Mobileye founder and one of the most prominent serial entrepreneurs, Prof. Amnon Shashua, announced plans on Thursday to step down as CEO after 27 years at the helm of the Jerusalem-based developer of technology for autonomous car systems.

The developer of advanced vision and self-driving technologies said Shashua will leave his role as CEO once a successor is appointed. He will remain a director at Mobileye and has been offered to serve as chairman of the Board.

“For nearly three decades, Mobileye has been my life’s work,” said Shashua. “As the company continues to grow and mature, I believe this is the right moment to establish the leadership structure that will be best suited for Mobileye’s next chapter.”

Shashua, considered a pioneer in the autonomous car industry, said he will ‌shift his focus to longer-term technology development, particularly humanoids, which he sees as a major frontier for innovation.

“We built Mobileye from a research idea into a global technology company that has helped shape the future of automotive safety and autonomous driving,” said Shashua. “Today, we are entering a new era of physical AI, spanning ADAS, advanced hands-free driving, robotaxis and humanoids.”

The computer scientist is widely recognized for advances in the field of machine learning and computer vision with applications in autonomous driving, robotics and large language models. Shashua also co-founded Israel’s AI21 Labs, a natural language processing (NLP) company, which has the........

© The Times of Israel