# Meta partnering with a Chinese company to develop a humanoid robot? Fourier responds

- Source: 36Kr Embodied Intelligence
- Published: 2026-11-02T03:15:39.000Z
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- Original: https://36kr.com/newsflashes/4052047282852740?f=rss

## Summary

Responding to reports that Meta has partnered with Fourier to build a humanoid robot prototype in about three months and is already developing a second version, Fourier founder and CEO Gu Jie said he is not yet able to comment. The rumored prototype, called Max internally at Meta, weighs about 48 kilograms and is intended for internal research and experimentation. Meta Vice President of Robotics Products Li-Chen Miller reportedly spent nearly two months at Fourier's Shanghai factory.