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Pieter Abbeel

Distinguished Scientist, VP, Scholar at AmazonProfessor at UC Berkeley

Abbeel is a leading robot-learning and reinforcement-learning researcher who co-founded Covariant (robotics foundation models) and Gradescope. He is a professor at UC Berkeley and an Amazon Scholar co-leading Amazon's Frontier AI and Robotics team, following Amazon's 2024 acqui-hire of Covariant.

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Background

Current roles

Distinguished Scientist, VP, Scholar 2024-present

Professor 2008-present

Previously

2017-2024Co-founder,

2016-2017Research Scientist,

Education

Stanford University

Born1977

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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: July 23, 2026

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