Meta Acquires Assured Robot Intelligence — Building the 'Android of Humanoid Robots'

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Meta acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum on May 1. Co-founders Lerrel Pinto (NYU) and Xiaolong Wang (UCSD/NVIDIA) join Meta Superintelligence Labs' research division. Meta's strategy mirrors Google's Android playbook — building foundation models, sensors, and software for the humanoid robot market and making them available industry-wide, targeting what Benzinga estimates is a $5 trillion market.