Physical Intelligence
Robotics Foundation Models
- Valuation
- $5.6B(Series B, Nov 2025)
- Total Funding
- ~$1.07B
- Profit Status
- Pre-profit,research stage
- Employees
- ~100
About Physical Intelligence
Physical Intelligence (Pi / π) is a San Francisco robotics AI company building general-purpose foundation models for robots — software that can control many different robot bodies to perform real-world physical tasks. Its flagship π0 (pi-zero) and π0.5 vision-language-action models let robots fold laundry, clean tables, and generalize to new environments. Backed by Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and Thrive at a $2.4B+ valuation.
Company History
Founded 2024 by a team of leading robot-learning researchers including Karol Hausman, Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley), and Chelsea Finn (Stanford). The company aims to build a single general-purpose 'brain' for robots. Raised $70M seed then $400M at a $2.4B valuation from Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital (2024). Released π0 (pi-zero), a vision-language-action model, in late 2024, followed by π0.5 (2025) demonstrating strong generalization to unseen homes.
Company Timeline
4 milestones- Mar 2024Founded by Karol Hausman, Sergey Levine, Chelsea Finn and others
- 2024$400M raise at $2.4B valuation from Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive
- Nov 2024Released π0 (pi-zero) vision-language-action robot foundation model
- 2025π0.5 demonstrates generalization to entirely new homes and tasks
Funding Rounds
2 rounds| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Seed | $70M | Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures |
| 2024 | Series A | $400M | Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital, $2.4B valuation |
Products & Services
3- π0 (pi-zero)
- π0.5
- Robot foundation models
People & ecosystem
Key People
- Karol Hausman (Co-founder & CEO)
- Sergey Levine (Co-founder)
- Brian Ichter (Co-founder)
- Chelsea Finn (Co-founder)
Key Investors
- Jeff Bezos
- OpenAI
- Thrive Capital
- Lux Capital
- Sequoia Capital
Competitive Landscape
- Figure AI
- Skild AI
- Google DeepMind
- Tesla Optimus
- World Labs