Most people met AI through text.
A chatbot that answers questions. A model that writes essays.
But the real story of AI is moving beyond words.
We’re now entering the era of multi-modal foundation models. These models are systems that don’t just read, but also see, hear, and act.
→ Vision models that can analyze medical scans or guide autonomous cars
→ Speech models that translate in real time across dozens of languages
→ Robotics powered by models that combine vision + language + motion to learn tasks on the fly
Why does this matter?
Because humans don’t live in text boxes. We live in a world of sights, sounds, and actions.
And for AI to truly be useful, it has to meet us there.
The next breakthroughs won’t be about models that just talk better.
They’ll be about models that understand the world the way we do, across every sense.
Would you trust an AI that not only answers your question… but also sees what you see and acts on your behalf?