Covariant

Pioneer of warehouse-picking robots and RFM-1; in 2024 Amazon licensed its technology and hired away its founders

Overview

• Founded: 2017
• HQ: United States
• Funding: In 2024-08 Amazon hired the co-founders and about a quarter of the staff and obtained a non-exclusive model license; terms undisclosed (unconfirmed reports of a ~$400M-scale deal; a whistleblower complaint alleges ~$380M, which is an allegation)
• Links: https://aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-covariant-ai-robots

This profile was compiled from the AI training-data column cards (Robotics); each column's data view is shown below under "Data profile" (in Chinese).