How Pratik Parmar Is Building Digital Freedom Through AI
Pratik Parmar, founder of Atomo Innovation, is redefining AI through decentralization. His mission is to make intelligence local, private, and free from cloud dependence—empowering creators worldwide to build secure, on-premise AI that brings computing power back to the people.
Innovation Locked in the Cloud
Growing up in a small Indian town, Pratik Parmar was the kind of kid who took apart radios and computers to see how they worked. He didn’t have access to fancy labs or imported devices. What he had was curiosity, scraps, and an unshakable belief that intelligence should not be a privilege. Years later, that same belief would lead him to question one of the biggest assumptions in technology: that artificial intelligence must live in massive, centralized data centers controlled by a handful of global firms.
Most of today’s AI runs in the cloud, far away from the people who use it. Every command, image, or sensor reading is sent to a remote server and then returned with a response. That process is not only inefficient, but it’s also risky. Data travels across borders, passing through systems that can be compromised or misused. “What happens in your premises should stay in your premises,” Pratik says. For him, the problem is not just about latency or bandwidth. It is about dependence. “We have become so centralized that if one big company stopped for a day, entire systems would collapse. Air traffic, energy grids, everything.”
That dependency is what he set out to solve through his company, Atomo Innovation.
Physical AI That Lives Where You Do
Atomo Innovation builds what Pratik calls physical AI, intelligence that lives at the edge, near the people and places where data is created. Instead of sending sensitive information to the cloud, Atomo’s compact, aluminum-cased device combines AI and IoT, enabling local computing. It is, in his words, “AI that belongs close to the human experience.”
Inside each device is a proprietary chip capable of performing six trillion operations per second. That power allows companies to run advanced AI models on-site, even without an internet connection. The design is flexible enough to serve hospitals, factories, homes, and public spaces. For example, Atomo is exploring use cases such as detecting cardiac arrest through home cameras and alerting doctors in real time, identifying fires before heat sensors trigger, and helping ambulances diagnose hidden injuries using onboard scanners, all without sending data to the cloud.
The company’s business model is equally innovative. Atomo offers both direct hardware sales and “hardware as a service,” where clients pay per device or per data stream for the duration of an event or deployment. A third option, Atomo Center, lets users manage their devices from anywhere on Earth while keeping data private and secure. “Startups building physical AI products can use our hardware as their base,” he explains. “It’s like a pizza base. You add your own toppings.”
Atomo’s early traction spans India, the United States, Australia, and Canada, with growing interest from Dubai and Oman. For Pratik, though, this is just the beginning.
Decentralization and the Freedom to Create Locally
Pratik’s vision for the future is radical and deeply human. He envisions a world where intelligence is decentralized, with every household device contributing to the network. “You won’t depend on a company for storage or computation,” he says. “Your fridge could be a server. Your phone could earn money by sharing unused processing power while you sleep.”
In this future, the boundaries between physical and digital blur. Each object, from a lamp to a laptop, becomes a node of computing potential. It is a future where innovation no longer flows only from Silicon Valley outward, but from every home, city, and creator connected through trust and curiosity. “Real innovation isn’t about more resources,” Pratik says. “It’s about deeper curiosity.”
His mission is to prove that intelligence can be both powerful and private. By building AI that operates locally, he is giving people control over their data, their devices, and ultimately their digital freedom. Atomo Innovation is not just creating hardware. It is reshaping the foundation of how technology interacts with humanity.
For Pratik Parmar, the goal is to democratize computing, enabling the next generation of curious kids with limited resources to create their own future without needing permission from the cloud.
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