# Fauna Robotics: company

Canonical ID: `63f8f089-6348-481c-b733-3b326db3a2b5`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Rob Cochran
- **CTO:** Josh Merel
- **Acquired by Amazon:** March 2026
- **Funding:** 30M USD Seed (2025)

- **Slug:** fauna-robotics
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** New York, USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 30000000

## Models

- [Fauna Sprout](/models/fauna-sprout.md) (humanoid) (id: `e75affc7-b4b7-497c-be4c-b5932bb5062e`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Rob Cochran](/people/rob-cochran.md) CEO & Co-founder (_reported, not verified_)
- [Josh Merel](/people/josh-merel.md) CTO & Co-founder (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (2)

- [Rob Cochran](/people/rob-cochran.md) (cofounder)
- [Josh Merel](/people/josh-merel.md) (cofounder)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics](/partnerships/amazon-acquires-fauna-robotics.md) with Amazon _technology_ (concluded)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/amazon-humanoid-maker-fauna-robotics-sprout.html

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