Physical Intelligence is developing general-purpose foundation models that give robots the ability to understand context and adapt to real-world tasks rather than rely on narrow, pre-programmed behavior. Founded in 2024 by researchers from Google DeepMind, Stanford, and UC Berkeley, the company's π-0 model has demonstrated cross-embodiment control across a range of robot platforms performing tasks from folding laundry to assembling electronics. Physical Intelligence has raised substantial capital, including strategic backing from OpenAI, as foundation models compete to become the operating layer for robotics across manufacturing, logistics, and service industries, where cross-embodiment generalization remains the central technical barrier to commercial deployment. Visit Physical Intelligence Website