Karol Hausman is an AI robotics researcher who co-founded Physical Intelligence, a company building general-purpose AI foundation models and learning algorithms for robots and physically actuated devices. Karol Hausman's Twitter Score is 52 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #17,029 (top 5%) among 485,188 tracked accounts.
Karol Hausman co-founded Physical Intelligence and serves as its CEO. His research centers on enabling robots to acquire general-purpose real-world skills through deep robot learning and foundation models for decision-making. He contributed to several notable robotics research projects, including Open X-Embodiment, RT-X, RT-2, PaLM-E, SayCan, and RT-1. Previously, Karol Hausman worked at Google DeepMind as a Staff Research Scientist and was an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.
Physical Intelligence announced $400 million in early-stage funding in November 2024, with backing from Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital, per the company's announcement. A subsequent $600 million funding round was announced in November 2025, led by CapitalG at a reported valuation of $5.6 billion, with additional participation from Lux Capital, Thrive Capital, Index Ventures, T. Rowe Price, and others, according to reporting at the time. Karol Hausman's account has accumulated 43,972 followers as of August 2026 and 1,432 posts, and has been mentioned by 13 accounts a total of 15 times.
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