Mobileye is set to acquire AI startup Mentee Robotics in a $900 million deal.
Announced Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the acquisition will combine Mobileye’s self-driving AI and sensing technology with Mantee’s humanoid robotics platform to create robots with more physical AI, meaning increased awareness and human interaction capabilities.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approval and closing conditions. The companies said Mentee will operate as an independent unit within Mobileye.
If completed, the acquisition would be one of the largest deals ever linking autonomous driving technology to humanoid robotics.
mobileeye Said Industries face similar challenges in operating safely in human-oriented environments as well as meeting stringent performance and safety requirements at scale, a press release said.
The company said both rely on a shared physical AI stack that includes multimodal perception, world modeling, intent-aware planning, and decision making under uncertainty.
To help bridge the gap, Mobileye will bring its autonomy stack to the deal. The technology pipeline includes goal-based navigation and context-aware reasoning, which the company said serves as a foundation for general-purpose robots that work safely with humans.
Mentee will provide its humanoid robotics platform, designed for scalable deployment in real-world scenarios.
The platform focuses on simulation-first training, few-shot learning and what the company refers to as “human-to-robot mentoring”, allowing robots to acquire new skills from limited repertoires rather than relying on large-scale, real-world data collection or continuous teleoperation.
This approach aims to support more predictable and safer human-robot interactions and enable rapid deployment of humanoids across a range of applications.
The deal is expected to accelerate Mentee’s go-to-market strategy, with proof-of-concept deployment of its AI-powered humanoids expected this year and commercialization targeted for 2028.
“By combining Mentee’s successes in humanoid robotics with Mobileye’s expertise in automotive autonomy and its proven ability to produce advanced AI, we have a unique opportunity to lead the development of physical AI in robotics and autonomous vehicles on a global scale,” Professor Amnon Shashua, CEO of Mobileye, said in the press release.
