Boston Dynamics Taps Former Amazon AI Executive Prasad as CEO
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Boston Dynamics has appointed Rohit Prasad, a former Amazon AI executive, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Prasad brings extensive experience from his twelve-year tenure at Amazon, where he served as senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa and artificial general intelligence. During his time at Amazon, he played a key role in scaling Alexa to hundreds of millions of households and led the development of the Amazon Nova foundation model family. Prior to joining Amazon, Prasad spent nearly fourteen years at Raytheon BBN Technologies focusing on machine-learning applications. He officially assumes leadership on October 7 and is expected to join the board of directors following standard approval processes. Boston Dynamics states that Prasad’s background in building large-scale AI products will accelerate their Physical AI strategy by integrating advanced intelligence into robotic systems. Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Boston Dynamics, expressed confidence that this appointment combines robotics expertise with global AI product scaling capabilities.
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