Boston Dynamics Names Rohit Prasad as New CEO
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Boston Dynamics announced on the 7th that it had named Rohit Prasad as its new CEO.
Prasad led Amazon's Alexa and AGI organizations and also oversaw development of the Nova foundation model family.
Boston Dynamics plans to expand its physical AI business with this personnel appointment and strengthen ties with Hyundai Motor Group and its global business foundation.
Boston Dynamics announced on the 7th that it has named Rohit Prasad, formerly of Amazon, as its new CEO, with the goal of strengthening the convergence of AI and robotics.
Rohit Prasad is a technology leader who led Amazon's Alexa and AGI organizations and has experience in conversational AI, generative AI, multimodal AI, and AGI. During his time at Amazon, he played a key role from the early stages of Alexa development and served as senior vice president and chief scientist for Alexa and AGI. He also oversaw development of the Nova foundation model family.
In addition to AI technology development, Rohit Prasad has experience in productization, commercialization, platforms, and ecosystem expansion. He led technology strategy and core technology development in the Alexa business and was also involved in service expansion. He was also described as having helped expand the developer and partner ecosystem.
CEO Prasad spent about 14 years at Raytheon BBN Technologies before joining Amazon. During that period, he was responsible for machine learning research and applied technology development. His projects spanned the U.S. government and commercial sectors. His experience ranged from basic research to productization and commercialization.
Boston Dynamics said it will expand its physical AI business with this personnel appointment. The direction of physical AI is the combination of robotics technology and advanced AI. The goal is to accelerate the deployment and commercialization of intelligent robotic systems in industrial settings.
Boston Dynamics plans to expand its global business foundation. It also plans to strengthen ties with Hyundai Motor Group. The industries targeted for deployment are manufacturing, logistics, and mobility. Boston Dynamics plans to verify AI and robotics technologies at industrial sites owned by the group. It also plans to concretize the process from development to deployment to commercialization.
The long-term base for CEO Prasad's activities is the AI and robotics ecosystem in Boston, U.S. Boston Dynamics plans to leverage local research institutions, startups, and technology talent networks. Through this, it plans to pursue talent acquisition, technological cooperation, and business expansion.
Rohit Prasad, CEO of Boston Dynamics, cited the company's strengths as world-class robotics technology and capabilities in implementing physical AI. Based on this, he said the company aims to pursue the convergence of advanced AI and robotics to create value in the real world and expand its application across industries.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
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