The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Genesis AI: 2 models, 4 deployments across 1 region, $105.0M raised. 7 sources back the record.
Overview
Full-stack physical AI company building a universal robotics foundation model (GENE) and proprietary dexterous robotic hardware. Founded in December 2024 by Zhou Xian (CEO) and Théophile Gervet, the company emerged from stealth in July 2025 with $105M in seed funding co-led by Eclipse Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
In 2026, Genesis unveiled the GENE-26.5 foundation model and Eno, a wheeled general-purpose robot, announcing a strategic deployment partnership with LG CNS for manufacturing and logistics operations.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeed post-money
Key facts
CEO
Founders
Fundingsee investors →
Investorssee investors →
Product
HQ
Financial stage
Founded
Hero image candidate
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
4
Web sources
2
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Eno
General-purpose robot with a wheeled base, foldable tower, and human-scale dexterous hands. Designed for manufacturing, logistics, laboratory, hospital, and consumer environments. Powered by the GENE foundation model. Dozens of units built as of June 2026, with production scaling planned for H2 2026.
Current platform
GENE-26.5
AI foundation model purpose-built for robotics, designed to absorb massive amounts of data and enable robots to perform complex, long-horizon tasks with human-level dexterity. Demonstrated cooking, lab experiments, wire harnessing, Rubik's Cube solving, and piano playing.
Partnerships
Every company Genesis AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1LG CNS1× joint
Most recent
- Genesis AI x LG CNS2026-06-16with LG CNSjust announced
Genesis AI on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Genesis AI's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Genesis AI deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Zhou Xian CEO & Co-founder
- Théophile Gervet Co-founder
Founders (2)
- Zhou Xianno longer at company
- Théophile Gervetno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Genesis AI.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Genesis AI4 deployments
Brains developed (1)
- Genesis World Modelworld-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Genesis AI in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $105.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Genesis AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Genesis AI x LG CNS2026-06-16with LG CNSjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1LG CNS1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Genesis AI x LG CNSwithLG CNSdeployment2026-06-16announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2026-05-06
$105M(reported) · $420M post
Investors: Eclipse Ventures (lead), Khosla Ventures (lead), Bpifrance, HSG, Eric Schmidt, Xavier Niel
Timeline
Every recorded move in Genesis AI’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipGenesis AI x LG CNS
2026-06-16Genesis AI and LG CNS announced a strategic partnership to deploy Genesis's general-purpose robots (Eno) across manufacturing and logistics operations. LG CNS provides systems integration and industrial deployment expertise, while Genesis AI provides the AI-powered robotics platform. Initial deployments planned at LG operations in the U.S.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2026-05-06Seed raising $105000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 15, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
GENE-26.5 at Germany, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Eno at France, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Eno at Germany, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
GENE-26.5 at France, Europe
Sources (7)
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/genesis-ai-emerges-from-stealth-with-105m-to-build-universal-robotics-foundation-model-and-horizontal-platform-for-general-purpose-physical-ai-302495016.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/khosla-backed-robotics-startup-genesis-ai-has-gone-full-stack-demo-shows/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/genesis-ai-raises-105m-building-universal-robotics-foundation-model/
- https://sifted.eu/articles/genesis-ai-105m-round
- Genesis AI Official Website · https://www.genesis.ai/
- Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots · https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/genesis-ai-launches-with-105m-seed-funding-from-eclipse-khosla-to-build-ai-models-for-robots/
- French startup bets on non-humanoid design in crowded AI robot race · https://www.reuters.com/business/french-startup-bets-non-humanoid-design-crowded-ai-robot-race-2026-06-16/
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Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Genesis AI.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Genesis AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Robotics Startup Genesis in Talks to Raise at $3 Billion Valuation
Robotics startup Genesis AI is in talks with investors to raise around $500 million in a new funding round that would value the company at $3 billion pre-money, according to…
Genesis AI and LG CNS Enter Industry-First Strategic Partnership to Scale General-Purpose Robotics
Genesis AI and LG CNS announced a strategic partnership to deploy general-purpose robots across manufacturing and logistics operations at LG facilities and LG CNS customer sites.
French startup bets on non-humanoid design in crowded AI robot race
Genesis AI unveiled Eno, a wheeled general-purpose robot, backed by Eric Schmidt, with plans for production and customer deployments by end of 2026.
🤖 HardTech Reads: The AI & Robotics Revolution vol. 78
烙 Accenture pilots humanoids in real warehouses TARS Robotics hits $1.8B valuation Unitree G1 completes clinical trial at University of Tsukuba Hospital CaoCao unveils…
Genesis AI introduces GENE-26.5 model for more dexterous robot manipulation
Genesis AI introduced GENE-26.5, a foundation model claimed to give robots human-level physical manipulation capabilities, with demos of cooking, lab work, and piano playing.
Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows
Genesis AI unveiled its first model GENE-26.5 and a demo showcasing robotic hands performing complex tasks including cooking and Rubik's Cube solving.
Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots
Genesis AI emerged from stealth with a $105M seed round co-led by Eclipse and Khosla Ventures to build foundational AI models for robotics.
Genesis AI Emerges From Stealth with $105M to Build Universal Robotics Foundation Model
Genesis AI announced its emergence from stealth with $105M to build a universal robotics foundation model and horizontal platform for general-purpose physical AI.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/genesis-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/genesis-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3f195a29-9cf4-4f4b-91dd-05e18c8a94fc
- Revision history: /companies/genesis-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
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Introducing GENE-26.5 — the first AI brain to give robots human-level physical manipulation capabilities. Cooking a full meal. Cracking an egg one-handed. Cond
Introducing Genesis World 1.0, our latest simulation platform, the second release in our full-stack suite. Open-sourced. Robotics is still bottlenecked by the
The Memo: https://lifearchitect.ai/memo/ Sources: https://www.genesis.ai/blog/gene-26-5-advancing-robotic-manipulation-to-human-level
Genesis AI has officially introduced GENE-26.5, a powerful new robotic AI system designed to give robots human-level physical skills. In this video, we break do
This robot hand can cook, solve puzzles, and move like a human. GENE-26.5 is changing robotics fast.
Meet Eno, a new kind of robot built to work alongside humans in real-world environments. Developed by Genesis AI, Eno isn't limited to a single function. It can
#humanoidrobot #robot #usa Today, I'm excited to introduce you to Eno – Genesis AI's first agentic robot, a true game-changer that's not just another machine,
Genesis AI just unveiled Eno — their first general-purpose agentic robot — and it’s unlike anything we’ve seen before. Instead of a traditional bipedal humanoi
Genesis World 1.0 is one of the most exciting advancements in robotics simulation we've seen in recent years. By combining highly realistic digital environments
French startup Genesis AI has introduced GENE-26.5 — a next-generation AI robotics model controlling an ultra-realistic robotic hand capable of performing delic
**The robotics industry has been obsessing over building sci-fi humanoids, but Genesis AI just proved that form shouldn't dictate function.** Meet Eno: a robot
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Genesis AI draws attention at the 63rd percentile but verifies reality at the 70th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap -7.4, 114th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $105M raised and recent funding activity. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 29, 2026