Robotics
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Physicl secures $10 million to enhance robot training with realistic simulations
Nov 6, 2026
AI Summary
Physicl, founded by Alex de Vigan, has raised $10 million in seed funding to develop realistic simulations for robot training. The startup aims to create high-fidelity 3D environments that help improve the capabilities of physical AI models, addressing challenges faced by researchers in training robots effectively.
- Alex de Vigan's previous company, nfinite, focused on 3D product renderings for e-commerce but pivoted due to the rise of generative AI.
- Physicl has raised $10 million in seed funding from Inovia Capital to create realistic simulations for robot training.
- The startup aims to transform unstructured real-world data into high-fidelity 3D representations, addressing the limitations of training robots with video data.
- Physicl is releasing a product called Studio, which includes 10,000 3D environments and 100,000 assets for generating synthetic training data.
- The company collaborates with startups like SpAItial to enhance the fidelity of their products using Physicl's synthetic data.
- Physicl envisions automating the data generation process to streamline the training of AI models, allowing for on-the-fly data curation based on training needs.
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