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Robot AI startup Physical Intelligence just raised $400M Series A from Jeff Bezos and OpenAI at $2B valuation. Their breakthrough: π0 model treats robot control like language. Train once, deploy on any robot. Same AI folds laundry, assembles boxes, buses tables across 8+ different robot types. Founder playbook: • Ex-Google DeepMind researchers start nights/weekends project (Q3 2023) • Emerge with $70M seed at $400M valuation (March 2024) • Release technical demo showing 97% success vs 0% for competitors (Oct 2024) • Close $400M Series A, 5x valuation in 8 months Why it matters: Most robots are task-specific. Physical Intelligence cracked cross-embodiment learning—skills transfer between different robots without retraining. This is the Android moment for robotics. Brewed by Startup Beaker.