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Google DeepMind hires former Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders for robotics hardware push

Nov 19, 2025 · Executive Hire · Google DeepMind · Ai

  • Google DeepMind hired Aaron Saunders, former CTO of Boston Dynamics, as vice president of hardware engineering.
  • The hire signaled a deeper push into robotics hardware and physical AI alongside Google DeepMind robotics-model work.
  • Saunders brought senior humanoid and mobile-robotics experience from Boston Dynamics into Google DeepMind's robotics organization.

Google DeepMind is an AI research and development company whose robotics work spans learning, control, perception, simulation and embodied AI systems.

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Ai
Event type
Executive Hire
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London · United Kingdom