# Ali Agha: person

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Founder and CEO of FieldAI (2023). Spent nearly a decade leading the Autonomous and Robotics systems division at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including building robots for extreme environments. Founded FieldAI to develop physics-first foundation models enabling any robot to operate in complex, unstructured environments. Company reached $2B valuation in 2025.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Field AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md) Founder and CEO since 2023-01-01 (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Field AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md) founded 2023-01-01 (sole)

## Sources (2)

1. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fieldai-announces-over-400m-in-funds-raised-to-advance-embodied-ai-at-scale-302534675.html
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/gates-nvidia-fieldai-robotics.html


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