Chris Lattner

Former Apple and Tesla engineer Chris Lattner, the creator of Apple's Swift programming language and many other developer tools, will join Google to work on artificial intelligence (AI). Chris Lattner, who worked at Apple for more than 11 years — notably as the creator of the Swift programming language and many other developer tools — announced yesterday that he is joining Google Brain,...

Tesla has parted ways with another senior leader on its self-driving technology team, adding more turmoil to a program that is under pressure to meet the grand ambitions of chief executive Elon Musk. The Silicon Valley electric-car maker said Chris Lattner, the vice president of Autopilot software, has left the company about six months after...

Less than one week ago, Apple’s senior manager Ted Kremenek was named as the new lead of the Swift development project, after Chris Lattner announced his departure from the company. On January 10, Lattner told the Swift Evolution mailing list that he was departing Apple for another opportunity, which turned out to be Tesla. At first,...

Just a few days ago, Apple’s senior manager Ted Kremenek was named as the new lead of the Swift development project. According to a post by former head Chris Lattner, Kremenek was apparently running the show for quite some time behind the scenes. On January 10, Lattner told the Swift Evolution mailing list that he […]

Chris Lattner, Apple's Director of Developer Tools and the creator of Apple's programming language Swift, has today announced on the Swift mailing list that he will be leaving Apple this month "to pursue an opportunity in another space” (via MacStories). In 2005, Lattner joined Apple where LLVM was integrated into Apple’s developer tools, while in 2010, he started designing Swift which...