Google AI CEO Demis Hassabis announces partnership with Hyundai’s robotics company Boston Dynamics with a ‘hiring message’

Demis Hassabis (File Image)

Google AI CEO Demis Hassabis has announced the partnership between Google DeepMind and Hyundai’s robotics company Boston Dynamics. In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Hassabis announced about the collaboration and also mentioned that the company will focus on integrating Google’s Gemini AI models into the robots of Boston Dynamics, inlacing the humanoid Atlas platform. The main aim of this association is to combine the advanced hardware of Boston Dynamics with Google’s AI to create robots which are capable of more adaptive, intelligent behaviour.Along with this, Hassabis also used the announcement to highlight the growing robotics ambitions. He revealed that Aaron Saunders, former CTO of Boston Dynamics, has joined Google DeepMind as VP of hardware engineering. Saunders’ appointment underscores Google’s intent to strengthen its robotics hardware expertise, complementing its AI leadership.“We also continue to rapidly grow our world-class robotics team here @GoogleDeepMind – including the brilliant Aaron Saunders (ex-CTO of Boston) who recently joined as VP of hardware engineering. Thrilled to be working with him at the frontier of robotics & AI – and we’re hiring!” wrote Hassabis.The hiring message from Hassabis signals Google’s aggressive recruitment drive to expand its robotics division.

Google Gemini-powered Atlas

Boston Dynamics owned by Hyundai and Google DeepMind have entered into an AI partnership. Announced at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the two teams aim to integrate cutting edge Gemini Robotics AI foundation models with Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robots.The strategic partnership will focus on enabling humanoids to complete a wide variety of industrial tasks and is expected to become a driving force of manufacturing transformation, beginning in the automotive industry. Goals of the collaboration