Physical AI Fellowship

Cohort 1, 2025

Bedrock Robotics

Founded in 2024, Bedrock Robotics is an autonomous construction technology company led by former Waymo engineers that has raised $80 million to address the industry’s critical bottleneck of 500,000 unfilled jobs. Their Bedrock Operator system is a same-day hardware and software installation that enables existing fleets of equipment to deliver enhanced safety and productivity on job sites. Currently deployed across test sites in California, Arizona, Texas, and Arkansas, Bedrock is partnering with forward-thinking contractors to prove the value of automation in the $13 trillion global construction market.


Blue Water Autonomy

Founded in 2024, Blue Water Autonomy is making unmanned ships a reality. Blue Water’s autonomous ship design fully-integrates hardware, software, and AI allowing the vessel to operate on the open ocean for months at a time.


Diligent Robotics

Diligent Robotics creates socially-intelligent, AI-native mobile manipulation robots that drive workflow efficiency. Diligent’s first robot assistant, Moxi, operates in 25+ hospitals across the U.S. to help nurses and other hospital staff with routine tasks so they can focus on patient care.


Generalist AI

Generalist is on a mission to make general-purpose robots a reality. Generalist is developing end-to-end AI foundation models that bring fully autonomous, adaptive, and precise control to robots. Generalist is starting with a focus on dexterity, which requires advancing the frontiers of data, models, and hardware. Together, these efforts are paving the way for Generalist to deploy general-purpose robots that work seamlessly alongside people in industry and daily life.


RobCo

RobCo is on a mission to make industrial automation more accessible, affordable, and adaptable. Its patented modular hardware kit, combined with the RobCo Studio no-code software platform, allows industrial companies of all sizes to automate repetitive and dangerous tasks quickly and with unmatched flexibility. Whether it’s machine tending, palletizing, dispensing, or welding, RobCo’s modular robot kits provide versatile end-to-end solutions that are simple to deploy and manage remotely – without heavy upfront investment or specialist expertise. With offices in Munich and San Francisco and robots already in operation worldwide, RobCo is supercharging a new generation of industrial companies to reduce costs, boost productivity, and compete on a global stage.


Tutor Intelligence

Tutor Intelligence is building AI-powered robot workers for the industrial world. Founded out of MIT’s AI labs, Tutor partners with manufacturers and warehouses across the supply chain to make reliable robotic labor as simple to hire as people, with immediate ROI and opex savings up to 40%.


Wandercraft

Wandercraft is a global robotics company on a mission to use walking robotics to do things humans cannot, or should not, do. Known for its groundbreaking Personal Exoskeleton, Eve, Wandercraft is developing the next generation of mobility solutions to restore walking ability both at home and in rehabilitation. Its flagship device, the Atalante X, is a groundbreaking self-balancing exoskeleton used at more than 100 inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers. 


Zordi

Zordi’s innovative agricultural platform blends Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and machine learning to reshape greenhouse farming and deliver high-quality, local produce to the world.

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