Generalist AI

Robotics · San Francisco, US

Builds GEN-1, a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robot dexterity.

Founders

Pete Florence (United States · ♂) — A Bay Area-raised MIT robotics PhD who led foundational robot-learning work like RT-2 and PaLM-E at Google DeepMind, then left to build general-purpose physical intelligence at Generalist.
Andy Zeng (United States · ♂) — A DeepMind robotics researcher focused on self-improving foundation models for robots who co-founded Generalist as Chief Scientist.
Andy Barry (United States · ♂) — A robotics engineer with deep hardware experience from Boston Dynamics who co-founded Generalist as CTO to bring robots that physically work.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Jun 2026	Funding round Generalist AI raised $400M led by Radical Ventures, bringing total funding above $500M, to scale its GEN-1 robot foundation model.	$400M

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