Insider poll ranks robotics startups by talent density: Physical Intelligence wins with 28 votes
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-26
An insider poll asking "which robotics labs and startups have the highest talent density?" produced a clear ranking, with participants barred from voting for their own companies.
Full results:
- 28 votes: Physical Intelligence — founded by Karol Hausman, Sergey Levine, Chelsea Finn, Adnan Esmail, Brian Ichter, Quan Vuong, Lachy Groom; 101-250 people, SF
- 18 votes: Generalist — Pete Florence, Andy Zeng, Andrew Barry; 51-100 people
- 9 votes: Sunday — Tony Zhao, Cheng Chi
- 6 votes: Skild AI
- 4 votes: Dyna
- 3 votes each: Bracket Bot, OpenAI Robotics
Eight companies received 2 votes each: 1X, The Bot Company, Figure, Genesis, Prometheus (with Jeff Bezos involved), Robocurve, Tesla, and Weave Robotics. The long tail includes Amazon FAR, GDM Robotics, Bedrock Robotics, and others with 1 vote each.
The result underscores how embodied-AI startups founded by Stanford/Berkeley researchers dominate perceived talent density.
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