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Physical Intelligence

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San Francisco based AI company founded in 2024 by researchers from Google DeepMind, Stanford, and UC Berkeley. Develops foundation models for universal robot control, including the pi zero generalist policy. Valued at 5.6 billion dollars after a 600 million dollar Series B, with over 1 billion dollars raised total.

Founded 2024$1.10B raised
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Introduction

Physical Intelligence (π) is a San Francisco-based startup building general-purpose foundation models for robots, enabling them to perform complex tasks like folding laundry, assembling boxes, and manipulating objects with human-like dexterity. Co-founded in 2024 by leading researchers from Google DeepMind, Stanford, and UC Berkeley, the company has raised over $1 billion at a $5.6 billion valuation.

Technology

Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.

Autonomy

AI Stack

Capabilities and model layers highlighted by the company.

  • Foundation Model
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Vision-Language-Action

Investors

Thrive CapitalSequoia CapitalBezos ExpeditionsNVenturesJeff BezosCapitalGBondT. Rowe PriceRedpoint VenturesLux Capital
All Events
Why Home Robots Won't Scale Until Physical Data Does

Why Home Robots Won't Scale Until Physical Data Does

Home robots will not reach mass adoption until embodied AI can learn from enough real world data to work reliably in everyday homes.

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Jessica Alvarez
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Valuation History

Follow Physical Intelligence's valuation growth through its funding rounds.

Management Team

Karol Hausman
Karol HausmanCo-Founder & CEO
Adnan Esmail
Adnan EsmailCo-Founder
Brian Ichter
Brian IchterCo-Founder
Chelsea Finn
Chelsea FinnCo-Founder
Lachy Groom
Lachy GroomCo-Founder
Quan Vuong
Quan VuongCo-Founder
Sergey Levine
Sergey LevineCo-Founder

Company Story

Physical Intelligence (π) is a San Francisco-based startup building general-purpose foundation models for robots, enabling them to perform complex tasks like folding laundry, assembling boxes, and manipulating objects with human-like dexterity. Co-founded in 2024 by leading researchers from Google DeepMind, Stanford, and UC Berkeley, the company has raised over $1 billion at a $5.6 billion valuation.

  1. 2024

    Physical Intelligence is founded by a cross-lab research team

    Physical Intelligence was founded in early 2024 by CEO Karol Hausman (former Google DeepMind), Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley), Chelsea Finn (Stanford), Lachy Groom (former Stripe), Adnan Esmail, Brian Ichter, and Quan Vuong.

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  2. 2024

    The seed round values the company at $2B

    Its initial $400 million round at $2 billion valuation was led by Jeff Bezos, Lux Capital, and Thrive Capital, with backing from Khosla Ventures, OpenAI, Sequoia, and Redpoint.

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  3. October 2024

    π0 demonstrates a generalist robotics model

    In October 2024, Physical Intelligence released π0, a foundation model demonstrating unprecedented generalist capabilities, robots folding laundry, peeling vegetables, and assembling boxes.

    π0Generalist manipulation
  4. November 2025

    Series B pushes valuation to $5.6B

    By November 2025, a $600 million Series B led by Alphabet's CapitalG brought total funding past $1 billion at $5.6 billion valuation. The company prioritizes fundamental research over near-term revenue, betting that a single general-purpose model can eventually control any physically-actuated device.

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