Dominic Pajak, Senior Director of Edge AI at Arm

Leadership

2025–nowSenior Director, Edge AI · ArmEnabling the next generation of devices to incorporate efficient, private edge AI.
2024–25Head of AI Software · SynapticsBuilt context-aware AI assistants running fully on-device on edge hardware.
2021–23VP of Developers · READY RoboticsBrought on-device AI to industrial robots, end to end: a ChatGPT plugin and predictive-maintenance ML with live dashboards.
2017–21VP Business Development · ArduinoWorked with Google to launch Arduino's first on-device machine-learning library, reaching hundreds of thousands of developers and seeding Harvard's TinyML course.
2006–17CPU Product Manager → Director, IoT Segment · ArmTook the entry-level Cortex-M processors from concept to global launch, now in billions of devices, then drove Arm into IoT and the startup ecosystem alongside Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

Chart of Arm chip shipments growth since 1995 — Arm chip shipments. Source: Arm via AnandTech.

The Arm Cortex-M0 on the edge of a coin, one of Arm's smallest, lowest-power processors — Arm's smallest, lowest-power processor.

Selected coverage

Independent press, publications, and talks covering my work.

2026ACM EdgeSys · Hybrid AI: Rethinking Where Intelligence Lives (invited speaker)My keynote on how agentic AI is moving inference closer to the edge, at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
2026The Economist · AI Compute Summit (invited speaker)Invited to speak on the future of AI compute.
2025Embedded World · Contextual AI and on-device assistants (paper presentation on behalf of Synaptics)Presented on building efficient, context-aware AI assistants that run on-device.
2024Hackaday · The BBC Micro, Lovingly Simulated In VRFeatured for recreating the BBC Micro in mixed reality (WebXR), showcased in the Meta Quest browser.
2023Robotics 24/7 · Building a robotics plugin for ChatGPTBrought on-device LLMs to industrial robots via a ChatGPT plugin at READY Robotics.
2022Harvard Data Science Review · Widening Access to Applied Machine Learning with TinyMLThe Arduino + Google kit I led became the basis of Harvard's edX TinyML course.
2021Make: · Exploring the Microverse: ML on MicrocontrollersInterviewed on ethics and machine learning.
2021Stack Overflow Blog · Learn to program BASIC with a Twitter botInterviewed about creating the BBC Micro Bot.
2020BBC Micro Bot · viral coverage in IEEE Spectrum, Gizmodo, and Hackster.ioI created the BBC Micro Bot, the first bot to run tweets as BBC BASIC on an emulated 1981 machine.
2019TensorFlow Blog · How to Get Started with Machine Learning on ArduinoLaunched Arduino's first on-device ML library, with Google.
2015University of Cambridge · The unforeseen evolution of an ARM verification projectProf. Mike Gordon's report including my work modelling the ARM ISA for the Leeds–Cambridge ARM6 verification project.
2015ZDNet · All the fun of the Maker FaireInterviewed on bringing rapid prototypes to production.
2015MakerCon · MakerCon: Dominic Pajak (Presentation)Presented on Arm innovation in emerging applications.
2014ARM · ARM at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014Led Arm's exhibit of connected device partners at Maker Faire, including Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
2014IEEE Internet of Things Journal · Communicating Power Supplies (with Berkeley Lab)Joint project on bringing the internet to low-power electronic devices.
2009New Electronics · Cortex-M0 is Arm's fastest-licensing processorCortex-M0 became Arm's fastest-licensing processor.
2009Engadget · Cortex-M0: smallest, lowest power ARM processor availableTook Arm's Cortex-M0 from concept to launch, now in billions of devices.
2009Electronics Weekly · ARM's Cortex-M0 processor: how it worksExplained the Cortex-M0, Arm's lowest-power processor, as its product manager.
2005University of Leeds · PhD thesis: Specification of microprocessor instruction set architecturesEarned my PhD in processor architecture.

Selected work

I've seen first hand that vast scale is possible if you inspire people with the potential of technology, and empower them to create. Technology keeps moving forward; as an industry we have to be life-long learners, and teachers.

"I learnt to program the BBC Micro at school. I certainly owe my career to that early start."
Dominic Pajak, IEEE Spectrum, 2020

Mixed Reality

Virtual Beeb is a free computer simulation in a webpage. Now ported to mixed-reality using WebXR, you can experience it today on Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro. Around 5,000 monthly active users.

Generative AI

Imagine conjuring any object into existence on command. In the VoxelAstra project I combined voice recognition and generative AI to create a mixed-reality experience that let you do just that. Built over the holidays, it was mainly just tested with snowmen.

Robotics

This project for READY Robotics used live motor torque data for training and inference of predictive-maintenance AI. As well as integrating this flow end-to-end, I built a live dashboard and 3D visualization.

BBC Micro Bot

BBC Micro Bot took geek Twitter by storm. People pushed the limits of possibility within one tweet of retro code. It gained over 10 million impressions, and thousands of users who between them submitted over 10,000 programs. Now on Mastodon.

Arduino detecting fruit variety and ripeness with on-device machine learning

On-device ML

At Arduino I used color and proximity sensor data with on-device ML to detect fruit variety and ripeness. The accompanying blog I wrote is featured in the TensorFlow Blog.

Home Computers

A collectable card deck celebrating the 8-bit machines that inspired a generation. Funded on Kickstarter at roughly 16× its goal; designs later donated to the Centre for Computing History, a STEM charity in Cambridge, UK.

PlayUEF

PlayUEF loads classic Acorn and BBC cassette games into an emulator, or a real 8-bit machine, straight from the browser.

This site

Go back and try the interactive Conway's Game of Life at the top of the page :)