Overview
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn / Hon Hai Technology Group; TWSE: 2317), founded by Terry Gou in 1974 and chaired by Young Liu, is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer and the leading builder of NVIDIA AI servers. In physical AI, Foxconn is co-developing industrial Humanoid robots with NVIDIA (on the Isaac GR00T stack) and deploying them on its own production lines, beginning at its Houston AI-server plant, while also pursuing EV contract manufacturing through its Foxtron joint venture.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Scale (revenue)
Scale (workforce)
AI servers
Humanoid program
Founder
Chairman & CEO
EV contract manufacturing
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
5
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Partnerships
Every company Foxconn (Hon Hai) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA3× joint132 total
- 2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation1× joint1 total
- 3Sharp Corporation1× joint1 total
- 4SoftBank Robotics1× joint6 total
Most recent
- with Mitsubishi Electric Corporationjust announced
- with NVIDIAoperating
- Foxconn x NVIDIA (industrial humanoids)2025-10-01with NVIDIAoperating
- Sharp x Foxconn (Strategic Partnership)2016-03-30with Sharp Corporationoperating
- Foxconn manufactures Pepper robot2014-06-05with SoftBank Roboticsoperating
Foxconn (Hon Hai) on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Nov 2025. Explore where Foxconn (Hon Hai)'s robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- David Huang Chief Financial OfficerIR-verified
- Michael Chiang Rotating CEO (April 2026–March 2027)IR-verified
- Terry Gou Foundersecondary-verified
- Young Liu Chairman and Chief Executive Officersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Terry Gousolefounded 1974-02-20no longer at company
Board (2)
- Young Liu chair
- Ching-Ray Chang director
Former / Previously (3)
- Terry Gou Founder and Former Chairman/CEO (1974–2019)secondary-verified
- CC Lin Rotating CEO (2024–2025, inaugural)IR-verified
- Kathy Yang Rotating CEO (March 2025–March 2026)IR-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Foxconn (Hon Hai).
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Foxconn (Hon Hai) on the data-center map
Every verified data center Foxconn (Hon Hai) operates that has a mapped coordinate (1 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
Foxconn (Hon Hai) data centers (1)
- Stargate LordstownLordstown · announced
AI data centers Foxconn (Hon Hai) operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
Foxconn (Hon Hai) in third-party press
Mentioned on (20)
Registry pages whose text names Foxconn (Hon Hai).
Companies (9)
Agility Robotics, NVIDIA, AMD, indiGO Technologies, Sharp Corporation, DexForce Technology, Skild AI, Kneron, Temi
Robots and products (3)
Deployments (2)
Unitree G1 at Hangzhou, Walker S2 at Qingdao, Shandong, China
People (6)
Michael Chiang, Kathy Yang, CC Lin, Ching-Ray Chang, Terry Gou, Young Liu
Partnerships
6 total · 5 operating · 1 just announced · 1 ended
Every company Foxconn (Hon Hai) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Mitsubishi Electric Corporationjust announced
- with NVIDIAoperating
- Foxconn x NVIDIA (industrial humanoids)2025-10-01with NVIDIAoperating
- Sharp x Foxconn (Strategic Partnership)2016-03-30with Sharp Corporationoperating
- Foxconn manufactures Pepper robot2014-06-05with SoftBank Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA3× joint132 total
- 2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation1× joint1 total
- 3Sharp Corporation1× joint1 total
- 4SoftBank Robotics1× joint6 total
All 6 partnerships
open in the atlas →- manufacturing—operating
- deployment2025-10-01operating
- development2025-10-01operating
- investment2016-03-30operating
- joint venture2026-10-16announcedjust announced
- manufacturing2014-06-05concludedoperating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Foxconn (Hon Hai)’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipFoxconn x NVIDIA Houston AI server plant humanoid deployment
2025-10-01Foxconn and NVIDIA plan to deploy humanoid robots on production lines at a new manufacturing plant in Houston Texas which will produce NVIDIA AI servers. Robots will handle manufacturing tasks alongside human workers.
PartnershipFoxconn x NVIDIA (industrial humanoids)
2025-10-01Foxconn and NVIDIA are co-developing industrial humanoid robots (Isaac GR00T, Jetson Thor) that Foxconn deploys on its own production lines, starting at its Houston AI-server plant (targeted Q1 2026).
PartnershipSharp x Foxconn (Strategic Partnership)
2016-03-30Foxconn acquired Sharp in 2016 for approximately 3.8 billion USD and the two signed a further strategic MOU in June 2026 to develop new business ventures. The partnership combines Foxconn manufacturing scale with Sharp brand value and display technology.
PartnershipFoxconn manufactures Pepper robot
2014-06-05Foxconn manufactured the Pepper humanoid robot at its facilities in China for SoftBank Robotics. Production was paused in 2020-2021.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Foxconn (Hon Hai) logo
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (6)
- https://www.honhai.com/en-us/press-center/press-releases/latest-news/1975
- https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/01/04/hon-hai-precision-and-nvidia-forge-partnership-to-develop-humanoid-robots/88128/
- https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202601050023
- https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2026/03/17/2003853939
- Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) and Mitsubishi Electric Reach Final Agreement on Strategic Alliance for Joint Operation of Automotive Equipment Business · https://www.honhai.com/en-us/press-center/press-releases/latest-news/2124 · 2026-10-16
- Foxconn pays $727M for half of Mitsubishi Electric's car parts unit in EV push · https://electrek.co/2026/10/19/foxconn-mitsubishi-electric-mobility-50-percent-stake-ev-push/ · 2026-10-19
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Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Foxconn (Hon Hai).In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Foxconn (Hon Hai) from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Foxconn Chairman: AI Demand is Real
Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai, is counting on a steady US expansion and a partnership with OpenAI to help hit its goal of capturing half the AI server market within two years.…
How Foxconn's Young Liu Leads EV and Robotics Growth
Foxconn Singapore acquires stake in India subsidiary for $37.2 million
Foxconn to Pilot Google Intrinsic's New AI Cell for Assembly
Foxconn accelerates global AI factory and sovereign infrastructure leadership at VivaTech Paris
Foxconn and Intel Partner for Smart AI Infrastructure Growth
Top 10 robotics developments of November 2025
Foxconn, Intrinsic building flexible robots for U.S. factories
Foxconn, Nvidia and Tesla to Power Humanoid Robot Revolution
Humanoid robots are coming: Foxconn’s Houston factory is set to lead the next AI manufacturing revolution
Foxconn Medical Bots at Nvidia GTC Heralds the Dawn of Smart Healthcare｜Industry｜2025-04-15
Foxconn x Nvidia Humanoid Robot Project
Machine-readable surfaces
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- REST API: /v1/companies/5b10af08-6b9c-43a5-89b1-d8d17220eb36
- Revision history: /companies/foxconn/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious60/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Foxconn (Hon Hai) against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 2, 2026