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Generalist AI

Generalist AI Inc.

Founded
2024
HQ
San Mateo, California, USA
Status
private (Nvidia-backed)

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Generalist AI: 1 model, $400.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.

Overview

Generalist AI Inc. is a San Mateo-based robotics-AI company founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics engineers. The company builds embodied foundation models for general-purpose robots, including GEN-0 (released Nov 2025) and GEN-1 (released Apr 2026), which demonstrate cross-embodiment adaptation across different robot platforms and end effectors. Backed by Nvidia NVentures, Radical Ventures, Spark Capital, and Bezos Expeditions, Generalist raised USD 400M at a USD 2B valuation in June 2026.

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Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
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Valuation of record

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$2B (reported, approximate)as of Jun 2026

Priced roundRound (2026) post-money

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Key facts

Model

GEN-0 / GEN-1 embodied foundation models (proprietary; self-reported benchmarks).

Status

Demonstrated not deployed; captive robot wiring; no named customers.

Founders background

ex-DeepMind/Boston Dynamics

Training data

raw physical-interaction data

Backed by

Nvidia

Company type

US robotics-AI startup

Fundingsee investors

$400M raised at ~$2B valuation (Jun 2026), led by Radical Ventures; building foundation models for robots

CEO

Pete Florence (co-founder)

CTO

Andrew Barry (co-founder)

Chief Scientist

Andy Zeng (co-founder)

Founded

March 2024, emerged from stealth June 2025

GEN-0

Released Nov 2025 — brought robots into the pretraining era

GEN-1

Released Apr 2026 — general-purpose embodied foundation model; 10-20x improvement in low-level adaptation to new actuators/robots; supports 5-finger hands to specialized tools

Target markets

Manufacturing, logistics, industrial operators — auto-parts kitting, box folding, consumer electronics packing, appliance servicing

Lead investor

Radical Ventures (Jun 2026 round)

Other investors

Nvidia NVentures, 8VC, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Boldstart Ventures, NFDG, Norwest, Hanabi Capital

Angel investors

Eric Yuan (Zoom), Bin Lin (Xiaomi), Fei-Fei Li, Naval Ravikant

Reported new round

In discussions for new round at USD 3B valuation (per Facebook post)

Data & sources

Press releases

1

News coverage

1

Web sources

1

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Relationships

Current leadership (3)

  • Pete Florence Co-founder and CEOsince 2024-03-01secondary-verified
  • Andy Zeng Co-founder and Chief Scientistsince 2024-03-01secondary-verified
  • Andrew Barry Co-founder and CTOsince 2024-03-01secondary-verified

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Generalist AI.

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Brains developed (2)

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