On Monday, Apple announced that Indian-origin AI veteran Amar Subramanya will be taking over the role of AI vice
president at the Cupertino giant, replacing John Giannandrea. Subramanya’s arrival is a big win for Apple, considering
his past experience in the world of artificial intelligence. He joins the tech giant at a time when it is struggling to
match the likes of Google and OpenAI.
Abar Subramanya will lead AI development at Apple and report to software chief Craig Federighi. According to Reuters, he
will spearhead areas such as Apple Foundation Models and Machine Learning.
Apple is currently facing issues with Apple Intelligence. The Cupertino giant is expected to pay $1 billion to use
Gemini for Siri next year. Abar Subramanya’s arrival could help the company bounce back in the AI race and gain a solid
But who is Abar Subramanya? And why did Apple bring him to fix its AI position? Let’s delve into understanding more
about the Indian-origin researcher.
According to Abar Subramanya’s LinkedIn profile, he joins Apple after a brief period of around 5 months at Microsoft as
the corporate vice president of AI. Interestingly, this was his second stint at the Redmond giant, having initially been
But Subramanya has spent the bulk of his career at Google. He started his journey at the company as a staff research
scientist in 2009 and moved up to the VP of engineering. During his time at Google, he led the development of the Gemini
AI assistant. He left Google for Microsoft in June this year.
Where did Abar Subramanya study?
Abar Subramanya completed his Bachelor's in Engineering (B.E.) from Bangalore University in 2001. After this, he joined
IBM as a software engineer for a 10-month stint, before taking a career gap. He then completed his PhD from the