What is Fauna Robotics's flagship humanoid robot?

Fauna Robotics's flagship humanoid robot is Sprout.

What is Fauna Robotics's current valuation?

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When was Fauna Robotics founded?

Fauna Robotics was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA.

Fauna Robotics

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Fauna Robotics is a New York City-based company building safe, approachable humanoid robots for shared human spaces.

Founded 2024$47M raised

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Sprout

Compact humanoid with 29 DoF, Jetson Orin AI, and developer-first open robotics tools.

About Fauna Robotics

Fauna Robotics is a robotics company based in New York City, founded in 2024 by former engineers from Meta and Google DeepMind. The company develops compact humanoid robots designed to safely operate alongside people in everyday environments, with a focus on accessibility, developer experience, and human-centered interaction. Its approach emphasizes safe physical design, expressive communication, and open software for embodied AI development. Its flagship platform, Sprout, is a lightweight humanoid robot built for research, education, retail, entertainment, and home services. Featuring compliant actuation, onboard AI computing, expressive facial animations, and developer-friendly APIs, Sprout provides an accessible platform for building and deploying embodied AI applications. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Lux Capital, Fauna Robotics counts organizations including Disney, Boston Dynamics, UC San Diego, and NYU among its early customers.

Technical Profile

Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.

Technology Snapshot

A concise view of platform maturity and deployment footprint.

Hardware GenerationGen 1

Flagship PlatformSprout

AI Stack

Capabilities and model layers highlighted by the company.

01NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin

Sprout Specs

Published operating specifications for the lead system.

Battery Life3.25 hours

Payload Capacity0.7 kg

Degrees of Freedom29

Investors

Amazon

Latest Updates

March 24, 2026Funding RoundInvestment

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Fauna Robotics Team

Rob CochranCo Founder and CEO

Fauna Robotics History

2024
Fauna Robotics is founded in New York
Fauna Robotics was founded in 2024 by Rob Cochran (CEO, ex-Meta/Goldman Sachs), Josh Merel (CTO, ex-Google DeepMind, Nature paper on AI virtual rodent), and Lerrel Pinto (NYU professor). Cochran and Merel met at CTRL-labs, acquired by Facebook in 2019.
New YorkMetaDeepMind
2024 - 2025
Fauna assembles its team and early backing
The team assembled veterans from CTRL-labs, Meta, DeepMind, and Amazon. Anthony Moschella, who designed Peloton hardware, led Sprout's industrial design. Funding exceeded $46 million from Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, and Quiet Capital.
Kleiner PerkinsLux Capital
2026
Fauna targets entertainment, retail, and education
Early customers include Disney, Boston Dynamics, UC San Diego, and NYU, exploring retail, entertainment, hospitality, and education. Fauna bets that safe, friendly robots unlock use cases larger humanoids cannot.
DisneyBoston DynamicsEducation
January 27, 2026
Sprout debuts as a safe small humanoid
Sprout debuted on January 27, 2026: 107cm tall, 22.7kg, 29 DOF, NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin, ZED 2i vision, 360° LED face. Priced at $50,000 for the Creator Edition with unified SDK and teleoperation tools.
SproutCreator Edition