Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua to step aside as company pushes into robotaxis, robotics
Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua has announced plans to step down from his leadership role as the company shifts its focus toward robotaxis and humanoid robotics. Shashua will remain in his position until a successor is appointed to lead the firm's next phase of development.
Why it matters
This leadership transition marks a significant strategic pivot for a major player in the autonomous driving and AI hardware industry.
Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua plans to step down from the top leadership post after nearly three decades, just as the company pushes into robotaxis and humanoid robots.
Shashua will remain CEO until Mobileye hires a replacement, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.
Mobileye got its start making computer vision chips based on Shashua’s academic research at Hebrew University in Israel, and grew into a major supplier of the chips that power automotive safety and driver-assistance features. It had the largest IPO in Israel’s history, was acquired in 2017 by Intel for $15.3 billion, then spun back out as a publicly traded company in 2022, though Intel remains its largest shareholder.
Under Shashua, Mobileye also moved beyond selling chips to automakers and began building its own systems that handle autonomous driving , which it now supplies to Volkswagen and its MOIA subsidiary.
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