Amazon Loses AWS Generative AI Boss

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has lost its vice president overseeing generative artificial intelligence (AI) development, as competition for AI talent intensifies, Greg Bensinger reported for Reuters.

A company spokesperson confirmed that Philomin had departed after eight years with Amazon. I Photo: AWS

Vasi Philomin told Reuters via email that he left Amazon for another company, without disclosing details. A company spokesperson confirmed that Philomin had departed after eight years with Amazon.

Philomin played a key role in leading AWS’s generative AI strategy and product development, including overseeing foundation models branded as Amazon Titan.

He also helped develop Amazon Bedrock, a hub for deploying multiple AI models, which has become one of AWS’s flagship products in the generative AI space. He was a frequent speaker at AWS events, including Amazon’s annual cloud computing conference in Las Vegas.

The spokesperson said that Rajesh Sheth, a vice president who previously oversaw Amazon Elastic Block Store, had assumed some of Philomin’s responsibilities.