Vishnu Sundaram is leaving his job as Stellantis’ senior vp of cockpit and related providers on the finish of August, the automaker confirmed Friday.

Sundaram, a key determine within the automaker’s quest to develop the cockpit of the long run, is leaving “to pursue his personal entrepreneurial ardour,” a Stellantis spokesman mentioned.

He mentioned at an organization software program occasion in December 2021 that Stellantis’ SmartCockpit platform goals to “rework your automobile into a customized dwelling house. It’s a extra pure approach to work together along with your automobile based mostly on a mix of a number of sensors — contact, voice, look, gesture.”

Sundaram’s LinkedIn profile describes his function as advancing Stellantis to be an business chief within the related cabin expertise. He wrote of utilizing synthetic intelligence, machine studying, augmented actuality, immersive gaming and cloud providers to supply content material and providers in automobiles.

He joined Stellantis in August 2021 from Harman Worldwide, the place he was vp of telematics.

Sundaram was named certainly one of Automotive Information‘ Rising Stars in 2018 whereas at Harman.

His roles might be assumed by Anantha Krisnan, who might be chargeable for the cockpit, and Aravind Doss, who will oversee apps, a spokesperson mentioned.