Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua to step down as CEO

Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua plans to step down from the top leadership post after nearly three decades, just as the company pushes into robotaxis and humanoid robots. Shashua will remain CEO until Mobileye hires a replacement, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.

Mobileye got its start making computer vision chips based on Shashua’s academic research at Hebrew University in Israel, and grew into a major supplier of the chips that power automotive safety and driver-assistance features. It had the largest IPO in Israel’s history, was acquired by Intel in 2017 for $15.3 billion, then spun back out as a publicly traded company in 2022 — though Intel remains its largest shareholder. Under Shashua, Mobileye also moved beyond selling chips to automakers and began building its own systems that handle autonomous driving, which it now supplies to Volkswagen and its MOIA subsidiary.

In January, Mobileye acquired Shashua’s humanoid robotics startup Mentee Robotics for $900 million — a deal Shashua called part of “Mobileye 3.0,” the next phase of the business focused on robotics and automotive AI. The company also said in June that it would expand beyond its supplier status to launch its own robotaxi service in a U.S. city in 2027.

Why it matters

Mobileye’s leadership change comes as its business shifts from a pure automotive supplier toward directly operating autonomous vehicles and robots — a transition that raises the stakes for Intel, still the company’s largest shareholder, as much as for Mobileye itself.