Amnon Shashua

Amnon Shashua is an Israeli computer scientist, businessman and philanthropist. He is the Sachs Professor of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the autonomous driving and driver-assistance technology company Mobileye, Co-founder of the artificial vision devices company OrCam, Founder and owner of ONE ZERO digital bank, and chairman of artificial intelligence company AI21 Labs.
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Some of the key events about Amnon Shashua

  • 1989
    Earned a Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 1996
    Co-founded Cognitens, a company specializing in 3D visual inspection systems
  • 1999
    Joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a professor of computer science
  • 1999
    Co-founded Mobileye, a company developing advanced driver-assistance systems
  • 2007
    Introduced the EyeQ chip, a revolutionary system-on-chip for automotive vision applications
  • 2014
    Led Mobileye to a successful initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange
  • 2017
    Orchestrated the sale of Mobileye to Intel Corporation for $15.3 billion
  • 2017
    Appointed Senior Vice President at Intel and CEO of Mobileye, an Intel company
  • 2019
    Founded AI21 Labs, a company focused on natural language processing and AI technologies
  • 2022
    Launched Mobileye's second IPO, returning the company to public markets under Intel's ownership

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