Physical-AI lab building universal robotics foundation models. Founded by roboticists Zhou Xian and Théophile Gervet, both PhDs from Carnegie Mellon; Gervet previously led Mistral's multimodal model work. Raised $105 million seed (July 2025), in talks for $500M Series A at $3B valuation (July 2026).
$105M seed (July 2025) co-led by Eclipse Ventures and Khosla, backed by Bpifrance and individual investors.
July 2026 Series A talks for $500M at $3B valuation, a 28x seed markup in 12 months.
GENE-26.5 unveiled May 2026; Eno wheeled robot with dexterous hands launched June 2026 for late-2026 deployments.