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Rohit Prasad

Chief Executive Officer, Boston Dynamics

Rohit Prasad became Chief Executive Officer of Boston Dynamics on October 7, 2026, where the company says Prasad will drive its strategy of combining robotics with AI. Prasad spent 12 years at Amazon, joining in 2013 during the early days of Alexa, and most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head Scientist for Alexa and Artificial General Intelligence. In Prasad's last two years there, Prasad led the creation of the Amazon Nova foundation models and Amazon's AGI organization; Amazon announced in December 2025 that Prasad would leave the company at the end of that year. Before Amazon, Prasad spent nearly 14 years at Raytheon BBN Technologies working on machine-learning research.12

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Chief Executive Officer
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Career

Rohit Prasad spent nearly 14 years at Raytheon BBN Technologies, leading machine-learning research and its application for U.S. government and commercial use. Prasad then joined Amazon in 2013, in the early days of Alexa, to help build a conversational AI service.12

At Amazon, Prasad rose to Senior Vice President and Head Scientist for Alexa and Artificial General Intelligence. Amazon announced in December 2025 that Prasad would leave at the end of that year, and in October 2026 Boston Dynamics appointed Prasad as Chief Executive Officer, with Prasad also expected to join its board subject to approval.12

Products and projects

Prasad helped grow Alexa from an early idea into a large consumer AI service. In Prasad's last two years at Amazon, Prasad led the creation of the Amazon Nova family of foundation models, which Amazon introduced at AWS re:Invent in December 2024 for use through Amazon Bedrock.213

At Boston Dynamics, Prasad is charged with the company's Physical AI strategy, which combines its robotics work with advanced AI to bring intelligent machines into industrial, enterprise, and other real-world settings.1

Work and contributions

  • Amazon Nova Proprietary product

    Amazon's December 2025 leadership note says Prasad led the creation of Amazon Nova and the AGI organization for the previous two years; Boston Dynamics' announcement says Prasad led development of the Amazon Nova foundation model family for enterprises.21

  • Alexa Proprietary product

    Joined Amazon in 2013 during Alexa's early days and, per Boston Dynamics' announcement, helped develop Alexa from its earliest stage into a widely used consumer AI service.21

Timeline

  1. Joined Amazon in the early days of Alexa.2
  2. Amazon introduced the Amazon Nova foundation models at AWS re:Invent, quoting Prasad as SVP of Amazon Artificial General Intelligence.3
  3. Amazon announced that Prasad would leave the company at the end of 2025.2
  4. Became Chief Executive Officer of Boston Dynamics.1

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Senior Vice President and Head Scientist for Alexa and Artificial General Intelligence, Amazon12
  • Machine-learning research leader (nearly 14 years, before Amazon), Raytheon BBN Technologies1

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References

3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. Boston Dynamics Appoints Rohit Prasad as Chief Executive OfficerBoston Dynamics · Announcement · published Oct 6, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  2. Peter DeSantis to lead Amazon's AI models, silicon, and quantum computing effortsAmazon · Announcement · published Dec 17, 2025 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  3. New state-of-the-art foundation models from Amazon (Introducing Amazon Nova)Amazon · Announcement · published Dec 3, 2024 · accessed Oct 21, 2026