Company

Mercado Libre is the largest commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America and one of the first major Latin American operators to sign a commercial agreement for humanoid robot deployment. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, Mercado Libre operates across 18 countries and runs one of the largest fulfillment networks in the Americas. In December 2025, the company announced a commercial agreement with Agility Robotics to deploy the Digit humanoid robot at its fulfillment facility in San Antonio, Texas, with Digit initially focused on commerce-fulfillment tasks. The agreement positions Mercado Libre alongside GXO, Toyota, Amazon, and Schaeffler in Agility's enterprise customer roster, and the companies have stated plans to explore additional humanoid use cases across Mercado Libre's broader warehouse network in Latin America.

Mercado Libre's editorial significance is as the first major Latin American operator on the verified humanoid-deployment map, and as a signal that humanoid logistics deployment is expanding beyond the US and European industrial base into Latin American e-commerce fulfillment. The San Antonio, Texas deployment is a US facility, but the stated strategic intent is Latin American expansion, which would make Mercado Libre the bridgehead for humanoid deployment into a new geographic market. Where GXO validates contract logistics and Catalyst Brands validates US retail distribution, Mercado Libre validates Latin American e-commerce fulfillment as a humanoid-deployment sector.

Based in Montevideo, Uruguay · Founded 1999 · 1 operated deployment