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Lerrel Pinto
Assistant Professor, New York University
Lerrel Pinto is a roboticist at Meta Superintelligence Labs, where he leads work on frontier robotics models. He co‑founded and served as CEO of Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), which Meta acquired in May 2026. He is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at New York University, running the General Robotics & AI Lab. His research focuses on robot learning, sensory representation learning, action and behavior modeling, and reinforcement learning.
Current role is Assistant Professor at New York University. Based in New York, New York, United States.
Earlier roles include Co‑founder & CEO at Assured Robot Intelligence, Co‑founder at Fauna Robotics, and Postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Berkeley.
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- May 2026 - PresentRoboticistCurrentEmployeeMMeta Superintelligence LabsMay 2026 - PresentRoboticistCurrentEmployeeMMeta Superintelligence Labs
- Sep 2020 - PresentAssistant ProfessorCurrentFacultyNNew York UniversitySep 2020 - PresentAssistant ProfessorCurrentFacultyNNew York University
- May 2026Co‑founder & CEOFounderAAssured Robot IntelligenceMay 2026Co‑founder & CEOFounderAAssured Robot Intelligence
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Lerrel Pinto
lerrelpinto.com
“**Lerrel Pinto**”
Lerrel Pinto - Faculty | ai @ NYU - New York University
cims.nyu.edu
“Lerrel Pinto, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science, Email: lerrel.pinto at nyu.edu, Research Interests: Robotics.”
Lerrel Pinto
cifar.ca
“Lerrel Pinto ; Institution. New York University ; Department. Computer Science ; Education. PhD (Robotics), Carnegie Mellon University. MS (Robotics), Carnegie”