Rohit Prasad
Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #11
Senior VP and head scientist for artificial general intelligence, Amazon
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BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For contributions to speech technology and artificial intelligence at an expanding tech giant.
Rohit Prasad is leading Amazon into the AI future. As head scientist for artificial general intelligence, he oversees Amazon’s efforts to compete with the technology underlying popular apps such as ChatGPT. He moved into the role after overseeing Amazon’s Alexa. Before Amazon, he was deputy manager for speech, language, and multimedia at Raytheon BBN Technologies. He has coauthored more than 100 scientific articles and holds several patents.
CAREER MILESTONES
2023
Became senior vice president and head scientist, artificial general intelligence.
2013
Joined Amazon; became director of machine learning at Amazon Alexa.
1999
Started at BBN Technologies (acquired by Raytheon) as a staff scientist and rose to become deputy manager for speech, language, and multimedia.
SIMILAR PROFILES
Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #11
Rohit Prasad
Senior VP and head scientist for artificial general intelligence, Amazon
Also Featured on
BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For contributions to speech technology and artificial intelligence at an expanding tech giant.
Rohit Prasad is leading Amazon into the AI future. As head scientist for artificial general intelligence, he oversees Amazon’s efforts to compete with the technology underlying popular apps such as ChatGPT. He moved into the role after overseeing Amazon’s Alexa. Before Amazon, he was deputy manager for speech, language, and multimedia at Raytheon BBN Technologies. He has coauthored more than 100 scientific articles and holds several patents.
CAREER MILESTONES
2023
Became senior vice president and head scientist, artificial general intelligence.
2013
Joined Amazon; became director of machine learning at Amazon Alexa.
1999
Started at BBN Technologies (acquired by Raytheon) as a staff scientist and rose to become deputy manager for speech, language, and multimedia.
SIMILAR PROFILES
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