Overview
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm investing in deep tech, defense, space, and frontier science. Founded in 2000, based in New York and Menlo Park. Investments include Anduril, Planet labs, and other physical AI companies.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
Focus
Notable investments
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Lux Capital has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bond1× joint2 total
- 2Charge Robotics1× joint3 total
- 3Jeff Bezos1× joint
- 4OpenAI Robotics1× joint2 total
- 5Physical Intelligence1× joint3 total
- 6Redpoint Ventures1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Physical Intelligence Funding (2024)2024-11-04with Physical Intelligenceoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Josh Wolfe Co-founder and Managing PartnerSEC-verified
- Peter Hébert Co-founder and Managing PartnerSEC-verified
- Grace Isford PartnerSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Josh Wolfecofounder
- Peter Hébertcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Lux Capital.
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 →
Recent coverage
Lux Capital in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Lux Capital has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Physical Intelligence Funding (2024)2024-11-04with Physical Intelligenceoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bond1× joint2 total
- 2Charge Robotics1× joint3 total
- 3Jeff Bezos1× joint
- 4OpenAI Robotics1× joint2 total
- 5Physical Intelligence1× joint3 total
- 6Redpoint Ventures1× joint1 total
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- investment2024-11-04operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Lux Capital’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipPhysical Intelligence Funding (2024)
2024-11-04Physical Intelligence raised $400 million (announced Nov 4, 2024) at about a $2.4B post-money valuation to build a general-purpose AI brain for robots; led by Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital, with participation from OpenAI, Redpoint Ventures, and Bond.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
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Sources (1)
Common questions
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Is Lux Capital a top robotics company?
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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Methodology surface for Lux Capital.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Lux Capital from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Transfyr Launches Physical AI Platform for Science with $25M Seed Funding
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Multiplier Raises $6 Million Seed Funding To Build AI Operating System For Asset Managers
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AI Weather Forecasting Startup WindBorne Systems Announces $37M Series B at $250M Valuation
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Cybersecurity Startup Glow Emerges From Stealth as a Unicorn With $180M Series A
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Lux Capital against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
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Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
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Attention (reach, not merit)
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Last computed: Oct 4, 2026