Mobileye Acquires Humanoid Robot Startup Mentee Robotics for $900M

Mobileye Acquires Humanoid Robot Startup Mentee Robotics for $900M

Mobileye Buys Mentee Robotics in $900M Humanoid Robot Push In a surprise move at CES 2026, Mobileye has announced its acquisition of Israeli humanoid robotics startup Mentee Robotics for $900 million. The deal signals a dramatic expansion beyond automotive safety systems into the rapidly evolving world of physical AI. For readers wondering whether the autonomous driving tech leader is pivoting entirely—it’s not. Instead, Mobileye is layering robotics onto its existing AI and autonomy stack, a strategy its leadership calls “Mobileye 3.0.” Credit: Mentee Robotics From Car Chips to Humanoid Bots: What’s Driving Mobileye’s Shift? Mobileye, an Intel subsidiary, built its reputation supplying computer vision chips to automakers worldwide. Over the years, it evolved into a full-stack autonomous driving platform provider. But under co-founder and president Amnon Shashua, the company is now betting big on robotics. The acquisition of Mentee Robotics—a company Shashua himself co-founded in 2022—is …