# Odyssey: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `229bc60e-a8c4-487e-a52d-7e652cdf0050`

## Key facts

- **Background (reported):** A [Palo Alto](/locations/palo-alto-ca.md) AI lab founded by self-driving car veterans.
- **Odyssey-3 (company-stated, Oct 2026):** Launched Oct 8 2026: an autoregressive diffusion transformer [world model](/glossary/world-model.md) that generates interactive environments and predicts in real time how they change.
- **Access (company-stated):** A research preview is available now; developer access beyond the preview is by request.
- **Robotics uses (company-stated):** Adapted to control robot arms from tens of hours of demos, drive a car on Indian roads (about 20 hours of data) and guide [drones](/drones); Flexion built policies on it.
- **Physics-IQ score (company-claimed):** Says Odyssey-3 Pro scored 66.1 on Physics-IQ Verified, using best of eight attempts; the public leaderboard lists 61.78, second to FLUX 3 large (64.36).
- **Funding (reported, Jun 2026):** Raised $310M at a $1.45B valuation, with [Amazon](/companies/amazon.md) and [AMD Ventures](/investors/amd-ventures.md) among investors, per The Next Web. Not confirmed by the company.

- **Slug:** odyssey-systems
- **Status:** private

## Models

_No models registered._

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is Odyssey?

[Palo Alto](/locations/palo-alto-ca.md) AI lab founded in 2023 by self-driving car veterans [Oliver Cameron](/investors/oliver-cameron.md) (CEO) and Jeff Hawke, building foundation world models such as Odyssey-3 for robots, humanoids, vehicles, drones and agent training.

### What does Odyssey make?

Odyssey has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Odyssey builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

### Is Odyssey publicly traded?

No. Odyssey is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Odyssey?

Odyssey is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Who owns Odyssey?

Odyssey is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is Odyssey a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Odyssey ranks in roughly the top 15% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (5)

1. https://odyssey.systems/meet-odyssey-3 · 2026-10-08
2. https://odyssey.systems/introducing-odyssey-3 · 2026-10-08
3. https://thenextweb.com/news/odyssey-3-world-model-robots-humanoids-cars-drones · 2026-10-08
4. https://physics-iq-verified.anates.ai/ · 2026-10-08
5. https://x.com/i/trending/2108245224623358225 · 2026-10-08

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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