Covariant

Recently, Amazon announced a major strategic move, acquiring a non-exclusive license from robotics startup Covariant and bringing about a quarter of its employees under its wing. The core of this transaction is that Amazon hopes to use Covariant's robotics foundation model to enhance its innovation capabilities in the field of automation. Covariant's founding team, including Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen and Rocky Duan, will join Amazon's artificial intelligence and robotics team in Silicon Valley. Note: Figure…