Mobileye announced that it will acquire artificial intelligence startup Mentee Robotics for $900 million. The deal was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, aiming to combine Mobileye's autonomous driving AI technology with Mentee's humanoid robot platform to create robots with stronger physical AI. This means the next generation of robots will have better environmental perception and ability to interact with humans.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approval. Mentee will operate as an independent division within Mobileye. If the deal is successfully completed, it will be one of the largest transactions in the fields of autonomous driving and humanoid robotics. In a press release, Mobileye stated that both industries face similar challenges, including safe operation in human environments and meeting strict performance and safety requirements. Both rely on a shared physical AI architecture, covering technologies such as multimodal perception, world modeling, and decision-making under uncertainty.

To fill technical gaps, Mobileye will provide its self-driving technology in this deal. This technology pipeline includes goal-based navigation and context-aware reasoning, laying the foundation for general-purpose robots that can safely coexist with humans. Mentee will provide its humanoid robot platform, which focuses on scalable real-world deployment, using "simulation-first" training and few-shot learning. It also introduces "human-in-the-loop" guidance technology, allowing robots to acquire new skills through limited demonstrations without relying on large-scale data collection or continuous remote operation. This approach aims to promote more predictable and safer human-robot interaction and accelerate the deployment of humanoid robots.

This acquisition is expected to accelerate Mentee's market strategy, with plans to conduct AI-driven humanoid robot concept validation deployments this year and achieve commercialization by 2028. Professor Amnon Shashua, CEO of Mobileye, said in the press release: "By combining Mentee's breakthroughs in humanoid robotics with Mobileye's expertise in automotive autonomy, we have a unique opportunity to lead the evolution of physical AI globally."

Key Points:

- 🚗 Mobileye will acquire Mentee Robotics for $900 million, aiming to combine autonomous driving and humanoid robot technologies.

- 🤖 Mentee's robot platform uses "simulation-first" training, enabling robots to quickly learn new skills.

- 📈 The transaction is expected to be completed in early 2026, with Mentee operating independently within Mobileye to drive its market strategy.