OpenAI disbands robotics team 5 months after relaunch as Meta swoops in hiring
svlevine · x · 2026-11-14
Multiple sources report OpenAI has disbanded its robotics team, just about five months after relaunching it. Former team member Stone Tao, now at Meta, posted "our bottom line is robotics and we are incredibly driven to deliver useful robots everywhere" alongside a recruiting link — indirectly confirming the talent migration to Meta. UC Berkeley professor Sergey Levine amplified the posting. The retreat marks a notable strategy shift for OpenAI back toward software-first AGI, and a talent win for Meta's robotics push.
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