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Skylark Labs Taps GoPro CTO Vince Nakayama as Chief Product Officer to Scale Its Defense Robotics Stack

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Vince Nakayama has left his role as Chief Technology Officer at GoPro to join Skylark Labs as Chief Product Officer.

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Nakayama, who has shipped hardware at Apple, Sony, Amazon Lab126, Microsoft, Lucid Motors, and GoPro, will own Skylark Lab's physical AI product lines across robotic embodiments, with an initial emphasis on humanoids. Menlo Park, California, United States, August 31, 2026 -- Skylark Labs, the company building foundation models for physical AI, today announced the appointment of former GoPro Chief Technology Officer Vince Nakayama as Chief Product Officer. Nakayama brings four decades of experience building and scaling hardware, software, and connected products at companies including Apple, Sony, Amazon Lab126, Microsoft, Lucid Motors, and GoPro. At Skylark Labs, he will lead the development and commercialization of the company's physical AI portfolio, beginning with defense humanoids. Photo: Vince Nakayama Nakayama will oversee Skylark Lab's complete product portfolio, from its CFAM foundation models and edge-compute platforms to autonomous systems including humanoids, drones, quadrupeds, and ground vehicles. He will lead the transition from engineering prototypes to manufactured, field-deployable products - one product discipline across the entire portfolio, from the model to the machine. He reports directly to founder and CEO Amarjot Singh. Nakayama began his career at Silicon Graphics before directing QuickTime engineering at Apple. He ran software, UX, and content...

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Executive departure

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Person
Vince NakayamaChief Technology Officer

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  • Skylark LabsRelated companyskylarklabs.ai

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  • Vince NakayamaChief Technology Officer · Named in the story

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  • directors
  • information technology

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Confidence
90%
Detected
Aug 31, 2026
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