Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
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General Intuition, a New York-based startup developing foundation models for generalized AI agents, is in talks to raise new funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from investors including Valor Equity Partners, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six. Existing backers Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst are also participating in the round, which comes just weeks after the company raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation. The startup was spun out of Medal by CEO Pim de Witte, using hundreds of millions of hours of gameplay and action labels as initial training data. The company plans to use the funds to improve its general model with a focus on robotic embodiments, spending more on compute infrastructure and hiring talent. The round is reportedly oversubscribed, and Valor Equity Partners' potential investment would mark its first in an AI lab since backing SpaceX. The story is still developing.
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