Fauna Robotics

Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup developing humanoid robots designed for everyday environments, according to CNBC's sources. The deal marks a renewed push by the company into consumer-facing robotics as it looks to extend its automation exper

Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, maker of Sprout, a 3.5-foot, 50-pound humanoid designed for homes and research labs.

Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be a friendly addition to social spaces like homes and schools. The e-commerce giant is already a robotics powerhouse, having

Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed for social spaces like homes and schools.

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be a friendly addition to social spaces like homes and schools.

Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly."

Picture a humanoid robot, and you probably imagine something sleek, vaguely threatening, or at least a little cold. Maybe it's built for a factory floor, towering and intimidating, or designed to look eerily human in a way that triggers that uncanny valle

Fauna combines NY tech talent, safety-first design, and modular AI to build the foundation for humanoids in human spaces A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on this link. NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faun