Physical Intelligence
Physical Intelligence develops AI models enabling robots to perform diverse real-world tasks.
About
Physical Intelligence is a San Francisco-based company specializing in artificial intelligence and robotics. Founded in 2024 by a team of engineers, scientists, and roboticists—including Karol Hausman, Sergey Levine, Chelsea Finn, Brian Ichter, Lachy Groom, Adnan Esmail, and Quan Vuong—the company focuses on creating foundation models that empower robots to operate effectively in various physical environments. Their approach involves training models on extensive datasets to ensure adaptability across different robotic platforms and tasks.
The company's flagship product, π0 (pi-zero), is a general-purpose robot foundation model introduced in late 2024. π0 is a vision-language-action (VLA) model designed to control a wide range of robots performing diverse tasks without the need for task-specific fine-tuning. It has been trained on a curated mix of open-source and in-house teleoperation data, enabling it to handle tasks such as folding laundry, cleaning tables, and other long-horizon chores. In 2025, Physical Intelligence open-sourced the π0 model, providing researchers and developers with access to its code and weights through the OpenPI repository on GitHub.
In early 2026, the company introduced π0.5, an enhanced version of the original model. π0.5 builds upon π0 by incorporating co-training on heterogeneous tasks, enabling broader generalization. This model utilizes data from multiple robots, high-level semantic predictions, web data, and other sources to perform real-world robotic manipulation tasks. π0.5 has demonstrated the ability to perform long-horizon and dexterous manipulation skills, such as cleaning kitchens and bedrooms in entirely new homes, without prior exposure to those specific environments.
Physical Intelligence has secured significant funding to support its research and development efforts. In 2025, the company raised over $400 million, followed by an additional $2 billion in early 2026, bringing its valuation to $2.4 billion. This substantial investment underscores the confidence investors have in the company's vision and potential impact on the robotics and AI industries. The company's headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, United States.
◆ Why it matters
Physical Intelligence is a key player in the AI economy, focusing on developing foundation models that enable robots to perform a wide array of real-world tasks. Their flagship model, π0, and its successor, π0.5, have demonstrated significant advancements in generalization and adaptability across different robotic platforms. By open-sourcing these models, Physical Intelligence has fostered collaboration within the research community, accelerating progress in robotic AI. Their substantial funding and rapid valuation growth reflect strong market confidence in their approach and potential impact on the industry.
Notable for
Developing π0, a general-purpose robot foundation model enabling versatile real-world task performance.