General InformationPhysical Intelligence (π) is a San Francisco, CA-based robotics AI company founded in 2024 with approximately 80 employees, building general-purpose foundation models to control any robot for any task.
Funding & FinancialsThe company has raised ~$1.1B to date across a $70M seed, $400M Series A, and $600M Series B (valued at $5.6B), backed by CapitalG, Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, Lux Capital, OpenAI, Sequoia, and others; as of March 2026 it is reportedly in talks to raise an additional $1B at an ~$11B valuation.
Leadership & TeamCEO Karol Hausman is a former Google DeepMind researcher; co-founders include Chief Scientist Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley professor) and Chelsea Finn (Stanford), all pioneers in robot learning and reinforcement learning.
Recent ActivityIn late 2025, Physical Intelligence released its π0.6 model incorporating reinforcement learning (dubbed 'Recap'), demonstrating a robot bussing tables and making espresso autonomously for 13 continuous hours — a breakthrough in robotic reliability.