John Giannandrea

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John Giannandrea
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Giannandrea in 2017
Born1964or1965(age 59–60)
Bridge of Allan, Scotland, United Kingdom [1]

John Giannandrea is a British software engineer and businessman.

Career

Giannandrea co-founded Metaweb, [2] led Google Search [3] and artificial intelligence, [1] was co-founder and CTO of the speech recognition company Tellme Networks, chief technologist of the web browser group at Netscape, and senior engineer at General Magic. [4] He subsequently worked at Google, rising to become their chief of search and artificial intelligence. [5] In 2018 he left Google to join Apple Inc. [6] [7] [5] He was appointed as senior vice president of machine learning and artificial intelligence strategy at Apple, one of 16 executives reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook. [8] The department was rumored to have the most involvement with the later cancelled Apple electric car project. [9] In March 2025, Giannandrea was reportedly ousted as the head of Siri development. [10] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet Google's artificial intelligence chief". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. ↑ Markoff, John (2007-03-09). "Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching (Published 2007)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  3. ↑ "How a Big Promotion at Google Reveals the Future of Search". Time. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  4. ↑ "Apple Leadership - John Giannandrea". Apple. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  5. 1 2 "Apple Hires Google's A.I. Chief". The New York Times. 2018-04-03. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Apple just landed the most sought-after free agent in Silicon Valley — and he'll report directly to Tim Cook". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Apple hires Google's former AI boss to help improve Siri". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  8. ↑ "John Giannandrea named to Apple's executive team". Apple Newsroom. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  9. ↑ "Google's former AI chief is now an Apple VP". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  10. ↑ "Apple shakes up AI executive ranks in bid to turn around Siri, Bloomberg News reports". Reuters. 2025-03-20.
  11. ↑ Disotto, John-Anthony (2025-03-20). "Siri's chances to beat ChatGPT just got a whole lot better". TechRadar.
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