# James Kuffner: person

Canonical ID: `dd7bc04c-823f-4a2c-aba8-670db6cdde7f`

CTO of Symbotic (since 2025); previously head of Google Robotics, a Senior Fellow / Chief Digital Officer and Woven leader at Toyota, and a professor at Carnegie Mellon. PhD in computer science from Stanford.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Symbotic](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/symbotic.md) Chief Technology Officer (IR-verified)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Google](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/google.md) Head of Google Robotics (secondary-verified)

## Education (1)

- Stanford University PhD, Computer Science

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.symbotic.com/company/leadership/


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