Dave Limp, the Amazon.com Inc. executive who announced he’s leaving the company after almost 14 years, lives and breathes Alexa. He has joked his family are willing guinea pigs for his boldest ideas in the most “connected” home in America.
His stepping down signals an unclear path for his beloved voice assistant technology which, eight years after its launch, and backed by immense R&D expense, has yet to cement itself as a must-have for consumers. With the advent of the AI revolution, Amazon’s priorities are shifting elsewhere.