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Greetings from New York. I'm home putting the finishing touches on the agenda for tomorrow's CMO AI Transformation Summit: an action-packed, top-to-top AI-focused event I'm co-hosting with the MMA.

In the news: Over the past few months, Tesla's Optimus robot and NVIDIA robotics platform have been raising awareness of nascent humanoid and general-purpose robot initiatives. Some people think these robots are science fiction concept projects. They are far from it. When will advanced generative AI and reasoning engines merge with hardware? Let's follow the money.

Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based robotics startup, has just secured $400 million in funding, elevating its valuation to $2.4 billion. Investors include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital, Lux Capital, and Bond Capital.

The startup aims to advance artificial intelligence for robotics by bringing general-purpose AI into physical environments. Leveraging its proprietary model, π₀, it will enable robots to respond to user prompts in real time and perform complex and varied tasks (such as folding laundry or bussing tables) with minimal training. Said differently, Physical Intelligence is positioning itself as a key player in the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) for robotics.

It may be time to rewatch I, Robot: my most favorite, terrible movie of all time.

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