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Indian-origin AI executive exits Amazon after 13 years
Rohit Prasad, an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology, made the move after a 13 year stint at Amazon.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Fri, 19, Dec 2025
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Rohit Prasad / Rohit Prasad via LinkedIn
Indian-origin Amazon executive Rohit Prasad is all set to step away from his role as the Senior Vice President and Head Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence of the company.
After close to 13 years at Amazon, Prasad will be replaced by Peter DeSantis as in-charge of the AI unit. DeSantis was previously leading the company's cloud division.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced the change through the company's corporate blog. He announced, "I’ve asked Peter DeSantis to lead a new organization that drives our most expansive AI models (e.g. Nova—and the team we’ve called “AGI”), silicon development (e.g. Graviton, Trainium, Nitro), and quantum computing."
Hailing Prasad's contributions, he added, "I want to recognize Rohit Prasad, who has decided to leave Amazon at the end of this year. Rohit joined Amazon in 2013, during the early days of Alexa, to help us build a conversational AI that could make customers' lives easier."
He also said, "Rohit has built a strong team, differentiated technology, growing customer momentum, and a culture of ambitious invention. He’s been missionary, passionate, and selfless, and I'm grateful for his leadership, his technical vision, and everything he's built here."
A graduate of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Prasad also holds Masters' degrees in Engineering and Business administration from Illinois Institute of Technology and MIT Sloan School of Management.
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