Acquisition
Amazon acquires Covariant
Amazon licensed Covariant's robotic foundation models and hired co-founders Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen and Rocky Duan plus ~25% of staff (August 2024). NOT a full acquisition - Covariant remains standalone under CEO Ted Stinson. Reported ~$380M+$20M deferred. Cross-ref people-graph: pieter-abbeel/peter-chen/rocky-duan (current_role=false at Covariant, true at Amazon).
license and hire · Completed · Undisclosed · verified
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Timeline
- Closed
- 2024-08-01
Acquired assets (2)
- ip license Covariant RFM-1 robotic foundation models (non-exclusive license)
- team Co-founders Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan and ~25% of Covariant staff
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