Qualcomm’s AI Chip Chief Departs to Take Helm at Startup MemryX

Qualcomm Technologies Senior Vice President, Product Management, Keith Kressin, displays a handset using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor during a Qualcomm press event for CES 2017 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on Jan. 3, 2017. David Becker/Getty Images

Keith Kressin, the executive who oversaw Qualcomm Inc.’s artificial intelligence chip efforts, has left to take the top job at a Michigan-based semiconductor startup.