GoKawiilAmazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup that builds "approachable" humanoid robots for consumers and businesses, the company confirmed Tuesday. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
"We are excited about Fauna's vision to build capable, safe, and fun robots for everyone," an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. "Together with Amazon's robotics expertise and decades of experience earning customer trust in the home through our retail and devices businesses, we're looking forward to inventing new ways to make our customers' lives better and easier."
Bloomberg was first to report on the acquisition.
Fauna Robotics was founded in 2024 by former Meta and Google engineers. Earlier this year, the New York-based company launched Sprout, a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3.5 feet tall, weighs 50 lbs, and is designed to be "approachable and human-friendly," as well as "genuinely accessible" to software developers.
The company said at the time that it signed up Disney and Hyundai's Boston Dynamics as early customers.
Fauna's roughly 50 employees will join Amazon in NYC, the company said. In a LinkedIn post, Fauna co-founder and CEO Rob Cochran said he was "incredibly excited" for Fauna to join Amazon.
"We are thrilled about what joining the Amazon team means for our future," Cochran wrote. "Going forward, we will proudly operate as Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company."