Physical Intelligence — Startup Profile

Building foundation models to power any robot in the physical world

HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States | Founded: 2024 | Employees: 100-200 | Stage: Late Stage (Series B) | Website: https://physicalintelligence.company

About

Physical Intelligence is developing general-purpose AI foundation models for robotics. The company creates hardware-agnostic AI systems that can power any robot to perform a wide range of physical tasks without task-specific programming.

The Take

Physical Intelligence is building the 'Android for robotics'—a single AI foundation model that can control any robot to perform any physical task without extensive retraining. Founded by the world's leading robot learning researchers from Google DeepMind, the company has raised over $1B and is reportedly in talks for a $1B round at $11B+ valuation. If successful, Pi's models could become the intelligence layer that powers the entire robotics industry.

Key Metrics

• Total Funding: $1B+
• Last Round: Series B ($600M)
• Founded: 2024
• Headcount: 100-200
• Valuation: $5.6B (in talks for $11B+)

Funding Rounds

• Round: $600M (2025-11-20) — CapitalG (Alphabet)
• Round: $400M (2024-01-01) — Lux Capital

Key People

• Karol Hausman
• Sergey Levine
• Chelsea Finn

Key Competitors

• Skild AI —
• Figure AI —

Timeline Highlights

• 2025-11-20: Series B
• 2024-01-01: Founded

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