Apptronik brings in former Waymo, Boston Dynamics, and Amazon executives to accelerate humanoid robot commercialization

On April 28, 2026, Apptronik announced a series of executive appointments: former Waymo Chief Product Officer Daniel Chu will serve as Chief Product Officer, while Kevin Garell, Chirag Shah, Dave Perry, and Justin Birtz will lead service support, software, marketing, and people operations, respectively, to accelerate the commercialization of its humanoid robot Apollo.