Amazon AI Chief Rohit Prasad to Leave as Andy Jassy Puts AWS Veteran Peter DeSantis in Charge of AGI, Nova Models, Chips and Quantum
December 18, 2025 — Amazon is reshaping its artificial intelligence leadership at a moment CEO Andy Jassy calls an “inflection point,” moving longtime AWS executive Peter DeSantis into a newly expanded organization that brings together Amazon’s most ambitious AI model work, custom silicon development, and quantum computing efforts. The change comes as Rohit Prasad, the senior vice president and head scientist who helped build Alexa and later led Amazon’s “AGI” organization, plans to depart at the end of 2025. About Amazon+1