Physical Intelligence
RoboticsSan Francisco AI company founded in 2024 that builds general-purpose robot foundation models (the π series) meant to control any robot, reportedly raising $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation in 2026.
Key people
Karol Hausman
Co-founder & CEO, Physical Intelligence
Polish-born roboticist and former Google Brain/DeepMind researcher, adjunct professor at Stanford, who co-founded Physical Intelligence in 2024 and leads it as CEO.
Sergey Levine
Co-founder, Physical Intelligence; Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley professor who directs the RAIL lab, a pioneer of deep reinforcement learning for robot control, and co-founder of Physical Intelligence.
Chelsea Finn
Co-founder, Physical Intelligence; Professor, Stanford
Stanford professor who leads the IRIS robot-learning lab and co-founded Physical Intelligence; she was named to the TIME100 AI list in 2026.