Scottish Founder Wins Global Award for Privacy-First AI Twin Platform

Gary Singh Dhanda's AI Twin recognized for innovative digital assistant framework focused on transparency, consent, and human agency.

Published on Feb. 10, 2026

Got story updates? Submit your updates here. ›

Gary Singh Dhanda, a Scottish-born founder, has been awarded the 2025 Global Recognition Award for his AI Twin platform, a privacy-first framework that creates personalized digital assistants to serve as cognitive partners. The platform was recognized for its distinctive architecture, robust personalization capabilities, accessibility and sustainability focus, and overall innovation.

Why it matters

AI Twin addresses growing concerns about data surveillance, information misuse, and opaque practices that have characterized much of the artificial intelligence industry. Dhanda's approach ensures data sovereignty and regulatory compliance while delivering functionality that extends beyond conventional productivity tools, positioning the platform as a significant contribution to the movement toward more trustworthy and human-aligned artificial intelligence.

The details

AI Twin operates through a proprietary personality engine that synthesizes multiple behavioral and psychological frameworks into a unified scoring matrix, enabling complex modeling that adapts continuously to each user's evolving patterns and preferences. Unlike traditional AI assistants, AI Twin acts as a central control layer, orchestrating tools, tasks, and decisions across a user's digital ecosystem while embedding a clear ethical review requirement to maintain human agency throughout the creative process.

  • Dhanda earned the 2025 Global Recognition Award for AI Twin's Personal OS.
  • The full version 1 of AI Twin is launching soon.

The players

Gary Singh Dhanda

A Scottish-born founder who built AI Twin around respect, privacy, innovation, and human agency - values shaped as much by his upbringing as by his work in technology.

AI Twin

A privacy-first Personal OS framework that creates personalized digital assistants acting as cognitive partners, orchestrating tools, tasks, and decisions while ensuring data sovereignty and user control.

Global Recognition Awards

An international organization that recognizes exceptional companies and individuals who have significantly contributed to their industry.

Got photos? Submit your photos here. ›

What they’re saying

“We designed AI Twin with privacy and security as first principles. The platform learns workflows, preferences, and decision patterns to assist in writing, planning, and structured execution while ensuring users retain complete control over their digital identity.”

— Gary Singh Dhanda, Founder, AI Twin

“Gary Singh Dhanda has created more than an AI tool. He has developed a framework for how digital twins' personal operating systems can enhance human capability while respecting individual autonomy and privacy. His exceptional work in combining personality science, security architecture, and ethical AI governance demonstrates the world-class innovation that Global Recognition Awards celebrates.”

— Alex Sterling, Spokesperson, Global Recognition Awards

What’s next

The full version 1 of AI Twin is launching soon, with a waitlist open at www.ai-twin.co.uk.

The takeaway

AI Twin represents a shift in how individuals and organizations approach digital representation, offering artificial intelligence that collaborates with users rather than replacing their judgment, while incorporating transparent safeguards, clear policies, and enforceable boundaries to address concerns about personal data and decision patterns.