Amazon Poaches Adept's Founders and Licenses Its Technology — a "Reverse Acquihire" That Shook the Industry

Amazon hired core members of Adept, including co-founder and CEO David Luan, and took a non-exclusive license to Adept's technology. Rather than acquiring the company outright, the deal saw Amazon obtain only talent and a technology license — an unusual "reverse acquihire" that drew major attention.