By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON -Apple Inc. on Tuesday announced former Google executive Amar Subramanya as the head of Artificial Intelligence, parted ways with John Giannandrea, who led the tech giant’s AI operations for 8 years.
Subramanya will serve as the vice president of Apple’s AI and report to the company’s head of software, Craig Federighi, Apple said in a statement issued.
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook thanked Giannandrea for his work and welcomed Subramanya to the company, stated that he was pleased to bring the latter’s “extraordinary A.I. expertise to Apple.”
“AI has long been central to Apple’s strategy, and we are pleased to welcome Amar to Craig’s leadership team and to bring his extraordinary AI expertise to Apple. In addition to growing his leadership team and AI responsibilities with Amar’s joining, Craig has been instrumental in driving our AI efforts, including overseeing our work to bring a more personalised Siri to users next year,” Cook said in a statement.
Amar Subramanya, the Indian-origin AI expert, brings over two decades of experience across some of the world’s biggest technology companies, Apple noted in a statement.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Subramanya completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering in 2001 from Bangalore University.
He earned his PhD from the University of Washington between 2005 and 2009.
Subramanya began his career at IBM as a software engineer in 2001 before moving to Microsoft for a brief stint as an intern and a visiting researcher during his PhD years.
He joined Google as a Staff Research Scientist in 2009, and spent over 16 years in various roles, rose to Vice President of Engineering.
Subramanya oversaw the tech giant’s key AI initiatives, including Gemini, Gemini App, and Bard.
He joined Microsoft AI as Corporate Vice President of AI.
Subramanya parted ways with Microsoft to join Apple’s struggling AI initiative after a brief stint that lasted less than 6 months, media reported.
