Robotics & physical AI · Paris, FR · founded 2024
Genesis AI: who founded it, who funds it
Genesis AI is a Paris robotics lab founded in 2024 by Zhou Xian and Théophile Gervet, who came from CMU and Mistral. What it is building: a universal robotics foundation model on a proprietary physics simulator; Paris and Palo Alto. It has raised $105M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed of $105M in July 2025, led by Eclipse and Khosla Ventures. It has not released anything outsiders can use yet.
- Founders
- Zhou Xian (ex-CMU), Théophile Gervet (ex-Mistral)
- Founders from
- ex-CMU, ex-Mistral
- Location
- Paris, FR (Europe)
- Valuation
- $3B estimate, per source
- Raised
- $105M disclosed
- Investors
- Eclipse lead, Khosla Ventures lead, Bpifrance, HSG (HongShan)
- What ships
- Research only
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2025 | Seed | $105M | · | Eclipse, Khosla Ventures | genesis.ai |
Sources
- Robot Report therobotreport.com
News
- Jul 26, 2026
- Jun 16, 2026
- Jun 16, 2026
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May 6, 2026
+1 more coverage
- PR Newswire Genesis AI Unveils GENE-26.5, the First AI Brain to Enable Robots with Human-Level Physic…
- Jul 1, 2025
Investors who back other labs here
- Khosla Ventures also: General Intuition, Sakana AI, Symbolica, Veeda AI
- Eclipse also: Noetive
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