US EditionAmazon shakes up AI team as veteran Prasad leaves, DeSantis promoted
Peter DeSantis will lead a unified AI, custom chip, and quantum computing division to optimize Amazon’s AI efforts and close gaps with rivals, CEO Andy Jassy said.
- Dec 17, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced Peter DeSantis, AWS senior vice president, will lead a new group uniting AI models, custom silicon and quantum computing.
- Citing an `inflection point`, Andy Jassy said the reorganization aims to optimize across models, custom silicon, and cloud software to enhance future customer experiences.
- DeSantis, a 27-year Amazon veteran, is an AWS senior vice president who oversaw infrastructure and led the Annapurna Labs acquisition for custom chips.
- Prasad's exit follows a run of leadership changes and layoffs, with Rohit Prasad, SVP and head scientist for AGI, stepping down at the end of the year per Jassy's statement.
- Amazon's big investments include roughly $8 billion in Anthropic and potential $10 billion talks with OpenAI, while OpenAI had pledged $38 billion in AWS spending.
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An “inflection point” on Amazon is what has led Andy Jassy, the CEO of the e-commerce platform, to appoint Peter DeSantis as head of the company’s Artificial Intelligence. In a letter, which first reached the employees and then became public on the company’s corporate blog, the manager explains that, often, new businesses are born from customers’ needs. The newly created division will merge the General Artificial Intelligence team—which oversees…
Indian-origin Rohit Prasad to depart Amazon; Andy Jassy reveals Pete DeSantis to lead new AI division
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made the announcement in a message to employees, which was also posted on the company's corporate blog. Peter DeSantis will be leading the new group, Jassy said to his employees.
Rohit Prasad, the current head of the American technology company Amazon's artificial intelligence (AI) development department, will step down at the end of the year. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced on Wednesday that Prasad is leaving at his own request. He has worked at Amazon since 2013 and was involved in the development of the well-known virtual assistant Alexa, among other things.
Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI’ group as it plays catch-up on AI
Amazon's head of artificial general intelligence (AGI), Rohit Prasad, is leaving the company next year as it reaches an "inflection point" in its development of the technology, CEO Andy Jassy announced on Wednesday. As part of the change, Peter DeSantis, a senior vice president at Amazon Web Services, will helm a new division focused on the company's most advanced AI models, chip development, and quantum computing. Prasad joined Amazon in 2013 a…
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