AI Startup Secures $400M to Build Real-World Intelligent Machines

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Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco robotics startup, has raised $400 million, bringing its valuation to $2.8 billion with backing from Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and others. The company’s breakthrough model, π0, enables robots to learn physical tasks through diverse data and embodied experiences, aiming to make robots as versatile as AI language models.

TODAY’S ROADMAP

• Current Happenings in AI World

• Physical Intelligence Secures $400M to Revolutionize Robotics with AI-Powered Physical Intelligence

• Turn PDFs and Screen Recordings into How-To Guides

• 5 AI Tools to Boost Your Productivity

  and more…

NEWS

Current Happenings in AI World

• Top Secret: Anthropic has partnered with Palantir and Amazon Web Services to deploy Claude in the US Defense Department’s classified data systems — following similar moves by Scale AI and Meta.

• Android Accelerator: Nvidia launched six new tools to accelerate robotics production, enhancing humanoids' mobility, dexterity, and visual processing.

• Supply and Demand: Wendy’s is now using AI to automate its supply chain, helping predict Frosty shortages ahead of time.

• Attitude Problem: Duolingo’s earnings call featured a chatbot styled as a “bored, sarcastic teenager” to deliver its financial results.

• Golden Hour: Black Forest Labs’ Flux 1.1 now offers high-resolution imaging and a new “raw mode” that emulates candid photography aesthetics.

AI UPDATE

Physical Intelligence Secures $400M to Revolutionize Robotics with AI-Powered Physical Intelligence

San Francisco-based robotics startup Physical Intelligence announced this week a major milestone: $400 million in new funding, boosting its valuation to $2.8 billion. Key investors include heavyweights like Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Bond Capital.

Physical Intelligence’s mission is to bring general-purpose AI into the physical world by building foundation models and learning algorithms to control robots and other physical devices, both for current and future applications. Its breakthrough model, π0 (pi-zero), marks the first step toward realizing true artificial physical intelligence, enabling robots to perform a wide range of tasks upon request, similar to how users interact with language models.

In a blog post, Physical Intelligence explained, “Our model, like LLMs, is trained on broad, diverse data and follows various text instructions. But unlike LLMs, it spans images, text, and actions, gaining physical intelligence by training on embodied experiences. This allows it to directly output motor commands through a unique architecture.”

The π0 model’s capabilities were further highlighted in a research paper released last week, discussing its potential to enable more versatile and adaptive robotic systems. In testing, the model successfully guided robots in tasks like folding laundry, cleaning tables, and assembling boxes—demonstrating a pioneering approach to overcoming challenges in data handling, generalization, and robustness with “robot foundation models.”

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AI MEETS PRODUCTIVITY

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