// PERSON
David Luan
ROLE FORMER HEAD OF AMAZON SAN FRANCISCO LABMENTIONS 2LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
// BIO
David Luan is a former Vice President at Amazon who led the company's San Francisco-based AGI Lab and its agentic AI research and development efforts. He joined Amazon in June 2024 through an acqui-hire deal involving his startup Adept, and his lab released the Nova Act AI agent model in 2025. He previously served as VP of Engineering at OpenAI and as a Director at Google Research, and announced his departure from Amazon in February 2026.
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mention·My First Million·SEPTEMBER 4, 2026
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hire·晚点聊 LateTalk·AUGUST 7, 2026
“Some Amazon people also left. The head of Amazon's San Francisco Lab, David, also came out. But what they're preparing to do now, I don't know.”
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