025 UT Austin Commencement Speech In this deeply personal address, technologist and entrepreneur Amir Husain speaks to the graduating class of 2025 at UT Austin. Drawing from decades of hard-won experience, Amir lays out a framework for a life well lived — built on nuance, perseverance, ownership of outcomes, and an unshakable internal locus of control. At the heart of his message are three guiding lights that can keep anyone on the straight path, no matter how uncertain the world becomes.
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Good afternoon. And it is now my great pleasure to introduce our distinguished commencement speaker, Amir Husain. Amir is a serial entrepreneur, a veteran AI technologist, an author, a distinguished alumnus of the College of Natural Sciences, and a good friend and adviser to the college. He is the founder of Spark Cognition, an award-winning AI company based in Austin. He's the recipient of Austin's top entrepreneur award. And as an avid inventor, he has been awarded more than 30 patents. He's co-founded companies in the defense technology space and served on the board for companies including Spec 5 and Nate. He's also served on NATO's innovation advisory board and he's been featured in international and national media outlets. He's the author of several books including the bestseller The Sentient Machine. Please join me in welcoming Amir Husain.

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Husain, A. (2025, May 10). Lessons for a Life Lived Well | Amir Husain’s 2025 UT Austin Commencement Speech [Interview transcript]. Deep Tech with Amir Husain. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/596602/

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Amir Husain. "Lessons for a Life Lived Well | Amir Husain’s 2025 UT Austin Commencement Speech." Deep Tech with Amir Husain, 10 May. 2025. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/596602/.

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@misc{husain2025_596602,
  author       = {Amir Husain},
  title        = {Lessons for a Life Lived Well | Amir Husain’s 2025 UT Austin Commencement Speech},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, Deep Tech with Amir Husain. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2025},
  month        = {may},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/596602/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}