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Lachy Groom co-founded Physical Intelligence to develop AI models that can control robots across different tasks. He previously led Stripe Issuing and backs founders as an independent investor.

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Lachy Groom co-founded Physical Intelligence to develop AI models that can control robots across different tasks. He previously led Stripe Issuing and backs founders as an independent investor.

Career

Co-founder at Physical Intelligence until PresentCo-founded Physical Intelligence to develop general-purpose foundation models for robots.
Independent Director at one (AONE) until 2021-07Served on the board of the SPAC one before its merger with Markforged. His board service ended when the merger closed in July 2021.
Head of Stripe Issuing at Stripe until 2018-12Joined Stripe in October 2012 and held several roles before leading Stripe Issuing.

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Cosigns Received

These Cosigners say Lachy shaped their career

Ryan DelkCo-founder and CEO at Primer
Second Cosign
I don’t (often) shill investors, but if you can get @lachygroom on your cap table I recommend it.
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T. Costa
Third Cosign
I appreciate his minimalist approach to direction, which allowed me to be myself and offer my unique perspectives.
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Sam GerstenzangCo-Founder at Boulton & Watt
First Cosign
helped put us in business and shown up time and time again. A class act and real partner over years.
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pi.website

π₀: Our First Generalist Policy

Groom and his Physical Intelligence co-authors explain their first generalist robot model, its training across different robots, and the limits that remain.

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bleedingedge.ai

Bleeding Edge: an AI research archive

Groom’s open-source AI research timeline, with project credits to Brock Whittaker, David Song, Dennis Brotzky and Thiago Costa. The archive’s latest entries are from 2024.

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youtube.com

The challenge of general-purpose robotics

Groom and Karol Hausman discuss Physical Intelligence’s research, robot learning, data collection and the reliability needed for useful robots.

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