{"id":"9466b1d5-5bd2-40c7-84a2-8a3aa8a81654","name":"Physical Intelligence","slug":"physical-intelligence","description":"American robotics-AI company (San Francisco, founded early 2024 by ex-Google DeepMind researchers, Stanford/Berkeley professors, and Lachy Groom) building general-purpose Vision-Language-Action foundation models (the pi / π series, e.g. π0) that act as control policies across many robot embodiments. Has raised ~$1.07B total; last closed round was $600M at a $5.6B valuation, and as of early 2026 was in talks for ~$1B more at a valuation above $11B. Builds robot intelligence, not hardware.","status":"private","founded":2024,"hq":"San Francisco, CA, USA","fundingTotal":"1070000000","type":"brain","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.physicalintelligence.company/","label":"Physical Intelligence — company website","title":"Physical Intelligence — company website","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Physical Intelligence","publishedAt":"2026-01-01"},{"url":"https://sacra.com/c/physical-intelligence/","label":"Sacra — Physical Intelligence (~$1.07B raised, VLA foundation models)","title":"Sacra — Physical Intelligence (~$1.07B raised, VLA foundation models)","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Sacra","publishedAt":"2026-03-28"}],"aliases":["Physical Intelligence","PI","π","Pi"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T20:16:53.419Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-25T20:18:11.712Z"}