In June 2024, Amazon hired Adept AI co-founders David Luan, Augustus Odena, Maxwell Nye, and Erich Elsen—plus approximately 80% of its ~100-person team—in a deal that also licensed Adept's technology. The arrangement left roughly 20 employees to continue operating under new CEO Zach Brock. Investors who put $414M into the company reportedly recovered only roughly their principal from the deal.