Overview
- Meta said it acquired Assured Robot Intelligence for an undisclosed sum and will fold the team into its Superintelligence Labs research division.
- ARI developed foundation AI models that teach robots to grasp, move, and use objects so they can perform chores and other physical tasks.
- Co-founders Lerrel Pinto and Xiaolong Wang will join Meta, bringing research chops from NYU and UC San Diego and experience at Nvidia and Fauna Robotics.
- The San Diego startup employs about 20 people and raised a seed round from AIX Ventures, which confirmed the sale.
- The move tracks with Meta’s 2025 push into robotics and a wider industry race, with reporting pointing to in‑house hardware efforts and a focus on dexterity as the key hurdle for useful humanoids.