Summary
Axios reported that Generalist raised around $200 million in a round led by 8VC, with the company’s federal filing disclosing the financing. Generalist builds models rather than robot hardware and was founded by alumni of Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics.
Why it matters
The round is another sign that investors are concentrating substantial capital on models intended to control and generalise across physical systems.
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