{"id":19043,"date":"2026-03-24T21:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/amazon-acquires-accessible-humanoid-maker-fauna-robotics\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:19:21","slug":"amazon-acquires-accessible-humanoid-maker-fauna-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/amazon-acquires-accessible-humanoid-maker-fauna-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon acquires &#8216;accessible&#8217; humanoid maker Fauna Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"SpecialReportArticle-ArticleBody-6\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"SpecialReportArticle-articleBody-6-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108282426\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Rob Cochrane and Sprout.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Fauna Robotics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">Amazon<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    has acquired <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faunarobotics.com\/\">Jeev Robotics<\/a>A startup that creates &#8220;accessible&#8221; humanoid robots for consumers and businesses, the company confirmed Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited by Fauna&#8217;s vision of building capable, safe, and fun robots for everyone,&#8221; an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. \u201cWith Amazon\u2019s robotics expertise and decades of experience earning customer trust in the home through our retail and device businesses, we look forward to inventing new ways to make our customers\u2019 lives better and easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-24\/amazon-acquires-fauna-robotics-entering-consumer-humanoid-market\">bloomberg<\/a> were the first to report on the acquisition. <\/p>\n<p>Fauna Robotics was founded in 2024 by former <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-QuoteInBody-5\">meta<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    And <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-QuoteInBody-6\">Google<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    Engineer. Earlier this year, the New York-based company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/fauna-robotics-unveils-sprout-lightweight-130000271.html\">launched<\/a> Sprout, a $50,000 bipedal robot that stands 3.5 feet tall, weighs 50 pounds, and is designed to be &#8220;accessible and human-friendly&#8221; as well as &#8220;genuinely accessible&#8221; to software developers.   <\/p>\n<p>The company said at the time that it had signed up <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-QuoteInBody-8\">disney<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    and Hyundai&#8217;s Boston Dynamics were early customers. <\/p>\n<p>About 50 Fauna employees will join Amazon in NYC, the company said. In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7442288573636165634\/\">a linkedin post<\/a>Fauna co-founder and CEO Rob Cochrane said he was &#8220;incredibly excited&#8221; for Fauna to join Amazon. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled with what joining the Amazon team means for our future,&#8221; Cochran wrote. \u201cGoing forward, we will proudly operate as Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Amazon has spent more than a decade investing in robotics, primarily for applications in its warehouse operations. it acquired <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/19\/amazon-com-buys-kiva-systems-for-775-million\/\">Kiva Systems<\/a> For $775 million in 2012, which served as the foundation of Amazon Robotics, its division focused on warehouse automation. <\/p>\n<p>The company has again turned to M&#038;A to strengthen its robotics expertise. Amazon said last week it acquired River, a Swiss robotics company that develops machines for &#8220;doorstep delivery.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Amazon said it hopes to leverage its robotics knowledge as well as its long history in retail and devices to better understand the potential of personal robots to make its customers&#8217; lives better and easier. <\/p>\n<p>The company has already experimented with home robots. Amazon launched a squat, roving personal robot called Astro in 2021, priced at $1,600, though the device can be purchased through invitation only. <\/p>\n<p>By acquiring Fauna, Amazon is entering the increasingly crowded humanoid robot market. <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-QuoteInBody-14\">Tesla<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    is developing a humanoid robot, called Optimus, and plans to build it in its Fremont, California, factory. <\/p>\n<p>In January, CEO Elon Musk said the company would convert former production lines for the company&#8217;s flagship Model S and<\/p>\n<p>Other humanoid competitors include California-based 1X, Figure AI, Aptronic, Agility Robotics and China-based Unitri. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 CNBC&#8217;s Lora Kolodny contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108248941\">\n<div role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108248941\" class=\"PlaceHolder-wrapper\" data-vilynx-id=\"7000400023\" data-test=\"VideoPlaceHolder\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-videoEmbed\" id=\"InlineVideo-0\" data-test=\"InlineVideo\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-inlineThumbnailContainer\"><span class=\"InlineVideo-videoButton\"\/><span\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"SpecialReportArticle-GooglePreferredSource-6\">Choose CNBC as your favorite source on Google and never miss a moment of the most trusted name in business news.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Cochrane and Sprout. Courtesy: Fauna Robotics Amazon has acquired Jeev RoboticsA startup that creates &#8220;accessible&#8221; humanoid robots for consumers and businesses, the company confirmed Tuesday. 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