Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon AI leader Rohit Prasad as CEO
AI summary
Boston Dynamics has appointed former Amazon executive Rohit Prasad as CEO, effective October 7, succeeding Robert Playter, who stepped down in February. Prasad previously led Alexa and Amazon’s general artificial intelligence organization and oversaw development of the Amazon Nova foundation-model family.
In-depth insight
The appointment signals a stronger push to combine AI with humanoid robotics and commercialize physical AI.