E-commerce giant Amazon announced on August 30 that it had minted a deal with robotics company Covariant, both on talent and on product, to make its robotics and automation capabilities stronger.
Amazon is hiring three of the founders from Covariant, a Bay Area startup that develops AI for advanced warehouse robotics systems. As part of the arrangement, announced late Friday just before ...
Amazon.com Inc. is hiring the founders of robot-software maker Covariant, in a move known as an “acquihire” that is aimed at helping the e-commerce leader boost its warehouse automation.
Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a quarter” of the startup’s employees.