Amazon hires founders away from AI startup Adept
Which companies did Adept license its technology to?
Adept licensed its technology to Amazon. The startup's co-founders and portions of its team have joined the e-commerce giant. This deal provides a lifeline for Adept, which had been in talks with Meta and Microsoft over the past few months about a potential acquisition.
What role will David Luan assume at Amazon?
David Luan, co-founder and CEO of AI startup Adept, will join Amazon and oversee the company's "AGI Autonomy" division, reporting to Rohit Prasad, who leads Amazon's artificial general intelligence (AGI) unit4. This move aims to bolster Amazon's AI capabilities and develop digital agents that can automate software workflows.
How does Adept's vision align with Amazon's AI goals?
Adept's vision of creating an AI model that can perform actions on any software tool using natural language aligns with Amazon's goal of developing practical AI solutions for consumer and enterprise customers1. Amazon aims to build digital agents that can automate software workflows, and Adept's technology and expertise in training state-of-the-art multimodal foundational models and building real-world digital agents support this vision.