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F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 22, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth1974

Age46 Years (as of 2025)

BirthplaceBangalore, Karnataka, India

ProfessionAI Researcher

NationalityAmerican

Marital statusMarried

SpouseArpita Desai

Amar Subramanya (AI Researcher) Biography

Amar Subramanya is an Indian-born American AI researcher who has held senior engineering and leadership roles at Google and Microsoft and was named Apple’s

Early life and background

Amar Subramanya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, in 1974 and grew up there before moving to the United States to continue his studies and career. He completed a bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Bangalore University in 2001. After a brief period working in Bangalore, he relocated to the U.S. to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Washington.

Career

After graduating from Bangalore University, Amar worked briefly as a software engineer at IBM in Bangalore. In 2005 he did an internship at Microsoft focused on machine learning programs, then enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Washington. During his graduate studies he received a Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship and contributed to work on graph-based semi-supervised learning; he completed his PhD in computer science in 2009 with a specialization in semi-supervised learning and graphical models.

Following his doctorate, Amar joined Google in June 2009 as a staff research scientist. Over more than 16 years at the company he advanced through research and engineering leadership roles, becoming a principal engineer in September 2017 and later serving as vice president of engineering. In that capacity he led engineering efforts for Gemini, Google’s multimodal generative AI assistant, helping scale models and integrate natural language, vision, and speech capabilities. His work included close collaboration with Google DeepMind on training and deploying large models.

In July 2025 Amar left Google to join Microsoft as Corporate Vice President. At Microsoft he oversaw foundation models that power Microsoft Copilot and related enterprise AI layers, and led teams focused on scaling large language models while aligning them with security and enterprise compliance requirements.

In December 2025 Apple announced Amar’s appointment as vice president of AI, a role in which he is expected to succeed John Giannandrea. Apple described responsibilities that include oversight of Apple Foundation Models—the core large models that support Apple Intelligence across iPhone, iPad, Mac and services—and leadership of research groups in machine learning and applied AI working on both on-device and cloud-based features. Amar will serve as an adviser to his predecessor through Giannandrea’s retirement in spring 2026.

Public profile

Amar holds American nationality and is based in Menlo Park, California. He is married to Arpita Desai. His academic background includes degrees from Bangalore University and the University of Washington. Physical details noted in public profiles list his height at approximately 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) with light brown eyes and black hair.

Latest updates

As of December 2025 Amar Subramanya is Apple’s vice president of AI after leadership roles at Google and Microsoft. His appointment positions him to lead Apple’s foundational model efforts and applied AI research through a period of transition at the company.

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Recent Work

Vice President of AI, Apple

Appointed to oversee Apple Foundation Models and lead machine learning and applied AI research for on-device and cloud features; adviser to predecessor until spring 2026.

2025
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft

Oversaw foundation models powering Microsoft Copilot and enterprise AI layers; led teams scaling large language models and aligning them with security and compliance.

2025
Vice President of Engineering, Google

Led engineering for Gemini, Google’s multimodal generative AI assistant, and worked on scaling and integrating large multimodal models; served through June 2025.

2019-2025
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Career Highlights

  1. PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington (2009) specializing in semi-supervised learning and graphical models
  2. Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship recipient
  3. More than 16 years at Google, advancing to vice president of engineering
  4. Led engineering for Gemini, Google’s multimodal generative AI assistant
  5. Corporate Vice President at Microsoft overseeing foundation models for Copilot
  6. Appointed Apple’s vice president of AI to oversee Apple Foundation Models
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