John Giannandrea Explained

John Giannandrea
Birth Place:1964/65 in Bridge of Allan, Scotland, United Kingdom

John Giannandrea is a Scottish[1] software engineer and businessman. He 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, senior engineer at General Magic.[4] He subsequently worked at Google, rising to become their chief of search and artificial intelligence. He is now a senior executive at Apple Inc.[5] [6] [7] [8] In December 2018, it was announced that Giannandrea had been appointed Senior Vice President of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy at Apple, the department rumored to have the most involvement with the (now cancelled) Apple electric car project.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet Google's artificial intelligence chief. Fortune. 2018-04-16. en. 2018-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20181031071306/http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/john-giannandrea-google-artificial-intelligence/. live.
  2. News: Markoff. John. 2007-03-09. Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching (Published 2007). en-US. The New York Times. 2020-11-28. 0362-4331. 2018-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116164246/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/technology/09data.html. live.
  3. How a Big Promotion at Google Reveals the Future of Search. 2020-11-28. Time. 2020-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20201123192748/https://time.com/4206532/amit-singhal-google-future-of-search/. live.
  4. Web site: Apple Leadership - John Giannandrea. Apple. en-US. 2018-12-22. 2018-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20181221105924/https://www.apple.com/leadership/john-giannandrea/. live.
  5. News: Apple just landed the most sought-after free agent in Silicon Valley — and he'll report directly to Tim Cook. Business Insider. 2018-04-16. 2018-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180415120705/http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-john-giannandrea-tim-cook-2018-4. live.
  6. News: Apple hires Google's former AI boss to help improve Siri. The Verge. 2018-04-16. 2018-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417024910/https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/3/17195076/google-ai-chief-john-giannandrea-joining-apple-machine-learning-siri. live.
  7. News: Apple Hires Google's A.I. Chief. 2018-04-03. The New York Times. 2018-04-16. en-US. 0362-4331. 2018-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413235407/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/business/apple-hires-googles-ai-chief.html. live.
  8. Web site: John Giannandrea named to Apple's executive team. Apple Newsroom. en-US. 2018-12-20. 2018-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20181220181512/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/12/john-giannandrea-named-to-apples-executive-team/. live.
  9. Web site: Google's former AI chief is now an Apple VP. Engadget. en. 2018-12-21. 2018-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134638/https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/21/google-former-ai-chief-apple-vp/. live.

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