Amazon Acquires Fauna Robotics. Is This a Viable Threat to Tesla's Optimus Project?

You read the headline. I'll be direct about the question's answer: No, it's not a threat right now. But the more interesting question is whether Amazon (AMZN 3.95%) is building the right foundation to become a threat in three to five years. I think the answer is a qualified and timid yes.Amazon confirmed the acquisition of Fauna Robotics this week. Fauna is a two-year-old New York start-up founded by former Meta Platforms and Google engineers, specifically Josh Merel, a Google DeepMind researcher, and Rob C ...