Boston Dynamics names former Amazon Alexa and AGI leader Rohit Prasad CEO to accelerate Atlas and its physical-AI commercialization

What changed

Boston Dynamics announced on October 6 that Rohit Prasad will become chief executive officer effective October 7. Prasad previously served as Amazon senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa and AGI, helped create Alexa, and led the Amazon Nova foundation-model family. Boston Dynamics explicitly frames the appointment around accelerating its physical-AI strategy and commercialization, combining advanced AI with Spot, Stretch and the electric Atlas humanoid still in development. Prasad is also expected to join the company board subject to approval. This entry uses the October 6 announcement date rather than treating the October 7 effective date as the publication date.