David Luan
Former VP, Amazon AGI SF Lab (departed Feb 2026)
Organization
Independent
Position
Former VP, Amazon AGI SF Lab (departed Feb 2026)
Intelligence Briefing
Former VP of Engineering at OpenAI (2017-2020, oversaw GPT, CLIP, DALL-E). Then directed large language model efforts at Google Research/Brain. Co-founded Adept AI Labs. Joined Amazon via acqui-hire in June 2024, led the AGI SF Lab and released Amazon Nova Act agent. Departed Feb 2026. Earned a CS certificate at age 12.
BS, Applied Mathematics and Political Science — Yale University
AGI Position Assessment
Unknown
Primarily research-focused public profile; no detailed standalone safety doctrine is documented here.
Primarily research-focused public profile; no detailed standalone safety doctrine is documented here.
Dossier last updated: 2026-03-10