Covariant AI, set up in 2017 as Embodied Intelligence and headquartered in Emeryville, California, USA, develops the Covariant Brain, a universal AI platform enabling robots to see, reason, and act in dynamic environments. Specializing in warehouse automation, its RFM-1 model powers robotic picking, sortation, and depalletization for logistics, e-commerce, and retail. In August 2024, Amazon hired founders Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan, along with ~25% of its staff, and licensed its technology non-exclusively. Covariant continues operations under CEO Ted Stinson, serving clients like GXO and Otto Group. ISO 9001:2015 certified, it operates globally with over 1 billion picks achieved.