Boston Dynamics names former Amazon Alexa leader Rohit Prasad as CEO

Boston Dynamics has a new boss, and he comes from the company that taught millions of people to talk to a speaker on their kitchen counter. The robotics firm announced on October 6, 2026 that Rohit Prasad will take over as Chief Executive Officer, with the appointment effective October 7, 2026. Prasad is best known for leading the development of Alexa at Amazon. His mandate is to drive the company’s innovation and commercialization efforts. The timing matters. Boston Dynamics is trying to turn some of the most recognizable robots on the planet into products that factories and warehouses actually buy at scale. Who is Rohit Prasad Prasad spent over 12 years leading Alexa development at Amazon. He also played a significant role in creating the Amazon Nova foundation model family. Foundation models are the large AI systems that sit underneath chatbots, assistants and other software. They are trained on huge amounts of data and then adapted for specific jobs. Before Amazon, Prasad spent nearly 14 years working on machine learning at Raytheon BBN Technologies. That background is the point. Boston Dynamics has long been famous for hardware: robots that walk, balance, climb and recover fro...