According to Soumith Chintala on Twitter, UMA, a new AI robotics startup founded by Pierre Sermanet and Remi Cadene, is set to drive innovation by combining Sermanet's experience at Google Robotics with Cadene's achievements on LeRobot at HuggingFace (source: @soumithchintala, Dec 1, 2025). This collaboration signals strong potential for UMA to advance AI-driven robotics solutions for both commercial and industrial applications. The involvement of high-profile angel investors highlights robust business opportunities and growing market interest in intelligent automation and robotics platforms (source: uma.bot).