Karol Hausman
Unicorn founderFounder at Physical Intelligence (π)
San Francisco, California, United States
About
Karol Hausman is co-founder and CEO of Physical Intelligence, a company developing AI models for robotic control across different robots and tasks. He previously spent six years at Google Brain/DeepMind, most recently as Robot Manipulation Lead, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford, where he taught CS224r and CS330. His research focuses on the intersection of large AI models and robotic control.
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Physical Intelligence (π)'s investors · 19
137 VenturesSan FranciscoAlkeon InnovationNew YorkAntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checksAvenir Growth CapitalNew YorkBezos ExpeditionsCapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checksCrossbeam Venture PartnersNew York · $1M – $1.5M checksDesigner FundSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksEmergence Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $10M checksFactorial FundsSan FranciscoG SquaredChicagoKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checksOutset CapitalSan Francisco · $200K – $400K checksPositive Sum CapitalGreenwich · $5M checksRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksThrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checksWealthUnion$10K checks
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Experience
- Physical IntelligenceCo-founder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityAdjunct Professorcurrent2021 — present
- GoogleStaff Research Scientist and Robot Manipulation Lead at Google Brain2020 — 2024Mountain View, California, United States
- GoogleResearch Scientist at Google Brain2018 — 2020Mountain View, CA
- University of Southern CaliforniaResearch Assistant2013 — 2018Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- DeepMindResearch Intern2017London, United Kingdom
- QualcommRobotics Intern2016San Diego County, CA
- JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)Visiting Researcher at the Robotics Group2015
- Bosch Research CenterVisiting Researcher at the Robotics Group2014
- ZeebraamusicCo-Founder2012 — 2014
- Bosch Research CenterIntern at the Robotics Group2013
- Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group at TUMResearch assistant2011 — 2013Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Robotics32Machine Learning16Computer Science9Artificial Intelligence10
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- Who is Karol Hausman?
- Karol Hausman is co-founder and CEO of Physical Intelligence, a company developing AI models for robotic control across different robots and tasks. He previously spent six years at Google Brain/DeepMind, most recently as Robot Manipulation Lead, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford, where he taught CS224r and CS330. His research focuses on the intersection of large AI models and robotic control.
- Where does Karol Hausman work?
- Karol Hausman is Founder of Physical Intelligence (π).
- What companies did Karol Hausman found?
- Karol Hausman founded Physical Intelligence (π).
- Where did Karol Hausman go to school?
- Karol Hausman studied at University of Southern California (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science); Technical University of Munich (Master of Robotics, Cognition and Intelligence); Warsaw University of Technology (Master of Science, Computer Science).
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