Meta acquires Assured Robot Intelligence to advance humanoid technology

Investing.com -- Meta Platforms completed the acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence on Friday, a startup focused on developing artificial intelligence models for robots. The purchase is part of Meta's broader effort to build humanoid technology.

Meta described the startup as operating at the frontier of robotic intelligence, designed to enable robots to understand, predict and adapt to human behaviors in complex and dynamic environments. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.

The Assured Robot Intelligence team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company's research division. Co-founders Lerrel Pinto and Xiaolong Wang will work alongside Meta Robotics Studio, a team established in 2025 to develop underlying technology for humanoids.

Wang previously worked as a researcher at Nvidia, while Pinto co-founded Fauna Robotics before departing in 2025. Amazon acquired Fauna in March to support its own humanoid robot development.

Assured Robot Intelligence had employees based in San Diego and New York. A Meta spokesperson said the group will contribute expertise in designing models and frontier capabilities for robot control and self-learning to whole-body humanoid control.

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