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Lerrel Pinto

Lerrel Pinto is a robotics researcher who previously taught at NYU. He co-founded Fauna Robotics, a kid-size humanoid startup acquired by Amazon, and Assured Robot Intelligence, which Meta acquired in May 2026, with its team led by Pinto and Xiaolong Wang joining Meta Superintelligence Labs.

United States · 1 current role

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Physical AI footprint (3)

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  • Metaverified→
    Team lead, Meta Superintelligence Labs (via ARI acquisition)

    [Meta platforms](/companies/meta-platforms) (NASDAQ: META) is a technology conglomerate operating Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

    2 models
  • Fauna Roboticsverified→
    Former Co-founder

    Fauna Robotics was a New York-based humanoid robot developer that built [Sprout](/models/fauna-sprout), a compact, safety-first humanoid platform for developers

    Seed · $30M1 model
  • New York Universityverified→
    Former Faculty (former)

    Private research university in New York City, founded 1831.

    $30M raised2 models

Current roles (1)

  • Meta Team lead, Meta Superintelligence Labs (via ARI acquisition)Secondary-verified

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Sources (1)

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/01/meta-buys-robotics-startup-to-bolster-its-humanoid-ai-ambitions/

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Companies (1)

Mowito

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