AmazonMember of Technical Staff; Head of Frontier AI & Robotics
Sep 2024 — Present
Peter Chen co-founded Covariant and served as its CEO until August 2024. He leads Frontier AI & Robotics at Amazon, which he joined in September 2024. He previously researched at OpenAI and UC Berkeley and co-founded Sellegit. He earned a BA in computer science and statistics at Berkeley and pursued doctoral studies there.
Peter Chen co-founded Covariant and served as its CEO until August 2024. He leads Frontier AI & Robotics at Amazon, which he joined in September 2024. He previously researched at OpenAI and UC Berkeley and co-founded Sellegit. He earned a BA in computer science and statistics at Berkeley and pursued doctoral studies there.
Career
CovariantCo-founder and CEO
Oct 2017 — Aug 2024
University of California, BerkeleyResearcher, EECS
2015 — 2019
OpenAIResearch Scientist
May 2016 — Aug 2017
SellegitCo-founder
Apr 2014 — Aug 2015