Meta Acquires Robotics AI Company To Fast-track Humanoid Robot Development: Report

• Financial terms weren’t disclosed. 
• Assured Robot Intelligence co-founders to work closely with Meta Robotics Studio. 
• Meta says the firm is “at the frontier of robotic intelligence.”

Meta Platforms (META) has completed the acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence models for robots, according to a media report. 

A spokesperson for Meta confirmed the acquisition, which is a part of a major initiative to build humanoid technology, according to a Bloomberg report. 

Meta said the startup is “at the frontier of robotic intelligence designed to enable robots to understand, predict and adapt to human behaviors in complex and dynamic environments.” 

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

About Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI)

ARI is a robotics company building frontier AI for robots, empowering them to address critical challenges in high-value labor markets, according to the company’s website. 

According to Bloomberg, the Assured Robot Intelligence team, including co-founders Lerrel Pinto and Xiaolong Wang, will join Meta Superintelligence Labs' research division. The staff will work closely with Meta Robotics Studio, a team launched last year to work on the underlying technology for humanoids. 

Wang was previously a researcher at Nvidia Corp., while Pinto was a co-founder of Fauna Robotics before leaving in 2025. Amazon acquired Fauna in March to help bolster its own humanoid robot effort, Bloomberg mentioned. 

TSLA, GOOGL Humanoid Robot Development Efforts 

Tesla, in early 2026, showcased Optimus Gen 3, the latest version of its humanoid robot, in Shanghai at the Appliance & Electronics World Expo. It utilizes the same "AI5" inference chips found in Tesla’s latest vehicles. A full and final reveal is targeted for late 2026. 

Google announced a partnership with Agile Robots SE in March to deploy reasoning-capable robots in high-value industrial manufacturing.  

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