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Ultra Raises $50 Million Series A for Warehouse Robots, Deepens Physical Intelligence Partnership
October 9, 2026
The round brings announced funding to $62 million including seed capital, as Ultra scales its warehouse robot service and work with Physical Intelligence.
The "OpenAI of Robotics" Debate Reignites as GPT-6 Astra Paints in Real Life
September 9, 2026
An impromptu painting demonstration using OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra has triggered a wider industry clash over whether foundation models will commoditize physical AI or hit an unyielding hardware ceiling.
Physical Intelligence Unveils π0.7: The Rise of Compositional Generalization in Robotics
April 16, 2026
Physical Intelligence has released π0.7, a new foundation model demonstrating "emergent" abilities to combine skills and adapt to new robot hardware without task-specific training.
Physical Intelligence in Talks for $1 Billion Round, Eyeing an $11 Billion Valuation
March 28, 2026
Just four months after its last major raise, the AI robotics startup is reportedly seeking new capital to double its valuation as it accelerates the development of its "universal brain" for robots.
The Last Millimeter: Physical Intelligence Unveils RL Tokens for Hyper-Fast Precision
March 20, 2026
Physical Intelligence has introduced RL Tokens (RLT), a method that allows robots to master delicate tasks like screwdriving and zip-tying in as little as 15 minutes, eventually outperforming human speed.
Don’t Forget the Salt: Physical Intelligence Equips Robots with 15-Minute "Multi-Scale" Memory
March 4, 2026
Physical Intelligence (Pi) has unveiled Multi-Scale Embodied Memory (MEM), a hybrid architecture that combines short-term video encoding with long-term textual summarization to help robots master long-horizon tasks like kitchen cleaning and in-context error recovery.
The API-fication of Robotics: Physical Intelligence Unveils Real-World Performance Data with Weave and Ultra
February 25, 2026
Physical Intelligence (Pi) is positioning its foundation models as a universal 'intelligence layer' for the industry, releasing new data that shows significant reliability gains for laundry-folding and industrial-packaging robots.
Gold Medals and Greasy Pans: Physical Intelligence Tackles the "Robot Olympics"
December 22, 2025
By fine-tuning its π0.6 foundation model, Physical Intelligence has demonstrated a wide array of "common sense" physical tasks—from making sandwiches to cleaning windows—proving that the path to general-purpose robotics lies in scaling physical data.
Physical Intelligence Finds 'Emergent' Bridge Between Human Video and Robot Action
December 17, 2025
The $5.6 billion startup reveals that sufficiently large robot models naturally learn to understand human video, potentially solving the industry's data bottleneck.
Physical Intelligence Claims ‘RL is Back’ With New Model That Learns From Its Own Mistakes
November 18, 2025
Physical Intelligence has unveiled π*0.6, a new VLA model that utilizes a training method called "Recap." By combining human demonstrations with autonomous reinforcement learning, the company claims to have doubled performance throughput on complex tasks like laundry folding and espresso making.
South Korea Challenges US and China with 'KAPEX' Humanoid Robot
October 6, 2025
LG Electronics and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have unveiled KAPEX, a next-generation humanoid robot designed to learn and adapt in real-world environments, marking a major push to compete in the global race for 'physical AI'.
AgiBot and Physical Intelligence Form Partnership for Advanced Embodied AI
April 3, 2025
Chinese robotics company AgiBot partners with US-based embodied AI specialist Physical Intelligence (Pi), founded by prominent researchers like Sergey Levine and Chelsea Finn. AgiBot has hired Berkeley alum Dr. Luo Jianlan as Chief Scientist to lead a new research center focused on complex robot tasks. Initial collaboration shows a single AI policy controlling diverse tasks, demonstrated by a robot tying a scarf.
