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.

Some of the key events about Amnon Shashua

1989
Earned Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT
1996
Co-founded OrCam Technologies, developing assistive devices for the visually impaired
1999
Co-founded Mobileye, pioneering advanced driver-assistance systems
2007
Appointed Sachs Chair in Computer Science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2010
Elected to the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2013
Received the CVPR Longuet-Higgins Prize for fundamental contributions to computer vision
2017
Orchestrated Intel's acquisition of Mobileye for $15.3 billion
2017
Faced criticism for selling Mobileye to a non-Israeli company, potentially impacting local tech industry
2018
Appointed Senior Vice President at Intel Corporation
2018
Encountered challenges in Mobileye's autonomous vehicle testing following a pedestrian fatality involving an Uber self-driving car
2019
Launched AI21 Labs, focusing on natural language processing and AI technologies
2019
Criticized for potential conflicts of interest while simultaneously leading Mobileye and holding a senior position at Intel
2020
Mobileye, under his leadership, began testing self-driving cars in multiple cities worldwide
2020
Mobileye's self-driving technology faced scrutiny after a test vehicle ran a red light in Jerusalem
2021
Delayed Mobileye's planned IPO, disappointing some investors and market analysts

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