Amazon AI Chief Rohit Prasad Exits, Andy Jassy Dubbed It Inflection Point For The Company

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AI wing is going to witness a major shakeup as the chief of the department, Rohit Prasad, is leaving the company by the end of 2025. The development has been officially confirmed by Amazon, and CEO Andy Jassy has said that it is a critical moment for the company. In a blog post for employees, the Amazon CEO said that the company is restructuring its AGI unit and converting it into a larger, more unified organisation. This new wing will monitor all the advanced AI work, along with keeping a tab on the company's quantum computing teams and silicon development. According to Jassy, Amazon has reached an inflection point in AI and related tech.

What Happens Next?

As mentioned by Amazon, the expanded division will be headed by Peter DeSantis, who is also the Senior Vice President in Amazon Web Services. Until now, DeSantis has spent almost three decades at the company and will now be directly reporting to CEO Andy Jassy.The restructuring of Amazon comes at a time when the company is setting up the stage to give tough competition to its rivals in the AI race. As of now. Right now, the perception around Amazon is that it is trailing behind the competition from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others, which is somewhat true as well. While these brands are building customer-facing products as well, Amazon has been focusing only on enterprise service, in-house tech, and cloud infrastructure. Jassy wrote in an internal memo, 'With the foundation that’s been built, the traction we’re seeing, and Peter’s leadership bringing unified focus to these technologies, we’re well-positioned to lead and deliver meaningful capabilities for our customers. Excited about what this team will build and how these foundational technologies will help shape Amazon’s future.'As for DeSantis, he joined Amazon in 1998 when the company was in its early growth phase. He played a major role in the establishment of Amazon Web Services. And he became the Senior Vice President in 2016, and he has overseen AWS's core computing product teams comprising databases, security, custom chip development, storage, and compute.