General Intuition chases “physical AI” with new funding at a $6B valuation

New York–based startup General Intuition is reportedly raising a fresh round of funding at a $6 billion pre‑money valuation, signaling how hot the “physical AI” space has become. The company is building a foundation model for generalized AI agents that can move through space and time, with an eye toward powering robots and other embodied systems rather than just text chatbots.

According to the report, new backers include Valor Equity Partners, Point72 Ventures and Seven Seven Six, while existing investors such as Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst are doubling down. The deal would come only weeks after General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation, implying a steep jump in investor expectations.

General Intuition traces its roots to Medal, the founder’s previous video‑game clip‑sharing platform. The startup is using hundreds of millions of hours of gameplay, paired with action labels that record which buttons players pressed and when, as a training corpus that links perception to action. The bet is that this data can teach AI systems how to act in dynamic 3D environments, a key capability for next‑generation robotics. If successful, it could mark a shift from purely digital generative AI toward models that can safely operate in the physical world.