Barak Turovsky, GM's Head of AI, Leaves Automaker
And Dave Richardson, Senior VP Software and Services Engineering, Departed From General Motors in October
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General Motors Co.'s chief artificial intelligence officer is out, marking the loss of another Silicon Valley alum as the company works to bulk up staffing to support tech innovation at the Detroit automaker.
Barak Turovsky left the company Nov. 23, he posted on LinkedIn. His departure was first reported by the Detroit Free Press.
"I will be taking a little sabbatical to work on some exciting new ideas," Turovsky wrote.
A GM spokesperson in a statement in response to Turovsky's departure said the company is "strategically integrating AI capabilities directly into our business and product organizations, enabling faster innovation and more targeted solutions.”
GM's AI team now will report to the company's manufacturing engineering team.
GM hired Turovsky in March, Reuters reported. He previously led AI teams at Google and tech company Cisco Systems. Before that, he worked at IBM, PayPal Holdings and Microsoft Corp.
Turovsky is the second Silicon Valley alum to leave GM in recent weeks. Dave Richardson, who joined the automaker in September 2023 and assumed the role of senior vice president of software and services engineering in June of last year, departed last month.
The company said Richardson's sudden exit came after some organizational restructuring and does not reflect a change in its overall technology strategy moving forward.
GM has been turning to Silicon Valley talent to jump ahead on tech. New hires include Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson, who previously led Tesla's Model X and Autopilot programs and co-founded self-driving commercial vehicle company Aurora. He leads GM's vehicle software engineering and global product teams, which recently merged.
Former Google and Tesla executive JP Clausen resigned in April as executive vice president of global manufacturing just over a year after his appointment.
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