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Pete Florence
Co-founder and CEO of Generalist AI (2024). Former senior research scientist at Google DeepMind; led research behind RT-2 (robotic control from vision-language models) and PaLM-E (early AI model for robotics). Building foundation models for general-purpose physical AI across industrial robots.
American · 1 current role · 1 founding
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- Former Research Scientist
One of the most iconic names in robotics, founded 1992 (MIT spinout) and acquired by Hyundai Motor Group in June 2021 at a ~$1.1 billion valuation.
Acquisition (Hyundai 80% stake) · $880M37 verified deployments · Spot at United States →1 incident5 models - Founder
Generalist AI Inc.
Round (2026) · $400M1 model - Former Robotics Researcher, DeepMind
Google (Alphabet, NASDAQ: GOOGL) develops AI, cloud computing, and autonomous driving technology.
1 model
Current roles (1)
- Generalist AI Co-founder and CEOsince 2024-03-01Secondary-verified
Foundings (1)
- Generalist AIfounded 2024-03-01cofounder
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Co-founders (2)
- Andy Zeng co-founded Generalist AI2024-03-01
- Andrew Barry co-founded Generalist AI2024-03-01
Former / Previously (2)
- Boston Dynamics Research ScientistSecondary-verified
- Google Robotics Researcher, DeepMindSecondary-verified
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