Jared Palmer Quits Xbox VP Role After 2 Months to Lead Engineering at Cognition
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Updated · 80.lv · Jul 22
Jared Palmer Quits Xbox VP Role After 2 Months to Lead Engineering at Cognition
3 articles · Updated · 80.lv · Jul 22
Summary
Jared Palmer left Xbox after just two months as vice president of engineering and is joining AI startup Cognition to run its engineering organization.
Palmer said he was grateful to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and the team for “an amazing year”; he had joined Microsoft’s CoreAI group in October before shifting into the Xbox engineering post in May.
Cognition is best known for Devin, its AI software engineer product, and Palmer’s move extends his focus on AI work that dates back to 2023.
The departure lands amid a turbulent period at Xbox, where restructuring has cut 3,200 jobs and pushed console prices up by $100 to $150.