Rohit Prasad
CEO of Boston Dynamics since October 2026; previously head scientist for Alexa and AGI at Amazon
- Chief Executive Officer, Boston Dynamics1
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
Work
Amazon NovaProprietary 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
AlexaProprietary 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
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