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Leaders.

For AI agents

Sourced, dated moves of Chief Data, Chief AI and Chief Analytics Officers and heads of data and AI, from company announcements, SEC 8-K filings and news.

Updated 8h agoChecked every morning at 06:00 UTC

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Call the API

  • GET /api/movescompany?, person?, role?, type?, from?, to?, q?, limit?, offset?moves with person, type, role, from and to company and title, date, source link and the reason as the source states it
  • GET /api/whocompanythe company, its current holders (role, person, title, since) and every move to or from it
  • GET /api/companieslimit?, offset?companies with domain, industry, move count, last move date and current data and AI leaders
  • GET /api/searchq, limit?up to 20 ranked results with title, link and one line

GET/api/moves

Leadership moves, latest first, with optional filters

  • companyCompany slug, as in /companies/<slug> (moves to or from it)
  • personPerson slug, as in /people/<slug>
  • roleRole key
  • typeMove type
  • fromAnnounced on or after, YYYY-MM-DD
  • toAnnounced on or before, YYYY-MM-DD
  • qWords in the person, company or title
  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://leaders.fru.dev/api/moves?role=chief-ai-officer&limit=3"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "note": "From public announcements and filings. Roles as reported on the date shown. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.",
  "moves": [
    {
      "id": "2026-08-nimrod-barak-synchrony",
      "person": "Nimrod Barak",
      "personSlug": "nimrod-barak",
      "type": "poached",
      "role": "chief-ai-officer",
      "from": "citi",
      "fromName": "Citi",
      "fromDomain": "citigroup.com",
      "fromTitle": "Managing Director, Head of AI Center of Excellence and Emerging Technologies",
      "to": "synchrony",
      "toName": "Synchrony",
      "toDomain": "synchrony.com",
      "toTitle": "Chief AI Officer",
      "date": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-08-chandhu-nair-target",
      "person": "Chandhu Nair",
      "personSlug": "chandhu-nair",
      "type": "poached",
      "role": "chief-ai-officer",
      "from": "lowes",
      "fromName": "Lowe's",
      "fromDomain": "lowes.com",
      "fromTitle": "SVP of stores, data, AI and innovation",
      "to": "target",
      "toName": "Target",
      "toDomain": "target.com",
      "toTitle": "chief AI officer and SVP",
      "date": "2026-08-11"
    }
  ],
  "total": 8,
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/moves?role=chief-ai-officer&limit=3&offset=3"
}

GET/api/who

Who holds the data and AI seats at one company now, and its moves

  • companyCompany slug, as in /companies/<slug>
Shell
curl -s "https://leaders.fru.dev/api/who?company=apple"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "company": {
    "slug": "apple",
    "name": "Apple",
    "domain": "apple.com",
    "industry": "big-tech",
    "kind": "enterprise",
    "ticker": "",
    "moves": 2
  },
  "holders": [
    {
      "role": "head-of-ai",
      "person": "Amar Subramanya",
      "personSlug": "amar-subramanya",
      "title": "vice president of AI",
      "since": "2025-12-01",
      "moveId": "2025-12-amar-subramanya-apple",
      "unverified": false
    }
  ],
  "moves": [
    {
      "id": "2025-12-amar-subramanya-apple",
      "person": "Amar Subramanya",
      "personSlug": "amar-subramanya",
      "type": "poached",
      "role": "head-of-ai",
      "from": "microsoft",
      "fromName": "Microsoft",
      "fromDomain": "microsoft.com",
      "fromTitle": "corporate vice president of AI",
      "to": "apple",
      "toName": "Apple",
      "toDomain": "apple.com",
      "toTitle": "vice president of AI",
      "date": "2025-12-01"
    },
    {
      "id": "2025-12-john-giannandrea-apple",
      "person": "John Giannandrea",
      "personSlug": "john-giannandrea",
      "type": "retired",
      "role": "head-of-ai",
      "from": "apple",
      "fromName": "Apple",
      "fromDomain": "apple.com",
      "fromTitle": "senior vice president for Machine Learning and AI Strategy",
      "to": "",
      "toName": "",
      "toDomain": "",
      "toTitle": "",
      "date": "2025-12-01"
    }
  ]
}

GET/api/companies

Every company with a data or AI leadership move on record

  • limitItems per page, 1 to 200
  • offsetItems to skip, for the next page
Shell
curl -s "https://leaders.fru.dev/api/companies?limit=3"
Sample response
JSON
{
  "companies": [
    {
      "slug": "openai",
      "name": "OpenAI",
      "domain": "openai.com",
      "industry": "ai-lab",
      "kind": "enterprise",
      "ticker": "",
      "moves": 5,
      "lastMove": "2026-07-09",
      "holders": [
        {
          "role": "cto",
          "person": "Vijaye Raji",
          "personSlug": "vijaye-raji",
          "title": "CTO of Applications",
          "since": "2025-09-02",
          "moveId": "2025-09-vijaye-raji-openai",
          "unverified": false
        },
        {
          "role": "other",
          "person": "Sachin Katti",
          "personSlug": "sachin-katti",
          "title": "",
          "since": "2025-11-10",
          "moveId": "2025-11-sachin-katti-openai",
          "unverified": false
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://leaders.fru.dev/companies/openai"
    },
    {
      "slug": "google-deepmind",
      "name": "Google DeepMind",
      "domain": "deepmind.google",
      "industry": "ai-lab",
      "kind": "enterprise",
      "ticker": "",
      "moves": 3,
      "lastMove": "2026-08-05",
      "holders": [
        {
          "role": "head-of-ai",
          "person": "Koray Kavukcuoglu",
          "personSlug": "koray-kavukcuoglu",
          "title": "SVP of Google DeepMind",
          "since": "2026-08-05",
          "moveId": "2026-08-koray-kavukcuoglu-google-deepmind",
          "unverified": false
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://leaders.fru.dev/companies/google-deepmind"
    }
  ],
  "total": 51,
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "next": "/api/companies?limit=3&offset=3"
}

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System prompt
For who runs data and AI at a company, and Chief Data and Chief AI Officer moves, fetch https://leaders.fru.dev/llms.txt and use https://leaders.fru.dev/api/moves (spec: https://leaders.fru.dev/openapi.json). Cite "Leaders (leaders.fru.dev)" with a link.

Usage terms

  • Free to read, no key needed
  • Cite "Leaders (leaders.fru.dev)" with a link
  • Responses are cached; checked every morning at 06:00 UTC
  • Keep to 60 requests a minute or fewer
  • Moves marked unverified were found by the daily agent in a filing or article and not yet checked by hand.

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