Karol Hausman
Karol Hausman is the CEO and co-founder of Physical Intelligence, a company focused on bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. Since co-founding the company in 2024, Hausman has been instrumental in developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power robots and physically-actuated devices. His leadership drives the company's mission to enable robots to acquire general-purpose skills and perform complex tasks in various environments.
Career Milestones
- Karol Hausman is the CEO and co-founder of Physical Intelligence, a company focused on building foundation models for robotics.
- Previously, he was a Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford, where he co-taught a class on Deep Reinforcement Learning.
- His research has been featured in prominent news outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post.
- He received the 2023 IEEE Early Career Award and the 2023 Outstanding Learning Paper award at ICRA.
- Hausman's work centers on enabling robots to acquire general-purpose skills in real-world environments, a mission that continues with Physical Intelligence.
About Physical Intelligence
Physical Intelligence, founded in 2024, operates in the AI and robotics industry, developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power robots and physically actuated devices. They help industries by enabling robots to perform diverse tasks, aiming for general-purpose robotic intelligence. Their core feature is the π0 model, a generalist policy for open-world generalization. Benefits include increased efficiency and adaptability in various applications.