Amnon Shashua to step down as Mobileye CEO as company pushes into robotaxis and robotics

Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua to step aside as company pushes into robotaxis, robotics

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. In January, the company acquired Shashua's humanoid robotics startup Mentee Robotics for $900 million, which Shashua called part of "Mobileye 3.0," the next phase of the business focused on robotics and automotive AI. Mobileye also said in June it would expand beyond its supplier status to launch its own robotaxi service in a U.S. city in 2027.

Amnon Shashua to Step Down as Chief Executive Officer of Mobileye Global Inc

Mobileye Global Inc. announced its founder, Prof. Amnon Shashua, has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to step down as Chief Executive Officer upon the appointment of a successor. Mobileye?s Board of Directors will hire an executive search firm and will conduct a comprehensive process to select a new CEO. Prof. Shashua has been instrumental in guiding the company through key milestones, including overseeing its successful initial public offering, claiming the title in 2014 of the largest Israeli IPO ever, and helping facilitate the sale of the company to Intel in 2017. The company was relisted in an IPO in 2022 and is approximately 77% beneficially owned by Intel. Mobileye has taken its proven experience in building, scaling, and deploying intelligent systems to new frontiers and is well-positioned to continue doing so in the future. Prof. Shashua is a world-renowned technologist and entrepreneur, widely recognized for advancing the field of machine learning and computer vision, with transformative applications in autonomous driving, robotics, large language models and beyond. He has distinguished himself as a highly respected academic, holding the Sachs Chair in Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 2007. His work has earned broad international recognition, including election to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2026), inclusion in the TIME100 AI list of the world?s most influential people in artificial intelligence (2025), the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2023), the Automotive Hall of Fame?s Mobility Innovator Award (2022), and the Dan David Prize in Artificial Intelligence (2020). Prof. Shashua?s decision to resign as President and Chief Executive Officer was not due to any disagreement with the Board on any matter related to the Company?s operations, policies or practices.