Ontic Labs joins SPRIND’s €125M AI challenge to build video-driven physical intelligence
wielandbr · x · 2026-07-23
Ontic Labs says it has been selected as one of 10 teams in SPRIND’s €125M Next Frontier AI Challenge and is hiring for world modeling and foundation-model roles.
- The startup says its goal is to build foundation models for physical intelligence.
- Those models would learn from human video, combining how the physical world behaves with how tasks are performed in it.
- Ontic says the end goal is to help robots act more dexterously, safely, and efficiently across tasks, environments, and embodiments.
- The image attached to the post also highlights a €3M Stage 1 and later-stage milestone funding tied to the challenge.
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